Watch how I made this amazing peacock granite using epoxy resin!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Watch the magic of a Peacock Granite design come to life with Stone Coat Countertop epoxy resin. Using black spray paint and acrylic colors, and topped with Stone Coat's Ultimate Top Coat Natural finish, this customer's Peacock design is sure to impress!
Transform your kitchen with a vibrant and eye-catching Peacock Granite Epoxy Countertop. In this video, KCDC Designs shares tips and tricks to help you create a stunning DIY epoxy countertop using Stone Coat Epoxy and Ultimate Top Coat. Watch and learn as Keith McGinnis showcases the latest countertop trends for 2023. Discover how to work with epoxy, mix color and create beautiful countertops!
What brand of acrylic did you use? Did you use Art Coat or regular Stone Coat? Looks awesome!!!! Can't wait to try this!
Hi David and thank you! It was acrylics in squeeze tubes I got from Wally World (now the secret's out, lol). You just have to be cautious and experiment when using acrylic paints. Too much and it gets gummy, too little and it's too translucent. There's a fine line and I wanted the colors on this project as vibrant as possible.
How would white spray paint turn out
White spray paint gives a completely different look when using that technique. It creates kind of a webbing opposed to individual cells like the RustOleum Gloss Black spray paint does. It's a cool effect, you just have to practice with the white so you know what effect you'll get with it. Other spray paints work as well, you just have to experiment with it.
@@kcdcdesigns thank you so much for your response can and you do a new video with it.
This would be cool w opal fire translucent film as a base
Wow, I would agree! That sounds cool!
Aside from the way it does the circle kind of bubbles the coloring is fairly close to suelo Moreno which is a ridiculously expensive Stone me as a 25-year tile and stone professional in Seattle the last whale Moreno's slab I bought was in 2014 and they were small slabs and my wholesale cost was $117 per square foot that's WHOLESALE COST not what you'll pay to have this in real stone, my project was 3 slab's, small by today's standard 43-45sf each. Wholesale cost of raw stone was $13,364 the total job for just the stone, fabrication, installed with full cabinet height slab backsplash was $27,400.
So if you can get a look like this for a fraction of the real stone cost. Do it!!!
Wow, that's crazy Mark! Thanks for sharing the info!
Love it! My heart goes crazy for rainbow things. I love prismatic, bold, use of color, even jewel tones. Pastels bring me down. I love the look of sedimentary rock. Have you ever created a rainbow Stone effect? Would you please do a sample? Please and thank you!
Hi Anika, and thank you for the comment. The rainbow stone sounds interesting and I will research it and see what I xan come up with.
Thanks again.
Hi Keith! Hope you’re doing well. Love the peacock!! Looking forward to
The rest of your videos.
Hi Sylvia! Doing great, thanks and miss you all!
Thank you and I'm hoping to be adding more.
amazing...love the work! Forgive me if you stated in the demo but do you put a top clear coat of resin after it cures?
Thank you, Tracy! And yes, I always apply a top clear coat (flood coat) over my color coat,,,, on ALL projects. That's the protective layer. Then on all my projects I also always apply Stone Coat's Ultimate Top Coat, either in Gloss or Natural (matte). The Peacock Granite in the video has UTC Natural (matte) applied.
How much acrylic paint per ounce did you use?
I started out figuring how many drops per oz I would need per 1 oz of epoxy, for each color, and each color was different. And each type of acrylic paint will be different as well. Mine were in tubes and as I squeezed it, it came out in a glob, so I counted how many "globs" per oz. I wrote that down, then when I mixed up each cup of epoxy, I knew how much to add, per oz. Using acrylic paints can be tricky.
Thanks for your question, and I hope that helps, somewhat.
Peacock is one of my favorite things to do!
That's awesome, Jessie! I would love to see your projects! Are they posted somewhere?
And thank you for your comment!
I just now found this video and it is awesome! I love how that turned out. So many possibilities and colors!!
Thank you so much, Karen and endless possibilities is right!
Thank you love this video!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks, Brenda!
Great job. Awesome test with acrylics. Going to try this for the kid’s Lego table. Super fun.
Thanks, Jacob! If you have any questions or if I can help in any way, just let me know.
Good luck and have fun!
Great video Keith!
Thanks, Taneva! :)
😎 WOWZA 🥰
That one was so much fun to create and watch it come to life! I was surprised how cool it actually looked once installed! Thank you for the comment!
Brilliant result. Gorgeous colours. Just WOW 😍
Thank you so much!
Wow, will definitely try!!
It's a fun design to create, for sure! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out!
Beautiful piece
Thank you, Gayle! Certainly one of the most unique I've had requested by a customer!
I appreciate your comment, thank you again!
this is the best cell lesson that I have ever seen
Thank you so much!
I ❤ this and I'm not big on lots of color I really love your work keep inspiring others ❤
Thank you so much, Shan I appreciate your kind words!
Great technique, thanks for sharing.
Need numbers for coats, please. Wash: 1oz / Sq ft. Guessing 2ozs per square ft broken into six colors? Am I close?
Thanks for your help Keith...
Bernie, I am so sorry it took so long to respond! I normally get notifications when there's a comment.
You're correct in the wash coat at approx 1oz/sf. For applying the colors I used 3oz/sf divided evenly with the colors used.
it looks awesome, Keith, I'm gonna try this technique asap
Thank you, Eliezer and if you have any questions please let me know! You Got This! :)
What type of spray paint did you use? As far as fast drying, gloss. Nice job.
Hi Robert, to get the cells I use RustOleum Gloss Black spray paint. And thank you!
Thank you. My girl seen your peacock design and decided that's what she wants for her office. My test samples were close but the spray paint was off. She wants it as bright as possible so I thought about white. Have you used white spray before? What do you think about that for cells?
Hi Robert, the white does not provide the same type of cells, the result is more of a lacing effect. Even using the gloss black can be tricky as far as how much to apply and when. If you don't apply enough, you don't get the distinct outlines around the cells, if you apply too much, they may not open up properly. If you apply too soon, the resin is still too fluid and moving too much. I normally wait about 30-40 minutes depending on temp and humidity. My studio is climate controlled and stays around 72°-74° with humidity around 25%-35%.
One of the biggest mistakes people make is applying too much alcohol. You really need to give the cells time to develop. If you apply too much, it will look great for about 30 seconds but then they all blend together. If you notice in the video, watch how the first section continued to develop while I was working the rest of the top. It seemed as though I needed to apply more but as time went on, they continued to develop uniformly.
Can you send me a pic over FB messenger (KCDC Designs - Keith's Custom Design Concepts)? Maybe by looking at it I can offer some helpful hints.
Thanks for reaching out, Robert!
One more side-note, don't spray paint too big of an area at a time. You don't want the spray paint to dry, it needs to remain wet when you drop the alcohol on it.
Great video, short and a lots of details.👍
Thank you, Ayad! (sorry for the delayed response!)
Great video Keith - good job
Thank you, Seth!
Just lovely!!!❤️
Thank you, Shannon! That was certainly the most interesting (and most fun) countertop creation to-date. :)
You’re so talented. I hope I get to meet you one day
That is tremendous. Love it!
Thank you so much!
Great video, love that look. Awesome job.
Thank you so much!!
Keith how much acrylic did you use in the epoxy?
It really depends on the brand and type of acrylic paints you're using as well as the type & brand of epoxy. As a general rule you don't want to mix more than 10% into the mixed epoxy. If it gets gummy when stirring you've used to much so I would definitely practice on a sample board so you can get the right amount for each color.
@@kcdcdesigns using acrylic paint from Wal-Mart (I think the same ones you used and of course SCC epoxy. Got it from Rhonda at 101;)