Comments on: How To Prep and Recoat an Older Epoxy Floor for a New Coat

By: David Chambers

David Chambers — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:41:31 +0000

Shea,
Perfect, thanks much. I have to give Amazon credit, they stepped up and are shipping me an entire new kit. I will put the third coat on and then clear coat.

thanks again for your guidance,
David

By: Shea Walker

Shea Walker — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:01:13 +0000

In reply to David Chambers. Yikes! No worries, though, you can most certainly apply another coat just as you described. It will only help to increase the durability of the overall coating. If you purchase the clear coat from Amazon again, make sure it's from the Rust-Oleum store, like this one here.

By: David Chambers

David Chambers — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:54:42 +0000

Shea,
Last question, I promise. Had an unfortunate thing happen. I got my rock solid gray down and everything worked fine (with a primer underneath).
I ordered the high gloss clear coat (through Amazon), last week, and when I poured the clear coat on the floor (per Rustoleum’s instructions to pour directly on the floor), it was the same gray and not clear coat. I had to re-cover the entire floor with another thin coat (I was inside 6 days from the original coat). I covered the flakes and now have a medium gray gloss floor.

Bottom line is the seller on Amazon put the wrong rock solid coating in the wrong box. Ironically, the Rustoleum box was in rough shape when I received, which I thought was odd. Once I realized the wrong product was in the wrong box, it made sense why the clear coat box didn’t look new. Lesson here is be careful with any seller on Amazon besides Amazon.

After working with Amazon, they agreed to send me another full Rock Solid kit (2.5 garage coverage), and my question for you is do you see any issue with me putting on another coat to put the floor back to it’s correct look (with flakes showing)? I will be inside of 6 days from the second coat.

If you don’t see where this is an issue, I will be putting on a third coat, and then once dry, finally apply the clear coat.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks again,
David

By: David Chambers

David Chambers — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:32:23 +0000

In reply to Shea Walker. perfect. thanks much!

By: Shea Walker

Shea Walker — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:24:22 +0000

In reply to David Chambers. Hi David. The clear coat locks in the color flakes to make cleaning easier and protects the color coat. It adds to the overall durability of the floor. Rocksolid allows up to 7 days to apply additional RockSolid coats without further prep. I don't recommend the textured clear coat because it will dull the finish, making the entire floor have a matte to satin look, which most people do not like. The standard clear coat with included anti-slip media will provide enough wet weather traction for most people and will not dull the finish nearly as much. Be aware that they only include one burst pouch instead of two to cover up to 500 square feet. This will make the clear coat half as thin as the color coat. We recommend applying two burst pouches for anything over 400 square feet.

By: David Chambers

David Chambers — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:50:19 +0000

Shea,
I went with the Rustoleum Rock Solid gloss gray. Very tight on the amount they provide to do a two car garage, I barely had enough.

My question is should I put down a clear coat and if so, should I stay with the rock solid option? I see a rock solid textured clear that appears to match up with the colored rock solid I put down.

If this helps with durability, I would rather invest in the clear coat.

If there’s a better option than the rock solid textured, please let me know.

thanks,
David