Rock solid clear coat problem

[hkeyski]

I could use some help. I am calling rustoleum today. I applied rocksolid metallic coating and it came out great! This is for a den. I think applied the clear coat last night. First of all they are very incorrect on the coverage area as many have said. But this is the problem. I think this has small airbubbles from mixing. That's all that I can think of. I mixed it in the bag and then added it to a small bucket to add the anti-slip additive. From what I can figure out during this mixing I must have gotten some airbubbles. I need to get this fixed. Is this something I need to sand and then add another clear coat layer? Any input would be great. Thank you.

 

[hkeyski]

They are telling me the anti slip additive is what did this.

 

[Metallitubby]

Unrelated to the RockSolid product, but it looks like the roller was coming apart. It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures.

 

[hkeyski]

Unrelated to the RockSolid product, but it looks like the roller was coming apart. It's kind of hard to tell from the pictures.

I completey agree with you on this one. I took those this morning before heading to work. I am going to go back and look at it better now that I have done a little more research.

I am still not thinking the anti skid additive should show bumps like that.

 

[Metallitubby]

I completey agree with you on this one.

I only speak from experiencing the same thing during my floor coating process. It *****, and it makes me angry every time I see that one spot, but luckily for me, it's under one of my shelving/pallet racks.

 

[hkeyski]

This is across most of my floor though. I think I may have had a bad roller. Would it be better to go with a foam roller when I redo it?

 

[Metallitubby]

This is across most of my floor though. I think I may have had a bad roller. Would it be better to go with a foam roller when I redo it?

I would think any roller would come apart once the product starts to setup. I think it's a matter of application time versus setup time (at least it was in my case). I definitely learned quite a bit during my process, the roller being one of them.

 

[hkeyski]

I really appreciate your help on this and I want to be sure to get this right the second time. What roller would your recommend? Also, this room is 200 square feet. Do I need to change rollers? Or is it more of a matter of try to get it as evenly spread in the least amount of swipes as possible?

 

[Shea]

When you get home, use a razor blade to cut the tops off a few of those areas to determine what is there. You will figure out fairly quickly if it is bubbles, anti-slip media that clumped up, or a bad roller. Once you determine what the issue is, you can then plan accordingly so that it does not happen again.

Sanding the entire surface to knock down those areas before applying a new clear coat will be required. When you apply the new clear, use a roller like this one here. Make sure to run it up and down over a large strip of duct tape first to remove any excess lint. There is no need to over roll a coating. It's not paint. Doing so only increases the chances of cosmetic issues and has the tendency to thin out the application.

 

[hkeyski]

When you get home, use a razor blade to cut the tops off a few of those areas to determine what is there. You will figure out fairly quickly if it is bubbles, anti-slip media that clumped up, or a bad roller. Once you determine what the issue is, you can then plan accordingly so that it does not happen again.

Sanding the entire surface to knock down those areas before applying a new clear coat will be required. When you apply the new clear, use a roller like this one here. Make sure to run it up and down over a large strip of duct tape first to remove any excess lint. There is no need to over roll a coating. It's not paint. Doing so only increases the chances of cosmetic issues and has the tendency to thin out the application.

Thank you! Very helpful information. As a follow up.

1. At this point would adding the anti-slip in the new coat be necessary?

2. Are you saying just run the roller enough times to be sure I have full coverage?


I appreciate it again. The metallic went on so well I am somewhat regretting the clear coat at this point.

 

[Armorpoxy]

This looks to us like roller shedding lint. A tip if you decide to recoat is to wrap your new roller with blue tape in a spiral fashion, then remove the tape. The tape will pull off any loose hairs/nap and help to greatly prevent shedding.

Also make sure to use a roller for oil based/laquers and NOT a latex roller as a cheaper latex roller will shed badly with epoxies and urethanes.