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Another Rust Bullet Garage

Wook660

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So I finally found the time to coat my garage floor. It was poured back in December 2015 and I never parked anything inside that was a risk to drip any oil. As far as prep work goes, I went over it with a grinder just enough to scratch it up a bit because it was so glossy smooth from when they power troweled it and got the surface as clean and dust free as possible after. The product was extremely easy to put down. The original plan was to put down 4 coats on the 1200 square feet, but I ended up with enough to do a 5th coat. I put anti skid in the 3rd coat and I'm glad I was able to put down a 5th because after 4 coats it was still very coarse. I think its just right now.

Some thoughts:
- Epoxying the floor really made every little pit and divit in the concrete really pop out. I'm sure adding the colored flakes would have eliminated that some.
-Where gloves! It's been almost a week and I still have this stuff on my hands. I eventually put gloves on for the later coats, my fault there.

Special thanks to Justin for all his input and help wth ordering the epoxy. They had it shipped to my house much sooner than I expected. Only time will tell but I'm very happy with how it turned out and hope to get years of durability out of it!
 

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Looks great! You can never go wrong with the simple and clean look of a solid grey coating.
 

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Looks great... right now I am leaning in same direction..if just using Rust Bullet do you really need anti-skid???
 

Jano4

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Thanks for posting. Been wanting to do this with my new garage as well and talked to Justin a little bit about it. Haven't pulled the trigger yet but planning on soon before the weather get too cold over here.
 
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Wook660

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Looks great... right now I am leaning in same direction..if just using Rust Bullet do you really need anti-skid???

Well I can't say for sure as I've never walked on a finished sample of rust bullet without the anti skid, I do know that my bare concrete floor was like a skating rink when it was wet, particularly with flip flops under foot. I didn't want to take the chance without it and like I said, with two bare coats over the anti skid coat, I think it came out just right. It isn't too gritty, but I also threw the whole bag of what Justin supplied me with into the last 1.5 gallons or so in the first 5 gallon bucket. I wasn't to scientific about measuring that part out.
 
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Dick in Wisconsin

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So I finally found the time to coat my garage floor.

Did you end up with a completely flawless Rust Bullet surface? I had some pimples and nubs after getting down putting mind down last year. I like it, but wondering if RB might have changed the formula (probably more solvent to keep it from curing too quickly) and that eliminated the pimples and nubs I experienced.

Epoxying the floor really made every little pit and divit in the concrete really pop out.

You use the term "epoxying". As I understand RB isn't an "epoxy" per se. I presume you mean "Rust Bullet".

Looks great... right now I am leaning in same direction..if just using Rust Bullet do you really need anti-skid???

I didn't use any anti-skid when I applied my three or four coats of Rust Bullet. RB has a very interesting finish texture that has some subtle texture to it. When its wet, it isn't very slippery (much to my pleasant surprise). Put it on the wood floor of the 26' wood floor of the race trailer and have the same experience.

This week we finally got to installing the OSB and slat-wall. Lots of sawdust. That is slippery on top of the RB. But sweep it up and its back to not being slippery.

Using a very fine bristled push broom makes it very easy to clean the "stuff" off the RB ... sawdust, leaves, general dirt, small rocks and gravel from the race track, etc.
 
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Wook660

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Did you end up with a completely flawless Rust Bullet surface? I had some pimples and nubs after getting down putting mind down last year. I like it, but wondering if RB might have changed the formula (probably more solvent to keep it from curing too quickly) and that eliminated the pimples and nubs I experienced.



I would say for the most part, yes. I had a few little chucks maybe the size of a BB that I found on the floor after the 4th coat and was able to get rid of them before the fifth. I think they came off the side of the 5 gallon can when it was getting low and some had dried or maybe the edge of the roller but I'm not sure.
 
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Wook660

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Photos are all yours! Maybe I'll get some better ones on a sunny day.
 
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