 Time just coming up to 11 30 on this Saturday morning We are live from the clan re hotel in letter Kenny for DLDC celebrate Dunnegall business showcase, and it is all happening here in the clan re hotel Exhibitors are really arriving in their droves now, and they're all getting set up in there What a fantastic setup there isn't there as well, and there's a real buzz about the place as well So if you're in the letter Kenny area, you're gonna want to call and you don't want to miss this We are joined I'm delighted to say by one of our exhibitors this morning Kevin McGovern from epic epoxy joins his life on the program Kevin. Good morning. Morning. How's things? We're not so bad. Not so bad. How's set up going in there? It's good looking good in there ready to rock and roll plenty of tables about and plenty Yeah, there's a really good buzz around there isn't there? Everyone's excited. Everyone's really just ready to rock and roll Everyone's getting set up and all excited. They're ready to go Good stuff good stuff Kevin epic epoxy is the name of your business Yes, tell us a little bit about the business and what you do So it's basically an alternative to wooden floors and your tile floors and carpets and stuff So it's a seamless surfaces. So obviously you have no great lens or no dirties You know wooden floors and all that crack and very easy maintained and very easy cleaned Obviously with no no great lines that there germs and that there can't live on it Which is beneficial for the teams were on at the moment with cobalt and all that. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, nice clean You know, yeah, so it's a it's it's an easier to maintain Easier kept alternative to your traditional tile floors or cement floors or anything like that And you were mentioning as well About micro cement. Yeah, that's another alternative then again. So what that there you can put it on walls Nearly any surface at all Of people has already has has tails down in their floors and stuff Yeah, I can put down a primer on their tails So that saves having to lift up all tails and your skirtons and everything like so I can basically just go straight over it Which is saves a lot of mess obviously. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, so Been pretty busy. What are they are up to date now? So the micro cement seems to be taken off a lot now and and that is something probably that would Probably have the potential to put somebody off Doing a job like that in our house is you know, taking up the old stuff They never know mess and everything that goes with it. So this is a much cleaner much quicker Streamlined alternative. That's it. Yeah, you know, you you start training to go up tails or something like and you just you Can cover up doors and all you want like what dust is just gonna get everywhere like so what the what the systems I do, there's no mess I go on from start to finish like and you're left with a brand new floor or brand new surface work tops tables You know, so it is it is a brilliant system like you know and tell us, you know, tell us about your journey so so far So what did you do before this and where did where did the idea for this business come from? Is this an area you sort of worked in before was there's a brand new sort of a concept that came to you Tell us a little bit about that. So I'm actually a plasterer by trade So I'm over the years now their shoulders getting well worn out But it's not coming to us all Yeah, it's not a game you want to be at for the rest of your life Yeah, I've seen the epoxy resin that online, you know years ago And it's American that there's a way ahead of us with everything really like yeah So I stared us last 10 years or more, you know, and I thought I'd never really seen it about Ireland like Yeah, so I thought maybe now's the time to go and maybe do it and then when lockdown happened We were off working stuff and we had two babies over the lockdown to so right I said right and maybe now's the right time to just go and do something new now like instead of just getting by every weekend So, you know, yeah, I was always interested in learning new stuff, you know So this came about then I went and done a few trainings and courses all over Ireland and Head in England to do more training now in a couple of weeks as well like yeah So obviously I was wanting to have more time at home maybe as well Yeah, yeah, so I just went for it like you know, and I'm glad I did now because you're your own boss, you know And it's nice to nice to work there is that you want to work, you know exactly yeah And you know that is something we're we're hearing a lot from the exhibitors we spoke We've spoken to so far today. Yeah, when we're asking them, you know, what that's what was the the the kicker Yeah card that you know what it made them say right now is the time Yeah, and it seems to be when they had that little bit of downtime During COVID during the lockdowns that they took everybody seems to have just taken stock and re-evaluate it That's what they wanted to do. Yeah, and you know, you've done just that as well How long how long have you been in business? So I started up the business there probably last October and stuff Okay, it's not a thing you go and do these trainings and stuff But it's not a thing you can just jump on and start throwing down floors and stuff like so There was a lot of R&D and they shared over the winter and stuff like yeah a lot of money put under the business to get all The right tools and stuff like you know So basically just kind of getting busy there now this year what it like and obviously nine out of ten people doesn't know What it is so for the likes of this today That's great publicity and to get it out there what it actually is the perfect opportunity to tell people exactly what it's about Yeah, like if that's one thing explaining it, you know to people over the radio or whatever But I have loads of sample boards inside here today And it's easier to show people and show them the process and stuff as well Absolutely anyone would want to come on down and have a chat to me about something that they might want on themselves We yeah, I can help them out, you know and see what system will be best for them You know brilliant brilliant and listen, you know, I asked us to a few of the other exhibitors we spoke to today You know, if you're you're you're fairly near the start of your journey You know with regards to running your own business being your own boss So you're in the thick of it at the moment What advice would you give to somebody now because we know there are Potential entrepreneurs out there people who are maybe feeling like they're stuck in a rot They're working full-time. They want to be their own boss. They want to run their own business What advice would you give them? What would you how would you advise them to start the ball rolling and take those first steps? Yeah, well, there's plenty of help out there. So there's two like you haven't glad I got the DLDC there They've been very helpful. They are right through me journey so far up to date, you know and Just to go for it like you know, I was the same I was working every week just waiting for the wage on the Friday and just not happy You know and I always wanted to do my own thing like you know So I would say just go for it like you know, there's nothing ventured nothing gained as the man says, you know So good advice go for it. Good advice Kevin. Listen. Thanks so much for chatting to us best of luck with the business Best of luck with the exhibit here today. Yeah If you want to just let everyone know if I'm on Facebook there as well that epic epoxy in case anybody wants to follow it I have some of my previous jobs up on up on that there as well Like you know to give people a better idea of exactly what can be done and stuff, you know So great stuff. So that's on your your Facebook page epic epoxy. Yes, okay, and obviously they can see you in here They can see it up close and personal Come down have a feel of the boards and stuff, you know, and you can feel exactly what it's like, you know Listen Kevin best of luck with the business and great to talk to you all the best