Blake's Rust Bullet With Flake & Clear Coat

[Garage Flooring]

Blake said we should go ahead and post this. He used the 18" roller (which we have not suggested) and the solvent in the gray. Two coats of gray, one coat of clear and flake. Came out well!

One thing we wanted to mention. All of the clear coats and color top coats are aliphatic urethane.

 

[erklep]

looks great!! maybe one day ill get to my floor

 

[z2880]

thanks Justin I highley recommend the 18" roller it made my life easier as I didn't have any help it took me a little over 2 hours to do each coat and clean up.

 

[bullnerd]

Nice job Blake, that looks really good!

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

thanks Justin I highley recommend the 18" roller it made my life easier as I didn't have any help it took me a little over 2 hours to do each coat and clean up.

How many square feet?

 

[Garage Flooring]

thanks Justin I highley recommend the 18" roller it made my life easier as I didn't have any help it took me a little over 2 hours to do each coat and clean up.

Now I'm going to have to try it again what brand did you use

 

[z2880]

Now I'm going to have to try it again what brand did you use

i used the Purdy 3/8 nap 18" roller

 

[z2880]

How many square feet?

about 780 sq

 

[Shea]

Great job!

 

[tracer55]

So have some questions about your floor coating as I plan on using Rust Bullet also.
How many gallons did it take to cover your floor(780 sq feet) for the 2 coats.
How many gallons of clear did it take for the 1 coat of clear?
How much flakes did you use?
Did you grind your floor?
What brand/ name clear did you use?
Thanks

 

[Tbarile]

i used the Purdy 3/8 nap 18" roller

Do you need a new roller for each application?

 

[Garage Flooring]

Do you need a new roller for each application?

YES YES YES. I would also change every 400-500 square feet

 

[z2880]

with the 18" roller I found that it rolled out quickly and I did not have to change out the roller

 

[MrBreeze]

Blake said we should go ahead and post this. He used the 18" roller (which we have not suggested)

Curious, why would you advise against using an 18" frame roller?

 

[Garage Flooring]

When we tried it with the Rust Bullet it did not work well for us. It may have been the brand though and we have made some other revisions so perhaps it's working better. I just not comfortable enough to recommend yet


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[Dick in Wisconsin]

YES YES YES. I would also change every 400-500 square feet

I just did a 1000sf floor with Rust Bullet. I agree with Justin 100%. New roller every 400 to 500sf.

Also ... before you put more RB into the roller pan after using what was in there, make sure you've used ALL the RB in the pan. As you're applying RB, it seemed to me that the RB in the bottom of the pan was starting to cure which made it thick. Adding the next "load" of RB didn't thin out what was in the bottom of the pan. This is why you should consider changing the rollers every 400 to 500 sf. BTW, the rollers are junk after you've used them once. You will NEVER get them clean enough to use them again.

Another option is to start a new pan at the 400 to 500sf mark when you go to a new roller. I bought plastic pans at Home Depot to use for each session. I found that after about 24 hours, the residual RB in the pan got hard enough that I could twist the plastic roller pan and the RB would break off in large sheets. In a few minutes a had a clean, bright shiny roller pan!