- Do you know how quartz and granite are made?
They mine the entire mountain down to nothing
and the quartz is blown into tiny little bits.
They sift out the fine materials that are then mixed
with resin into a slurry with binders and fillers
to create giant slabs that are then cut and polished.
Quartz countertops are high end surfaces
and have the most expensive price tag,
that then an installer has to go out, template it,
cut it to size, polish the edges and install it all,
seam it together.
You're always gonna be able to see that seam.
Another downside is that they can stain and burn.
For example, if you put a hot pan on it, it burns
and if that happens, it ain't easy to fix.
The only option you have at that point
is to get an entirely new countertop
or cover it with Stone Coat epoxy.
I was paid thousands of dollars
to figure out how to polish out shoe prints.
I installed quartz and granite
and other high-end surfaces for years over a decade.
And one time on the job site, this painter walked across
my brand new white counters I just installed
to tape off a pendant light
'cause he was about to spray that house.
The painter should have covered up my countertop
before he walked all over it.
Actually never walk on your countertops,
but that's just another day on the job site.
The builder asked me, how on earth can we get this out?
And if I could do my best to fix it.
I threw everything I knew at it
but I could not get the marks out.
We couldn't leave the tops in that condition,
they were ruined, he asked what his options were.
I hopped onto the old Google
and searched how to fix quartz countertops that are stained
and I came across this polishing system.
It was a two day course taught by a professional,
the actual, you know, inventor of this.
So the builder sent me to that course and he paid for it.
He paid 1500 bucks for it.
After the course, I had the skills to polish quartz
and other manmade countertops,
and let me tell you, it's not easy,
way harder than polishing granite.
I also learned that there's no polishing out of burn,
that's a no-go, that is ruined,
so I went back to the job site
and spent 10 hours removing shoe prints
and matching the sheen to the quartz perfectly.
It cost a builder another 1500 bucks in my labor.
He spent three grand to save spending seven racks
to replace the whole court's countertop job.
A much more affordable and DIY friendly version
would to be apply a layer of Stone Coat Countertop epoxy
right over the existing damaged surface.
Our epoxy and top coat system is extremely heat,
scratch, stain, and UV resistant.
We teach people to treat your epoxy countertops
just like any other countertop surface
and not to set really hot things on it
or cut directly on it.
Stone Coat epoxy countertops will stand the test of time
and the daily use and abuse of any residential
or commercial kitchen environment.
And the best part of all, you're gonna save thousands
renewing your old countertop surfaces doing it yourself.
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where we teach you how to work
with everything epoxy step by step.
And for for this project,
I started with some white tinted epoxy
and using just a small amount of black dye
I made a custom gray epoxy color.
I made this stunning countertop finish
by laying out the epoxy colors randomly,
then helped meld and marbleize the epoxy
with my gloved hands and the magic trout.
I laid down some small accent fracture lines
and added beautiful blue accent color.
Using different epoxy countertop techniques
adds layers of realism that brings the project
to the next level.
Creating small fracture lines with that magic trout
or misting 91% Isopropyl alcohol ties it all together.
If these colors aren't your cup of tea,
follow along with the techniques I show
using the colors you love.
Have a favorite throw pillow?
Match that bad boy in your countertops.
Here I'm prepping the cured epoxy the next day
for the ultimate top coat.
I'll be putting this epoxy countertop
to the same testing I did on that quartz top.
Lightly sand the epoxy with 220 and clean the dust.
Mix up the top coat at a two to one ratio
right after you thoroughly shake part A.
Add one to two ounces of water to thin
and you're ready to apply.
I let this project cure about a week
before I did my testing.
I heated up that cast iron to super hot.
I mean, I don't recommend cooking eggs
on your epoxy countertop, but if you do, don't sweat it.
It's not gonna melt, it's not gonna crack and fracture.
You're good to go.
I'm gonna do the wine and coffee test.
I'll let it sit overnight, come back and test the results.
Well, coffee and wine test passed, it passed the burn test.
The quartz failed all three of those tests.
The best way to clean your cured epoxy countertops
with the ultimate top coat on it
is I like the microfiber rag and just like a dish soap.
The next level up from that,
you would use a blue Scotch Brite sponge
like a kitchen sponge.
Don't wanna use those green ones.
Just like the green ones will score your metal pans,
there's a real aggressive, you know,
scrubbing on those green backed Scotch Brite sponges.
So stick with the blue ones
when going over that epoxy countertop.
All right, 91% isopropyl alcohol is the next level up.
If you have a stubborn material on your countertops
not wanting to come off, saturate it with a little 91%
or rubbing alcohol, let it sit,
take your microfiber rag wipe it right off.
The next level up if you have something stubborn,
maybe like Kool-Aid, something like that,
that you didn't clean up and it sat and dried overnight,
Totally Awesome cleaner from the Dollar General.
Keep that in your back pocket.
It's a really good cleaner overall for your whole home,
but it's a super duper amazing stain puller,
ripper outer over our epoxy.
Homemade cleaners such as vinegar and water,
stuff like that, totally safe to use.
You wanna avoid using bleach every single day,
but you definitely can wipe down the top
from time to time with some bleach,
but stay away from the Clorox bleach wipes every day.
That's not good for any countertop surface.
I wouldn't make an everyday practice out of setting
or cooking your eggs right on top of your countertop.
But you saw for yourself,
that hot pan will not destroy your epoxy countertops.
It's not gonna melt right down to the wood.
This stuff is tough.