Rollers for epoxy?

[Miles B]

Hi

I'm getting ready to do my 6000 sq ft shop in 100% solids epoxy plus urethane clear. I'm looking at the Wooster Epoxy Glide 18". My floor will be 80 grit diamond grind finish. Any idea how many covers I will go through? I have to order them from Amazon as I'm in Australia and the local product is untested and expensive.

Can you guys recommend a roller frame? There will be two of us working. I am looking at either the Wooster Big Ben plastic or the Sherlock Wideboy Hulk metal. The reviews for both look good but I'm concerned about durability on the plastic, and adjusters coming loose on the metal. Oh, I'm also doing the walls first in gloss white too. So the frames have to last a good while.

Thanks.

 

[Garage Flooring]

We sell two different frames including the Wooster big ben.... We have had 0 issues with it. Just confirming you are going to squeegee out the floor and use the rollers for the back roll.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Wrap whatever roller you buy in duct tape, unroll. It will pull out any sheds.
Always use a poly-core roller. 3/8" nap is typically good.

 

[Miles B]

We sell two different frames including the Wooster big ben.... We have had 0 issues with it. Just confirming you are going to squeegee out the floor and use the rollers for the back roll.

Awesome, thanks. Yes I plan on pouring, spreading and rolling.

Any advice on the roller count to order?

Thanks for the high speed reply!!

 

[jrusher]

I used an 18" extendable cage do not use these as after about the 3 rd coat it started flexing alot and coming off the ends of roller.. A notched squeegee is huge help too

 

[Miles B]

Could anyone advise how many roller covers I will likely need for 6000 sqft?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

6000 sq ft.
(2) 18" rollers going at once. I would plan on 6 rollers per coat.
If you are using 100% solids epoxy, you better have a notched squeegee as well.

One man mixing material only, a delivery person who can also help squeegee and (2) folks rolling would be a minimum crew for this job.

Good luck

 

[Garage Flooring]

6000 sq ft.
(2) 18" rollers going at once. I would plan on 6 rollers per coat.
If you are using 100% solids epoxy, you better have a notched squeegee as well.

One man mixing material only, a delivery person who can also help squeegee and (2) folks rolling would be a minimum crew for this job.

Good luck

Could anyone advise how many roller covers I will likely need for 6000 sqft?

Awesome, thanks. Yes I plan on pouring, spreading and rolling.

Any advice on the roller count to order?

Thanks for the high speed reply!!

We would figure 10 rollers for the epoxy. On the urethane we use a different roller. We tend to figure rollers pretty heavy. Legacy suggestion of 6 per coat is good.

 

[Trey T]

Wrap whatever roller you buy in duct tape, unroll. It will pull out any sheds.
Always use a poly-core roller. 3/8" nap is typically good.

A better recommendation is to get the Wooster Pro paint roller cover. Using duct tape can cost more than getting proper roller cover and some may decide to use specific duct tape and take off the entire woven material.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Wrap any roller you get, they all can have loose fibers, best to the worst.

 

[Miles B]

Thanks again, guys. My paint chemist is mixing a long pot life epoxy for me, so hopefully two of us will be OK. I can probably get a third guy in just for mixing and pouring. We can always slow down and do it over multiple days I guess. It's just my shop so if there is a visible line, no biggy. I have a flat rubber squeegee but will look for a notched version. My plan was to do a test patch of about 20 sqft to see if one coat of the epoxy will cover. If not, roll out a thinned coat first then another unthinned coat the next day.

I was looking at using the Wooster R232-18 1/4" nap Epoxy Glide for the epoxy, and have a bunch of RR666-18 Pro Doo Z FTP 3/8" nap on order for the walls (just normal water based exterior grade concrete gloss white paint).

Do you think the Epoxy Glides are the way to go for the epoxy? I was planning on using them for the urethane too. I figured the 1/4" nap and the supposedly tougher fiber would be a good thing for the urethane surface. The Wooster page says this cover is for epoxy and urethane.

 

[Miles B]

Actually, Amazon has screwed up the shipping price on the Epoxy Glide. What are your thoughts on the RR666-18 Pro Doo Z FTP 3/8" nap for the epoxy and urethane too? Hopefully any white fuzzies would hide better than the grey Epoxy Glide. The same roller cover is also available without whatever the FTP means: RR642-18 Pro Doo Z 3/8" Nap. Very confusing subject!

 

[Armorpoxy]

Hi, we find 1 X 18" roller per 1500 square feet should be fine, but always have spares on hand so 6 or so for epoxy should be fine.

When applying epoxy, especially if it's 100% solids which has shorter pot life keep it moving with a mixing person feedin the applicators.

Probably half on the urethane. We don't have any results on the Pro Dooz unfortunately.

 

[Miles B]

Well I think Amazon have about made my mind up for me. The Epoxy Glide 1/4" are still asking almost $20ea for delivery because they have them sized at 18x18x2 instead of 18x2x2. So much for sending feedback.

I'm going to order a load of the RR642 Pro Doo Z 3/8 and RR666 Pro Doo Z FTP for both wall and floor. I've seen a few people on here say the 3/8 produces a good finish in the urethane even with the longer nap, and it does carry more product. Amazon has good reviews for the RR642 Pro Doo Z including a bunch of epoxy floor uses. The RR666 Pro Doo Z FTP seems to be the same-ish product, probably with some improvement for "flow control" and holding a little more paint but doesn't have a lot of reviews yet. Hopefully I'll be able to tell if there's a difference. I'll grab 8 of each in 18" and some smaller ones too for single sided frames around the edges.

I'm happy that Wooster are made in the USA.

Thanks to everyone for your assistance.

 

[Miles B]

What I learned, for the next guy:

The Big Ben frame required a couple of small washers to hold the roller covers in properly but was otherwise great.

The 18" RR666 were excellent. I used 2 for the first epoxy coat with 2 people rolling a thinned primer coat. The covers showed no sign of coming apart, of course my floor is white and so are the covers. I only needed one for the top coat of epoxy, with 1 person rolling and 1 on the squeegee. The squeegee man does most of the work. There is no way you could do this job without spiked shoes. I needed one per coat of poly with 1 person rolling.

Get a few refills for your notched squeegee. Mine wore down about halfway through but I didn't notice, and my coating got a little thinner after that.

 

[rburke65]

Thanks Miles for the feed back on your experiences n knowledge. Always good when we get an update on projects.