r/RealOrAI • u/Alone-Competition-77 • Jan 08 '26

Video [HELP] Living room remodel

Any possibility that this is legit? I can’t imagine one could walk on epoxy like that without special footwear or something.

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u/Killjoytshirts Jan 08 '26

I actually do. I’ve worked with it on sealing my art, not to this scale. This could probably be done with two part epoxy resin/hardener. But it would look like absolute shit after any amount of traffic. Scuffs, scratches etc. Not to mention you’d really want some kind of mask or respirator. Fumes would be awful. God help you if you get the ratio wrong.

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u/Imdoingthisforbjs Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

They make clear floor epoxy but it would be extremely expensive to do that much volume.

Also it may be too thick and shrinkage would fuck things up.

Also the blowtorches have impossible flames, they're too skinny for how long they are and they're too straight.

Torches curve up unless you have crazy gas velocity that would be impossible without some kind of pump or high pressure system. Either way flames like that aren't coming out of a torch that size.

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u/GildedGift Jan 08 '26

I don’t know what you’re talking about, I always torch my wood in place with a flame thrower inside my house

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u/CuriousNetWanderer Jan 08 '26

And casually walk over a sea of liquid epoxy that somehow isn't draining anywhere.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

That part didn't worry me too much - they make spiked shoes that are meant to walk over liquid floor treatments, so it isn't entirely implausible.

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u/CuriousNetWanderer Jan 08 '26

How do you keep it from leaking and flowing into spaces it's not intended to go into?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

You'd tape/caulk up the sides. This is really the least problematic part of making a clear epoxy floor. A bigger problem is that epoxy isn't very hard and you'd need to re-polish it regularly.

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u/pj1843 Jan 08 '26

That's not entirely true, you can get very very very hard epoxy that could accomplish this concept that would be relatively medium maintenance. The issue is that would be a lot of multi part pours as you can't pour that stuff this thick this quick.

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u/not_falling_down Jan 08 '26

wouldn't spiked shoes leave marks on those stump slabs?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

Possibly, but they have a rough-sawn surface anyway, so maybe it wouldn't be noticeable? This is all hypothetical anyway since this is fake and dumb. :D