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RockSolid Metallic Garage Floor
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Dissolve Rust On Hedge Shears
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Estimated Time
Approximately 24 hours
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Challenge Level
Easy
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Tools & Supplies:
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RockSolid Polycuramine Metallic Floor Coating Kit in Cherry Bomb
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Paint Roller with Extender
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Synthetic Paint Brush
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5 Gallon Bucket
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Painter's Tape
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Stir Stick
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Scissors
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Gloves
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Tarp
Give your concrete garage floor a beautiful finish with RockSolid Metallic Floor Coating. With a choice of colors, RockSolid offers a garage floor coating for everyone.
Step 1: Clean your concrete floor of loose particles, rust, oils and contaminants. Repair any cracks or divots in the floor by using Rust-Oleum Patch & Repair.
For Bare Concrete Only: Working in sections, sprinkle the diluted Rust-Oleum Concrete Etch mixture on the floor. Then, thoroughly rinse each section of the floor and squeegee out any excess water.
For Previously Coated Surfaces: Apply Rust-Oleum Concrete & Garage Recoat Primer for an easy solution that allows you to prime right over a previous coating without any sanding or grinding. Allow it to dry for at least 6 hours before applying the RockSolid floor coating.
Step 2: Place a tarp on the ground and open the RockSolid Metallic Floor Coating Kit. Thoroughly mix the material in the pouch by shaking it both up and down and back and forth, and squeezing each side of the pouch. Any clumps need to be massaged to break them up to ensure proper blending.
Step 3: Combine the two components by placing the pouch on the ground and rolling it from the Part A side toward the Part B side. This will create pressure in the Part A side and force the middle seal to burst, allowing the two components to mix together.
Step 4: Thoroughly mix the materials by shaking the pouch back and forth and squeezing the edges and corners toward the center of the pouch. Mix for 2-3 minutes. Mix only one pouch at a time.
Step 5: Once the material is thoroughly mixed, use scissors to cut a corner off of the pouch and pour contents into mixing bucket.
Step 6: Pour the mixed material from the bucket directly onto the floor, about one foot from the back corner wall in 4” wide ribbons, about 5’ long. Trim the edges from the poured ribbon of material using a good quality synthetic brush. Roll out the material in 5x5-foot sections for a desired spread rate of 100-125 square feet.
Step 7: Once a strip across the entire back wall has been coated, use the roller to put circular patterns in the coating (like applying wax to a car) to ensure there are not bare spots. This will also give the coating an opaque appearance once dry.
Step 8: Repeat mixing and application process for each additional pouch.
Step 9: The coating will be dry to the touch in 6-9 hours. Recoat after 12 hours and within 7 days without sanding. The second coat will be dry to foot traffic in 8-10 hours and dry to vehicle traffic in 24-36 hours.
TIP: Do not apply in direct sunlight. Do not coat the floor if it is raining or extremely damp.
