glentre
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I have half of my Rust Bullet floor finished and am very happy with it so far. I didn't want to assemble my new lift over the finished floor so will paint that section as soon as the lift is delivered sometime next week.
The floor has three coats of gray and two of clear. I wanted to comment on the clear coat. I stirred the can of clear before doing the first coat but did not realize the anti-slip grit had settled in the bottom to a hard layer which felt like the bottom of the can. Therefore, I ended up with little to no grit in my first clear coat.
While stirring for the second coat, I realized what had happened and made sure the hard grit layer was broken up and stirred completely into the mix. Now I had too much grit for the quantity of coating left in the can. Pouring it into the roller pan, the grit immediately fell to the bottom and it was difficult to keep it in suspension so it had to be stirred repeatedly.
The end result is just what I wanted as I now have a beautiful floor with just enough grit to give it an anti-slip surface. I think if I had mixed the grit into both coats of clear, I would have had far too much grit on the floor. As it is now, if I drag any heavy metal tools or benches over the floor, some of the coating on top of the grit particles gets shaved off leaving the dark color of the grit exposed.
When I do the second half of the floor, I will try to duplicate what was done on the first section as I feel the mix as sold by Rust Bullet has too much grit in it, at least to my liking. Even if I had completely mixed the grit into the first clear coat, I think it still would have been too much for my floor. Just my opinion and a personal observation. Also as a caution to those using the clear coat that mixing in the grit can change the look and feel of your floor if you are not careful.
Glen
The floor has three coats of gray and two of clear. I wanted to comment on the clear coat. I stirred the can of clear before doing the first coat but did not realize the anti-slip grit had settled in the bottom to a hard layer which felt like the bottom of the can. Therefore, I ended up with little to no grit in my first clear coat.
While stirring for the second coat, I realized what had happened and made sure the hard grit layer was broken up and stirred completely into the mix. Now I had too much grit for the quantity of coating left in the can. Pouring it into the roller pan, the grit immediately fell to the bottom and it was difficult to keep it in suspension so it had to be stirred repeatedly.
The end result is just what I wanted as I now have a beautiful floor with just enough grit to give it an anti-slip surface. I think if I had mixed the grit into both coats of clear, I would have had far too much grit on the floor. As it is now, if I drag any heavy metal tools or benches over the floor, some of the coating on top of the grit particles gets shaved off leaving the dark color of the grit exposed.
When I do the second half of the floor, I will try to duplicate what was done on the first section as I feel the mix as sold by Rust Bullet has too much grit in it, at least to my liking. Even if I had completely mixed the grit into the first clear coat, I think it still would have been too much for my floor. Just my opinion and a personal observation. Also as a caution to those using the clear coat that mixing in the grit can change the look and feel of your floor if you are not careful.
Glen
Thank you!