Rust Bullet Questions

[seahawker12]

I'm planning on FINALLY pulling the trigger on Rust Bullet for my 720 sf garage. I have a couple of questions regarding Rust Bullet.

1.) I understand the suggestion is for all flame sources to be extinguished. I have a gas hot water heater and a furnace in my garage. Turning off the hot water for several days could make this unpopular project an undo-able one in the eyes of my wife. Is there any way around this? Anybody have experience installing Rust Bullet in a a garage with an an active gas hot water heater?

2.) I noticed in most of the case studies and demos that a primer was not used. I was planning on using one but that would bring my total number of coats to 5. 1x Primer, 2x basecoat (flakes), then 2x clear shot coats. Thoughts on not using primer?

Thanks in advance for any wisdom you can share. I have already learned a ton from this forum.

 

[Garage Flooring]

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I'm planning on FINALLY pulling the trigger on Rust Bullet for my 720 sf garage. I have a couple of questions regarding Rust Bullet.

1.) I understand the suggestion is for all flame sources to be extinguished. I have a gas hot water heater and a furnace in my garage. Turning off the hot water for several days could make this unpopular project an undo-able one in the eyes of my wife. Is there any way around this? Anybody have experience installing Rust Bullet in a a garage with an an active gas hot water heater?

You are dealing with a product with 30% solvents in it that become airborne. The official recommendation is to extinguish any active flames in the area of installation. If the water heater sits on the concrete surface to be coated, or in the area where the coating is to take place I would absolutely shut it down before coating that area and I would leave it off for 24 hours [typo corrected]. What type of ventilation are you going to have?

2.) I noticed in most of the case studies and demos that a primer was not used. I was planning on using one but that would bring my total number of coats to 5. 1x Primer, 2x basecoat (flakes), then 2x clear shot coats. Thoughts on not using primer?

Please do not use another product as a primer. The first coat of Rust Bullet for all intensive purposes acts as your primer.

Thanks in advance for any wisdom you can share. I have already learned a ton from this forum.

 

[seahawker12]

Thanks for the quick response Justin. The hot water heater is about 18 inches off of the floor. I'll turn it off and restart it as soon as I can walk on the floor. Then turn it off again before the next coat.

For some reason I thought Rust Bullet made a primer. It works out even better if the first coat can serve that purpose.

As for ventilation. I don't have windows so my options are limited. Fans and a partially opened garage door are about all I can come up with.

 

[Garage Flooring]

Thanks for the quick response Justin. The hot water heater is about 18 inches off of the floor. I'll turn it off and restart it as soon as I can walk on the floor. Then turn it off again before the next coat.

For some reason I thought Rust Bullet made a primer. It works out even better if the first coat can serve that purpose.

As for ventilation. I don't have windows so my options are limited. Fans and a partially opened garage door are about all I can come up with.

Keep the door closed enough to keep direct sun off the floor.