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[Applause] [Music] so today I'm going to be doing a wet look on this concrete right here so it's a stamped concrete right here stain that the stain is was added to the concrete we're going to be doing a wet look it's going to bring back some color and add Sheen to it and prior to doing that because I want to get my edges done I take a Milwaukee yo just battery operated edger and I'm going to Edge this and then I'll blow it off that way um I can get my edges done and there's not going to be grass and dirt getting in mixed in with my my product my clear coat so just gonna do this edging real quick here and then we'll begin the clear coat this is an oil-based product agency called Claire shield and it's a concrete sealer that adds a wet look I'm just used throwaway tools when doing that because I'm not going to try to clean anything when I'm done I'm just going to throw away my brush throw away my roller cover also so we'll be using a Premier white woven 3 8 inch roller to apply it just use like a 3 8 inch or half inch gonna be using just a chip brush to do the cut ends so I'm just straining this we're working at another job site this was the leftovers got a lot of leaves and debris in it so I'm just straining all that stuff out I got some cut ends I'll be working on here just gonna get it wet just like spill it over this Edge so that Edge gets gone I'll use my brush to get these Expansion Joints now this is typically do one coat if you're working in the sun it's going to dry really fast and it's important to um lay it out properly this is in the shade it's not going to dry so fast so but I still do like to do a layout with this product because um even if it's dry and slow if it's drying too fast it stipples and you'll see it so I like to just do a layout like this I would do that a second coat if I was working in hot sun it's really forgiving when you're in the shade like this but you can see what it looks like right there it's gonna look just like that when it dries now I'm never really a big fan of oil-based products but this is one time I use an oil-based coating because I think the oil base on concrete is far superior to water-based Concrete Coatings in our climate up here we have an unusual climate where we get snow will sit on this concrete for months this concrete will get extremely hot in the summertime when it's 105 degrees rain snow ice oil-based products from my experience when it comes to clear wet looks just perform better now if it's drying really fast you're going to want to pay attention to your layout there is it is getting some sun in some areas right here this clear coat sealer goes really fast like I say I typically do one coat I pressure wash this really good prior to doing this so you want to pressure wash out like using a mighty m all-surface cleaner and a rotating nozzle when I do the pressure washing um a lot of people ask me what pants I'm wearing these are Thrive work wear pants that have removable knees but you don't have to remove them to wash them I never actually once I put them in when I buy them I never remove them you don't want to have big puddles you're just putting on a nice even coat kind of like if you're doing their solid color stain I use agent C's colored top solid color stain also so I'm going to just roll on a nice thin even coat and then lay it out you'll see what I get to larger sections like this you'll see how I do my layout and I like to come to the edge just spill it over the edge with my roller so the whole Edge gets covered see it's picking up some debris even after blowing it off on my roller I'm not so worried about that it's got stamped concrete so I might have to like press down to puddle it down into the stamped part and then I'll just roll over it even it back out now so I like a four to eight foot extension pull I can lay it out now I start getting too much debris on my roller I usually keep multiple rollers I'll just switch it out and for another one you could have leaves and stuff falling while you're doing it that's what it looks like right there they say this wet look there's I like this product I like a product actually Bear makes a product that's a low Sheen water-based product that's a pretty good product also if you wanna a low Sheen coating where it's not wet looking but it does have a slight sheen to it don't work you know too big a spaces at a time that way you have time to do your layout you don't want it drying too fast I'm starting to get into the sun so I don't want to get too much done this stuff goes a long ways um typically from my experience you could be anywhere like 300 400 square feet per gallon don't want to get too far ahead of myself and it's kind of interesting from experience if I'm working in the Sun I'll do a coat and if you just do it randomly and not lay it out it it stipples the clear coat and you'll see the what we just call stipple flashing in your concrete and your clear coat so you just want to be aware of that how do you like wearing gloves too this stuff is kind of pretty nasty stuff and don't want to get it on your hands so like wearing gloves no matter what you're typically going to get some on your hands no matter how hard you try so I wear gloves that I can just take off when I'm all done I won't have it on my hands also like always like to lay it out the same direction I laid out pulling towards me this is going to be a little different now because I'm working this direction some typical gonna work you know sections at a time my saw cuts like when I do epoxy floors that determines the sections I'm working with so just want to make sure like I'm rolling it spilling it over that edge if you want it to look really good you want the edges even the sides of your edges done so you just get it kind of puddling up in front of your roller just spill it over the edge some people ask like why I'm not using a bucket when doing stuff like this I'm just more comfortable working out of a pan because I can slide the pan really easily and it's not going to tip over um and I can load up my nap pretty easily I don't have to dip it down into the bucket and get it all over the sides of the nap it's just what I'm comfortable with so when I'm doing the edges I'm just gonna just like that spill it over and that whole Edge now it'll spill over the edge and the Hedge will get coated