Whist there are DIY Epoxy kits available from hardware stores and paint shops, we strongly advise using them as they have several significant drawbacks:

1. The products are not of the same quality as the industrial-grade Epoxy that professional epoxy installers use.
2. The product they sell doesn’t take into account the porosity of the concrete. As concrete differs, this means that you could require 2-3 kits (or more) to complete a simple double garage floor.
3. These products only tell you the minimum requirement of preparation required of the floor before applying the Epoxy within any instruction on filling holes and cracks.
4. Many of these products also promote the use of “acid etching” to prepare the surface, whereas the proper method used by professional Epoxy installers is to “diamond grind” the floor, allowing the Epoxy to penetrate into your concrete floor. Professional installers also use specially formulated Epoxy crack fillers to fill large holes and cracks.
5. DIY Epoxy kits are not UV stable which means that they will discolour even as soon as a month after installation.
6. The floor may peel within 6-12 months due to the lack of preparation as the acid etching these kits recommend is not sufficient.
7. These products provide only a small quality of flakes which means your floor can come out looking very uneven.
8. Kits do not include a topcoat sealer which means that the flakes are exposed. This results in dirt getting trapped between flakes while the sharp flakes can result in injury to anyone walking barefoot on the floor.
9. Epoxy installation, like any other trade, requires experience. If you apply it incorrectly it cannot be rectified, as once the Epoxy sets it cannot be fixed!