Giani Quartz Easy Epoxy Countertop Paint Kit (Venetian Gold)

Kit comes with everything you need, except tape, tweezers, sos pads and a few minor things. I watched the videos prior plus I just started making resin crafts so I was familiar with resin. The directions provided were clear and included everything plus more that you need to know.A little back story on why we decided to do this. We bought this house a few years ago and the people that flipped this house ( not knocking flippers because there are great ones out there!) but they did a horrible job. Anything to cut corners is what they did. I’m a DIYer of heart so I saw the potential in the “bones” of the house. They installed slabs of granite, cut not filled in properly to connect etc. It also started darkening over the years. We installed under cabinet led lighting after using those magnetic lights and having to recharge ALL the time. Well we got this great under cabinet lighting that you plug in and it was a game changer. Truly made me see why I didn’t like the granite. And we recently installed lvp flooring from dark flooring so everything was coming together except now the countertops. It wasn’t in the budget to buy new so I had my eye on this kit. Merry Christmas to me because it was everything I wanted and more. Really brightened my kitchen! If you follow the directions to a T you can’t go wrong. The only thing I would say to watch for is definitely the drips, put the plastic tarps down and the drips under the counter. Also our countertops probably aren’t 💯 level, so look at the edges and make sure it is leveling to the edge. I have a few spots that didn’t and I will try to fix them, most likely sanding the area, and putting a little resin on it. But overall it really looks like I spent good money to have these professionally done! I will probably get people asking me to do theirs lol. Giani you really did well with this kit! They thought of everything. Don’t wait, just do it!! You will be so glad you did!

This kit is Great! I was able to do this over the weekend. I had green counters prior and did not like them. We want to remodel the kitchen but not ready to do it yet. This is a nice alternative. Counters look amazing. I also painted the cabinets. I love the way it came out. Super easy to use the instructions are clear along with the video tutorial. Would definitely do this again. In love with the finished product.

The media could not be loaded. This kit was great! I was nervous to use it but it ended up being easier than I expected. I tried a couple different methods and found out u was just doing too much. The veining was too heavy and thick and the best thing about this kit is I could just paint over my mistakes and keep trying til it was just perfect. I did play with the colors some. I added some of the white to the gray vein color to lighten it a bit. The epoxy was so easy to apply, watch the videos and read the instruction and you will be great! Now that it’s fully cured, it feels indestructible!! We’ve cleaned it, set hot items on it, etc. it doesn’t scratch easily. It looks amazing! It doesn’t look exactly like marble but such a close, budget friendly option!

You’ll be happy with the outcome if you’re not expecting perfection. I had blue speckled laminate countertops with some minor dings in them that were installed in probably the early 90s. My plan was to remove those and have quartz or some other stone countertop installed. I love DIY and have renovated all but one room in my house to date. I figured this might be a fun challenge for myself, so I decided to take the plunge. New to me countertops for $200 didn’t seem like a big risk. Worst case scenario I would follow through with replacing them with stone if they ended up really botched. Be sure to allow yourself 2 full days for prep and painting/epoxying. I completed it over the course of a weekend like probably most people would. Be very thorough with your prep work. It will pay off big time in the long run. Epoxy is very messy to work with. Painting on the primer was the easiest part. It’s going to be streaky after your first coat. Although my countertops weren’t all that dark beforehand, I opted to do three coats of primer. For whatever reason when the laminate was installed, it wasn’t wrapped around the edges of the countertop. That was left as wood, which would get easily scratched, and need to be touched up with enamel paint every so often. The last time I touched it up I decided to do dark gray instead of white. That was one of the reasons I did that third coat of primer. I’m really looking forward to not having to continuously touchup the countertop edges anymore now that they’re epoxied. Next up was the most intimidating part to most: drawing the veining. After the first one or two it’s far less intimidating. I actually found it to be fun, and you really can’t mess it up because it’s a matter of personal preference. I didn’t want the countertops to be overly busy, but I wanted the veining that was there to be dark and more defined. I’m happy with the outcome. If you do mess up one of your veins, you can flood it with water and wipe it away to start over. You do have a limited time before it starts drying though. When that was done, I let that dry overnight, and planned to finish off with the epoxying on day two. I had this strange fear of the epoxy catching fire, as I read it can do that if you allow it to sit for too long in the container. When I was done pouring it, I made sure to take the empty canisters outside even though they barely had anything left in the bottom. Some tips I would give after completing that part would be don’t overwork the epoxy. I have some minor rippling like you to see when tossing a pebble into a pond. The company said that could be as a result of overworking the epoxy. I especially noticed that around the countertop edges, which I probably did overwork with the paintbrush making sure they were fully covered. I also noticed it more around my sink. The epoxy is self leveling, so it should do just that if left to run off the edges as designed. The only fix for that per the company would be to sand down the entire affected area until you can no longer see the ripples, and pour a second coat of epoxy. Because of the messiness and seven day cure time, I decided it didn’t bother me enough to go to that extreme, at least not at this time. I would’ve had to wait the full seven day cure time before even beginning to sand, and then have to wait for that full cure time again. I wanted to get back into using my kitchen. Probably the most frustrating part of the entire process was removing the painters tape from around my sink and the backsplash after waiting about an hour and a half after pouring the epoxy. You have to wait long enough for it to start to set, but not too long that it’s cured completely. There were a few spots, especially around the sink, where the painters tape peeled not only the epoxy, but some of the primer as well. I could see my original countertops. Thankfully, it was able to be hidden by caulking with white acrylic caulk. I included some photos of the sink peeling for reference before I caulked. If you have pets, you’re probably going to find a stray hair or two cured into your epoxy. I cleaned the entire area and surrounding rooms very thoroughly multiple times throughout the process. I kept my two dogs out of the room the entire time. I still found 2 dog hairs on the surface that must have settled during dry time. Thankfully they do provide a sanding and polishing technique you can use to remove any surface level dust particles, hairs, or scratches. You just have to wait the seven day cure time before attempting that. So far, I am very happy with the results overall. They look great, and they changed the look of the kitchen for a much more affordable price than stone. I’ve only had them for about a month, so I can’t speak to durability long-term. They do seem to scratch relatively easily, but hopefully polishing them once a month will take care of that since they’re surface level. I do notice fingerprints and smudge marks aren’t as easy to clean as the laminate was. I think that’s due to the high shine and reflectiveness. I have been using a non-toxic, mild all purpose cleaner. One negative was the cost to purchase their countertop cleaner directly from them. I think it was almost $13 per bottle, but the shipping cost was 20 something dollars. I couldn’t find it available to purchase from Amazon. I bought appliance mats off Amazon that will protect the countertops from the heat of the appliances, and also make it easy to slide them as needed without scratching the countertops. I thought it was a pretty easy project for someone with some DIY experience. I would definitely do it again without hesitation.