Giani Granite Countertop Paint Kit 2.0 Epoxy Topcoat (White Diamond)

Ok, listen, I'm alive so it couldn't be too bad.I painted our kitchen cabinets and the brown counter top just did not look good. We want to sell so my husband didn't want to spend any more money in the house. Hmm. I have an idea! I'll paint them. So, its not that my husband wouldn't have "let" me paint them, it just would have brought him to a near heartattack throughout the process. So, I waited for him to go on a work trip and got right to work. Monday I painted the black coat, the 1st coat. I'm a genius I thought. It already looks great! That night I added the 1st sponge layer, the gray. What have I done? 😱 He is going to kill me. Tuesday I woke up and knew I had to move forward. Can't stop now. I added the 2nd sponge layer, like an off white. Better? Maybe? Worse? All I know is that this is not going to look like a countertop. That night I started the 1st of the last layer, the bright white. OK, maybe now that's a little better. I continued to work on adding more white for 2 days. It it time consuming and a lot of work. Before I added the top coat I made sure it was nice and smooth. I gave it 2 layers of top coat and then made sure it was smooth again, very lightly sanding any bumps, then that final coat. I did wait 3 days before adding culk. Re-culking really gives it the final touch it needs. I was so proud of it!! I love it. The husband? He loves it too. He was impressed actually.I wish they gave 2 sponges. It's hard to do all in one stretch. Having 2 sponges would allow you to finish one side and go back to finish the other.The raised back to the counter top sucks. Blending that area isn't easy.Going around the kitchen sink also sucks. It's not like you can go a week without using water. Makes it easy for the tape to come off. It's just a pain to go around.Trust the process. It may look awful during some stages but the end result really will look great.I'm hoping I didn't put stuff on it top quickly but it's hard to wait too long in your kitchen.

This was my second time using this product on the same countertop. We used one of the grey ones about 7 years ago. There were a few high traffic spots that chipped off but only after several years. This time we used the black kit. I’m not crazy about the little gold patches, and should have left them out, although it does give the color some depth. Overall this is really a great product. I recommend you do some test blotches on paper first to understand how hard to press and how much paint to use but once you get it, it looks great. And much cheaper than new countertops!

When I first saw this product recommended for me on Amazon, I was like "What is that? Are you kidding me? A paint kit? You honestly think I'm going to slap DIY paint all over my counters, all by myself and not get laughed at? Ok."Y'ALL! I did this! I had old, green laminate countertops and old oak wood cabinets. The counters are a light green. They look even lighter in the pictures, but take my word for it though, they were ugly...they was ugly y'all.I wanted to get all of the cabinets and counters replaced. But, with the economy as it is I must be wise and frugal. So, I said to myself, "Self, if you mess up, you were going to get the counters replaced one day anyway. So, give it a try."So, I purchased a cabinet painting kit and this Giani kit for the counters. I painted the cabinets black, put on the handles and "voila" a new kitchen. There was waaay more excitement than that, but for the sake of time and this review let's keep moving. Ok, then on to the counters. I wanted to do the marble epoxy since it looked more modern, but I was afraid to go that far. I chose the diamond white kit. I watched the video and just got to it. I don't recommend doing that, however. Read the instructions that come with the kit as the guy in the video says. I was just in a get-to-it kinda mode that day.So, I started working. First, I put on the black primer....green wood laminate covered, it looks better already. Then, I started sponging on the grey...improperly I suppose. Then, the white...probably not doing it properly either. I was thinking "this isn't going on the way the guy did it in the video." So, I took a step back and I was like "Hold the phone!" No, seriously, like for real lemme hold that iphone? I need to take a pic. It looked like a sleek, beautiful, modern granite countertop to match the cabinets. So, I stopped there. I didn't even use the entire kit or complete the remaining steps. I didn't like the diamond white anyway. I was just going to settle for it. Whatever happened between step number 2 and step number 6 turned out better than I could have imagined. I stopped at step 2b which we'll just call step 3. Then, I simply put on the acrylic topcoat and wood turned to stone.No one would believe these are old wood countertops over 30 years old! GET THIS KIT!