Hey everyone! Just had a though... Skool is relatively new platform, for most people that are coming in lately ( because of the amount of advertisement they been pushing ) it's a very new territory, unlike Facebook or Instagram or whatever else there is out there for social media. Not sure if you heard that expression yet, but Skool is social, but not a social media 😁 It only makes sense to those who spent a little time here already and from my personal experience, if I didn't have all of my friends and family members on other platforms, I would not have any reason to even be anywhere else but on Skool, maybe one day, but that's not what I was about to say. Who has any questions about the platform itself ? Would any of you like to learn anything about what can be done here or maybe have specific questions about how to use certain things ? Please let me know in the comments and if you haven't already, please spend a minute or two just to go through Onboarding tab in the Classroom, some of your questions could be answered there 👍🏻

Would anyone be interested in attending a webinar on how to setup and run ai tech to help in every day tasks, like answering phone calls when you busy grinding the floor, making estimate appointments and so on? We have a man here @Rudolf Van Loggerenberg , who has helped numerous people with their needs of AI tech, as well as made a quick presentation for me which I was pretty impressed with and figured if there's enough interest, we can organize a meeting, so you guys can keep up with new tech. I know a lot of us are old school and don't really feel the need for it or there's other priorities, but if we don't improve, we regress . Let me know and we can figure something out 👇🏻

Today I had an experience that I would like to share and see if you agree or maybe you got your own thoughts about that, in that case please hit the comment section👇🏻 It's normal to get asked over the phone how much do you charge per sq/f , because it's something measurable that people can go off of, but here's a thing... Let's say John charges 6$/ per sq foot . For simple math, he takes 1000 square foot garage, that's 6000 $, right ? Nope 🙅🏻‍♂️ At least not for you it's not ( I hope that's not how you do your estimates , but each to their own ) .For the house owner though or whoever asked for the price per sq/f , that's how this math sounds like. Fun fact, I also noticed that a lot of times you get phone calls from competitors asking the same thing, they are just testing the waters...Nothing wrong with that, but say it's a job where you just need to seal the driveway, then it makes sense, there's nothing really that can fluctuate in price that much, but even so...your material markup and labor cost are gonna make a huge difference! For example 1000 sq/f garage, ideal slab, no cracks. We apply MVB ( Moisture vapor barrier ) @ 150 sq/f per gallon ( you can use 100 per G for your math , it's just an example ), that's ~6.7gal + 10-15% waste =7.4-7.7 gal , so we order 8 gal (~30.3 L ) Base coat @ 120 sq/f per gallon, rough math ~ 10 gal (~37.9 L ) Flake broadcast to rejection , let's go a bit over, you will reclaim up to 40 %, but let's say 250 lbs of flake ( that's a bit much , but I'd rather have more than not enough ) Top Coat , Polyaspartic @ 100 sq/f per gallon ( that's a generous amount that I like to stick to for best results ) 10 gal + waste etc, order 12 gal ( ~45.4 L ) Now with just of all of these variables, imagine how much can the total go up or down depending on your application. Do you apply MVB? you maybe don't have to💁🏻‍♂️​ but what if the moisture content in the area will go up if it starts raining excessively or smth, I don't know ...it's just an example . You sometimes don't have to use it and will be fine, but would it ever suck to come back and redo the whole thing on your dime, wouldn't it.

Hey everyone ! One thing I noticed that might help anyone who wants to start running ads and is new to it ( like myself ) Just started a new campaign on Facebook for countertop restoration and making custom countertops, specifically for my area, because the garage floors are tricky in winter and unless it's a heated slab, I don't normally like doing it ( even if the product manufacturer says it's good , there's just more risk of failure down the road ). When creating a media carousel ( just images and videos you can add to your listing ), you can either add a normal image, which is fine and nothing wrong with that either, or you can make a short clip that will grab more attention and that way you can attract your customer base with specifics that you want or just in general make it more "juicy" . As an example I added one here. Tell me what you think, if you ever used something like that , what was the result and so on. Also if you need help creating something like this, let me know. It took me very minimal time in CapCut to do this and I think it's definitely worth it 👍🏻😎

If you remember or have any pictures ( that's a bonus) ,what was your first hands on work that you did with epoxy? Was it a floor, a countertop, some sample boards or decorative piece?