Rust-O-Leum Hammered

RatLabGuy

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I love this stuff but have always used the rattle cans.
Can the pint cans be rolled/brushed on, or just intended for a sprayer?
Anybody ever applied it to fiberglass? Did it need much primering/prep firsst?
 
rolling works the best if you have a nice textured roller. Brushes leave it looking really streaky and inconsistent. I have never rolled or sprayed it on fiberglass though.
 
My whole body on my Jeep is Hammered. We used a brush for the tight places, and then rolled as close as could we could get to cover the streaks from the brush. rolling it is kinda a developed talent too. I used a regular elcheapo 4" roller and had minimal streaking.

No experience with anything other than metal, so not sure about that one.
 
Few more questions.
Are you guys saying that brushing is actually preferred to spray rattle can?
Have you found the need to primer first?
If you primer... did you roller it on also? I'd think that would leave a funky texture.
it occured to me the primer I have is a rattle can, which means I have to tape it off anyway...
 
I'm sorry, instead of "brushing preferred verses spray can" I meant to say, "is rolling preferred verses spray can".
Also, if nybody has rolledo n a primer - what did you use?
 
When I did mine, I sprayed the primer, and rolled the hammered. I prefer the rolled myself. Take your time and roll it with no roll lines, and your done. No second coating, and rolling is a lot cheaper than spraying
 
That's the way I'm leaning. However the real appeal of rolling is not having to tape up everything... but then, it occured to me I have to do it anyway for the primer. Doh.
Didn't need a second coat? Is that just 'cause you can get it on nice and thick that way?
 
Good stuff

Painted wheels with it. Looks great.

If you put it on to thin, it doesn't get that hammered look (still looks okay though). Too thick, and it also gets weird. Covered in one coat. One can did four wheels.
 
If you lok on the can you can mix it and spray it with a regular sprayer that you use in a body shop. I sprayed my whole 4 runner with it and it looks and holds up good and i think you use less than painting with a brush.
 
Well, just finished the primer layer (rattle can).
Don't own equipment for "proper" spraying.
Will probably do the paint by roller. My hand cramps up like hell trying to hold down those cans.

Torquewild, do you have any close up pics of this? When teh time comes for the body on the Runner, I may use the same stuff (although I'm leaning towards a color instead of black).
 
Love that stuff.
I sprayed the fenders on my trailer with it, but I think rolling with some care, and a decent roller would be as good or maybe better. Im sure it will flow a bit, especially with a heavy roller coat, since regular rust-o-lium flows pretty good!
 
Got it all painted. Used a roller, a "mighty mini" 3" wide deal that is only ~3/4" radius or something.
Pics here at bottom
http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?p=202042#post202042

Definitely funky stuff. I understand now what was meant by getting weird if too thick. Aftert he first coat, I waited abou tan hour, then came back and did another. The rolling that time was almot sticky, wanted to leave bigger clumps. Hard to get the texture right on that second pass. in a few places I clearly got it too thick. I'm curious now, you guys that have rolled it, how long did you wait before doing layer 2?
After it dried (a day) tehre was some prickly-ness in some spots, particularly where i'd gotten it too thick. Went over w/ 400 grit, took care of that, but now the texture is very subtly different. Ergh.
 
I only did one coat when I rolled mine. I started with a second coat after an hour or so, when it seemd dry, but as you said it was weird, I figured although kinda dry to the touch it wasn't cured and the wet paint pulled the other up and made the weird finish, so we stopped. After it is cured for touch up, there is no issues with rolling over what is there.
 
Yeah, I kinda regret having doen teh 2nd coat. It didn't really need it, but there were a few spots I'd missed that needed touch-up anyway.
The thing is, teh instructiosn say to do the next coat, "once dried to the touch, after 30 min, but in less than 4 hours. If not in 4 hours then *wait 7 days*."
I sure as hell did not feel like waiting 7 days. Make's me wonder what's in this stuff that requires such a long curing time, lol.
 
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