Rust Bullet ClearShot - 1 Gallon - Clear Coat for Automotive, Wood, & Metal Projects, UV Resistant Coating Won't Crack, Chip, Peel or Yellow

Used it to coat a gold plated ball on a telescoping flagpole outdoors. Gold wore off previous ball after just 2 winters. Applied it thick with a tiny plumber's acid brush but it is runny. Caught the runs. Felt like applying thick fingernail polish. You can't really just keep stroking it with the paint brush or you affect the gloss finish. Strokes will show. Have to try to apply it a little at a time with minimal overlapping strokes. Tuff to do that because you then have to overlap strokes. Best I can say is you need a technique to apply it fast & thick & without runs. The first coat was self leveling when I looked at it the next morning. Applied a second coat the second day. Checked it next morning and found bugs got stuck in it. The ball is 20 feet in the air when the pole is extended. Can't tell from the ground it has been coated. I will need to check it every spring now to watch if it needs touchup, a new coat or if black mold or other discolorization develops under it.Had a lot of difficulty opening the can. Using a paint can opener ruined the cover -- bent & not usable. Poured the contents into a small jar but next morning the surface of the liquid had dried forming a thin seal. Got the seal removed by poking it with the end of the handle of an old plumber's acid paint brush that I used to stir the product and used a disposable vinyl glove under the cover hoping that keeps the jar airtight. Jar cover has it's own seal. Wondering if just the available air in the little jar was enough to cause the top of the fluid to dry. Do not shake product or cause any bubbles in it.I find this product difficult to get a professional looking clearcoat finish. The photo shows it dries sort of like textured so you do not maintain the metal's perfect mirror-like finish. Not an issue for this ball because it is viewed from the ground and it's 20 feet in the air. Just want to maintain it's gold color and bright reflection in the direct sun. Have 3 fancy brass exterior door knobs that must be sealed before I install them. Why would a door knob manufacturer not seal their product? Who wants to install a beautiful polished brass knob only to have it discolor so badly? I am going to look for and test a different product for the door knobs. Chose this sealer product because of so many challenges people faced in reviews of other products plus I only needed a small amount of product. Not going to be easy to find a professional quality product for home use.

This stuff is great. A little clean up with a wire brush on rusted areas on vehicle frames, brush this stuff on and you have a hard coating that protects areas prone to rust. It is thin so a little goes a long way and can run if to much is applied on a vertical surface. The first time I used this was on a 1950s pedal Jeep about 6 years ago. I wanted it out front of my house, so it would be prone to being in the elements. It worked so well I decided to put it on my real jeep. It did a great job of stopping the rust.

Perfect amount I needed but it sprayed with bad orange peel. It dries very hard so not easy to smooth it out. Spent hours trying to sand it down.I'll also add in not a auto paint professional.

I found Rust Bullet Clear Shot ordered through Amazon to be successfully delivered, product in good condition, but application skill is required. Best to use a very thin first coat, probably less than 1.5-ounces per 8 square feet, and see if that results in no curing issues.Not sure I'll purchase this product again. Looking for an easier DIY solution to protect and clear coat smooth, finished wood and metal surfaces.I bought two 4-ounce containers of Rust Bullet Clear Shot for two wooden tables. Each table was 8 square feet in size (2' x 4'). The two cans arrived in perfect condition. Both contained clear liquid, no leaks. Directions on the can state to stir for 3 minutes before use, avoiding high-speed mechanical stirring that could introduce air into the solution.I applied one can after stirring to the first table, using a 4.5" foam roller purchased from the big orange store. The roller consumed much of the product, so one can contents was necessary to apply a single coat of Clear Shot to the first table. I thought this first coat was relatively thin, but did cover the surface fully, no roller marks. I then open the second can, stirred, and applied to the second table. Using the same roller, there was much more available Cleat Shot, as the roller was already 'wet'. This resulted in a much thicker application for the first coat on the second table.Within a few hours both tables showed many small bubbles with white, milky splotches. The second table with thicker coating was worse in appearance and texture. Both tables were originally sanded smooth with 80, 120, and then 220 grit sandpaper, then stained, allowed more than a week to cure (stain required less than 24 hours to dry, but waited longer to be sure), and then treated with a single coat of Clear Shot. Two days later, both tables were a mess. Rough surface, milky splotches. I then sanded both tables smooth again - but didn't completely remove the Clear Shot nor stain, just made the surfaces smooth. After sanding smooth, I painted both with Rust-Oleum Zinsser Bulls Eye 1-2-3 primer. I'll eventually use a white protective topcoat, still researching.