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Rustoleum roller here. After putting my first coat on too thick by the guidelines established here, I'm starting to wonder if it might be the right way to do it after all. I wetsanded it down to get the peel out and broke through to primer in a number of areas but was left with a decent coat of black paint.

Last night I did a layer of "properly" thinned paint and while it did lay down with absolutely no peel at all, I'm left wondering about something. There is quite a lot of "stuff" in the paint: dust, fibers, cottonwood lint... I really don't see myself painting a second coat over that junk as prescribed by the method, yet I'm afraid that sanding it enough to remove the stuff will just take my whole layer off, since it's so thin. I'm tempted to just go back to thicker coats and peel sanding. Any opinions on this matter?



In my experience so far, rolling uncut Rustoleum is about as time consuming and difficult as rolling it on thin. If you roll it on thick/uncut, it has very very good leveling properties, but ends up creating a peely, almost hammered surface. I'd say more than 50% of the paint will have to be sanded to get it level again, since alot of the paint will be the mountains of peel you will be sanding off.

For brightside users, I absolutely recommended cutting it with mineral spirits, not interlux brushing liquid. Do NOT roll this paint on uncut, I have tried rolling it on uncut on my fender and it really doesn't level at all on the vertical surfaces, and has very very little working time before drying. I imagine I will have to sand off about 70% of this final layer to get it flat and even. Brushing fluid flashes slowly, is expensive (compared to mineral spirits), and it just sucks, period.

The brushing liquid I have added to brightside creates tons of fisheye in the paint as it dries. I bought another can of Brightside and cut it with odorless spirits, and it rolls on and levels much better, and flashes 100X better than the brushing fluid. There are more bubbles in the spirit-cut paint as it is rolled on, but they pop quickly and easily, unlike the paint with brushing fluid.

Last edited by worldcrafter; 06/22/07 03:56 PM.