z28toz06
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Ok Gang, I decided on the Rustoleum pro stuff in Silver gray. I power washed and then Acid Etched the floor, then power washed twice to rinse. I let it sit for 3 days with the doors open during the day and the dehumidifier on all 3nights.
I called Rustoleum and asked them their opinion on coverage and they suggested that with my Broom finished floor I would probably need 2 kits and then some maybe. Each kit states it will cover 300-400 square feet.
(I have 768)
So we decide the best thing to do is mix all 3 kits at the same time so I don't run out and have to mix up the third kit at the last minute and wait for pot time activation. So I mix 3 kits up and used 2 (My buddy next door helped)
18" 3/8" nap rollers. I had virtually no cutting in and we had the whole garage done in under an hour!
The only problem was I only used less than half the $h!t I mixed up. So I wasted a $hit pile of material and it definitely needed another coat. I was so pissed and disappointed I wanted to spit.
The next morning I called rustoleum and told them what had occurred and Get this... She says We are sorry you had a bad experience, hold on a minute. She comes back on the phone and tells me to go buy 2 more kits and send them the receipt and they will reimburse me! I didn't know whether to $hit or wind my watch! So today I went down to the hardware store and got 2 more kits and tonight we slathered it on as thick as we could using 1/2" rollers this time. They said they would send me the material if I preferred but there is a 16 to 72 hour window when you can apply a second coat and I did not want to miss that as I would have to sand the first coat so the second would adhere.
Initially I wasn't going to use the flakes, but tonight I decided to. I will post pictures tomorrow night when I get home.
Rustoleum stood behind their product and they truly are a customer first oriented company.
Cost so Far: 4 18" rollers@ 15.00 =60.00
3 Rustoleum kits@ 80.00 =240.00 (I'm not including the other 2)
Xylol 1 quart = 4.00
1 tub big enough to mix in 16.00
2 throw away brushes 5.00
Total 325.00
Now the guy that came and gave me a price on some admittedly better epoxy, which was like 1/8 to 3/16ths thick told me $7000.00.
Later on when I am ready I can get Race deck or some other good tile and spend about $2100.00 to do the whole garage. I still saved 4 grand and have a good base coat under the racedeck if I ever spill anything.
The stuff was a bit of a PIA to use as it was on the shelf for a while. I should have had the paint guy throw it in the shaker before I brought it home. I had him do it tonight and it was much easier to transfer this time and mix up. The first time (Monday night) the stuff was separated so bad I could not get it out of the can. It was like peanut butter!.
I used a big mixer in a cordless drill and that worked well.
So that's it. I will post pix tomorrow. One other thing, Wear a real carbon respirator or you will be higher than a SCIENCE LAB RAT when you are done!!!!
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