ihscomputers
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The final appearance has roller marks but I'm OK with that because I am more interested in the durability, ease of cleanup and being able to quickly find dropped items such as screws.
The concrete was poured in late December 2014 and has seen no vehicle traffic except for the boom lift that was used to erect the steel.
Prep consisted of thoroughly sweeping the entire floor followed by a thorough wet mop using Simple Green two weeks before the application.
This past Friday, it was thoroughly swept again, then the Rust Bullet was applied.
3 coats of the standard grey color with the final coat containing the anti-skid particles.
I used the Purdy 18" roller for the first two coats, then the 9" Wooster roller for the final coat.
The inside was cooled to 75 degrees with Relative Humidity ranging from 49% on the first day to 80% this morning when I applied the final coat to the bathroom and the Dirty Room. (I have 3 each 2 ton mini split systems.)
The 2200 sq ft main room took about 2-3 hours to apply each coat.
I still need to apply the RB to the areas around the roll-up doors.
If I had to do it all over again, I would stick with the 18" rollers and use 3" painters tape instead of the 2" because both size rollers managed to get a little bit of RB on the walls above the tape on the high spots of the corrugated metal.
I'll post photos of the finished bathroom and Dirty Room sometime this evening after the final coat has dried.
The concrete was poured in late December 2014 and has seen no vehicle traffic except for the boom lift that was used to erect the steel.
Prep consisted of thoroughly sweeping the entire floor followed by a thorough wet mop using Simple Green two weeks before the application.
This past Friday, it was thoroughly swept again, then the Rust Bullet was applied.
3 coats of the standard grey color with the final coat containing the anti-skid particles.
I used the Purdy 18" roller for the first two coats, then the 9" Wooster roller for the final coat.
The inside was cooled to 75 degrees with Relative Humidity ranging from 49% on the first day to 80% this morning when I applied the final coat to the bathroom and the Dirty Room. (I have 3 each 2 ton mini split systems.)
The 2200 sq ft main room took about 2-3 hours to apply each coat.
I still need to apply the RB to the areas around the roll-up doors.
If I had to do it all over again, I would stick with the 18" rollers and use 3" painters tape instead of the 2" because both size rollers managed to get a little bit of RB on the walls above the tape on the high spots of the corrugated metal.
I'll post photos of the finished bathroom and Dirty Room sometime this evening after the final coat has dried.
we just keep updating instructions to make it easier for all. Did you thin?
I'm thrilled you are happy with your floor. You out a ton of work into it. And it looks awesome. The thing I value so much about this forum is we have been able to improve the methods so much because of all the input.