- Welcome!
- [Steph And Vicki] To Mother Daughter Projects!
- I'm Steph.
- I'm Vicki.
- And today we're gonna turn this
into this!
- One of the things we noticed
when Steph moved into this house
is that there was carpet in the garage.
We knew at some point we're gonna have to pull that up
and repaint the floor.
- We recently did some research and found this product.
It's a metallic silver and I was so excited
because I thought my mini cooper would look really cute
parked on this floor.
- We're no strangers to painting a concrete floor.
We did that a number of years ago,
but at the time we had to gather all of our products.
Which is why we're really excited about using this
because it's an all in one kit.
It gives you all the products that you need,
and then gives you a list of the other supplies
that you're gonna need.
- It's made by Rust-Oleum
and we've used their products for years
and really trust the brand.
We were so excited when they sent us all the product
we're gonna need to do my whole floor.
I can't wait to get started!
- Let's pull up the carpet!
- Let's do it!
(bright music)
- [Steph] We did significant prep work to the concrete floor
then moved on to the Rocksolid product.
The first step is to mix the concrete etch
with two gallons of water until dissolved.
Next, we pre-wet the floor and poured the etch solution
over a 10 by 10 feet sections of the floor at a time.
We scrubbed the solution with a bristle brush
to loosen the dust and dirt.
Once completed, we rinsed the area with clean water
flowing through the bristle brush.
We squeegeed the floor to remove all the etch.
We repeated the clean water and squeegee three times
to make sure all the etch solution was cleaned off.
We let the floor dry for about two days
and filled in the cracks with a patch kit,
then we moved on to applying the Rocksolid product.
We used five kits in all for my 2.5 car garage.
We mixed the material by shaking the pouch back and forth.
The pouch has two parts.
We mix them by rolling part A side to part B side.
Again we shook the pouch for two minutes.
Next we mixed the pouch contents and the metallic tint
with the paddle mixer and drill for three to five minutes.
Mom started by trimming the edges
and I worked on the main floor.
We worked in sections,
pouring a four inch ribbon of the product,
about five feet long at a time.
We used the supplied roller to apply.
The idea's using a M and W pattern to evenly coat the floor.
We overlapped into the previously coated areas
trying to avoid creating thick spots.
Which was challenging in some sections.
Once we completed a section,
we went back and made a circular pattern in the coating
to help give the coating an opaque appearance once dry.
While Mom worked on the trimming,
I worked on mixing the next pouch.
We repeated this process until the floor was done.
We completed the whole floor in a little over two hours.
Four days later, my car has a new home!
- [Steph And Vicki] What we learned.
- There are three factors in this project.
One is the weather, two is the floor prep,
and three is the actual application of the product.
- This product has to be put down
at a certain temperature degree and certain humidity,
and here in Florida that's an issue.
When we wanted to start this project,
it rained for a week.
And it was also over a holiday season
so stores and tech support were closed.
We finally found two days of great weather
and were able to put down the product.
- Floor prep is a big deal with this project.
More of a challenge for us with this floor
because it had been previously painted.
We learned a lot of different things
and we're gonna share those with you in another video.
- Application.
Before we even got started
we watched a bunch of how to videos and did research online.
We wanted to make sure we understood how the product worked
before we even put it on the floor.
Because there's a very small amount of time that you have
before the product starts to harden.
And we actually did run into some questions
as we were laying the product,
but like we said, it was too late at that point.
So we're gonna make a whole nother video
to share that information with you so that
you have that information if you're trying this on your own.
- All in all we're very happy
with the way the product turned out.
It's the most amazing glossy finish.
It cleans up like a dream.
And it gives a very unique look to the garage.
- The weather's a big factor with this project.
The feathers are...
(laughing)
Ahhh!