Customer Reviews for Rust-Oleum RockSolid 9 in. 20X One Coat Roller

This is a re-brand of the former Rust-Oleum Restore Roller. The Restore roller came in a 12" wide roller used for placing texture to deck surface for traction using their "Restore" (or now, their Rock Solid) texturing finish. However, I learned a great trick from a person online from a remodeling contractor. When patching or adding drywall next to existing drywall that has an existing orange-peel texture, you can use this roller to get a matching texture with out spraying from a hopper or can. If doing an entire new room, then a hopper orange peel system makes sense. However, if adding or doing small jobs in a finished room (like remodeling), this works awesomely! Let's say you put a new section of drywall. After taping, mudding and sanding (2-3 passes), I usually also skim coat the flat papered areas too so that paint looks and absorbs evenly compared to the plastered areas. Next, water down the mud to about half consistency. Roll onto the wall vertically back and forth. After a few minutes, roll horizontally back and forth. The more you roll, the finer the texture becomes. If you find that the texture is too thick, add water to the mixture. OR if the texture is too runny, add mud to your mixture. Once you reach the texture level you like, leave it undisturbed to dry. Once dry,take a wide putty knife and run it up and down over the texture to knock off any sharp or raised texture. It should be noted that the old restore roller was 12" wide. I cut off the roller to make a 9" roller and 3" trim roller. This was perfect. Now, the rock solid roller comes in a 9" version. I bought a second roller and cut off 3" to make a trim roller. Lastly, after using the original restore roller on a bath remodel room, a number of small projects and a large garage remodel, the roller texture membrane started to come off in pieces. Finally, the roller membrane started to separate from the cardboard tube in the center. However, this was after LOTS of use. If texturing a deck using the Rock Solid texture, I am sure you could do three large decks easily without issue.

This is my 2nd time using Rustoleum Rock solid roller on my patio deck. This roller is great in that it provides a beautiful textured finish which is good at hiding wood flaws and exposed nail heads.

This roller is terrible. It didn’t hold paint very well and it didn’t roll out the paint evenly. I had to switch to a regular paint roller, which worked great.

This did not work at all - I used a brush!

Worked great. Would have 5 stars except the it “splatters” when rolling which caused a bit of a mess as there was splatter everywhere.

The roller is a plastic coated material that doesn’t soak up any paint/stain. It kind just smears it. I took mine back and used a 3/8 regular roller

It was recommended on the site when purchased for rock solid deck refreshner stain. Did not absorb any of the product and just ran off. You need. Thick paint material to use with

Haven't deployed the product...will advise soonest in next few weeks.

Great texture. Per the painter they soaked up a ton of product though and they thought a regular roller would work better

Falls apart after a few rolls. If you are looking to get the texture that it gives you, make sure you purchase a few of them.

This roller is horrible, the paint splatters all over everything when you roll.

The roller was easy to use and did everything i expected to

Did what needed to be done effortlessly.

Great coverage on the deck! The paint even filled in some of the cracks on the deck, which makes the deck look newer!!

Product filled in most of the cracks and wear in the wood. Will extend the life of the deck boards a couple years before needing replaced which was the goal.

Buy more than one, or avoid this product altogether. I only bought one for a small deck project, and it started to fall apart after rolling just 40 sqft. Only about 20% of the nap was left on the roller by the end of the project, and it left little bits embedded everywhere in the deck paint.

Does a fairly good job of covering defects, but not the 1/4" crack the manufacturer claims. I would say about 1/8" cracks would be more accurate. Certainly better than just plain stain, what Rustoleum now calls 2X. I have a problem with Rustoleum sending 3 barrels, 2 of which were the correct color,and 1 that was not. I would use it again as it does make an old deck look better. A bit over priced.

So far this product is everything it was supposed to be. It went on thick and covered really well. Time will only tell if it lasts as long as it should. I used it on a small 8'x8' back deck that is fully exposed to all the elements including full sun. Nothing else has lasted long on this deck so I am really hoping that this product is different.

Worked great for me.

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The roller only made a mess of things, splashing paint all over the siding and us and leaving a textured look behind. We ended up having to follow behind each pass with a brush to smooth it out and fill any cracks. We ended up switching to a thick paint roller instead. Save your money.

spreads the primer and paint somewhat evenly.