This morning, I applied the first coat of spray-on rubber to the legs of the picnic table, and the cracks on the rain barrel.

This is the product I am using.

I have never used this stuff, or this brand, before. It was the only one on the shelf, so it’s not like I had a choice of brands or product versions. I think it will work just fine.

The first time we used a product like this, it was a can of liquid rubber deep enough to dip things directly onto. Like the handles of tools. Which is what we did at the time. Or it could be brushed onto a surface. The first time we tried a spray, it was basically the same product as an aerosol. My husband used it to coat the handle of one of his canes (made with aircraft grade aluminum, that could also be used for self defense), and to a cord wrapping he added to parts of his walker for extra support to hold the weight of the backpack he has hung on it. For the can, a dip version would have done a better job, but as a spray, it worked very well on the uneven surface created by the rope work. It’s still holding out, and it’s been about 5 years.

So that was basically what I was expecting. Black, spray on rubber.

Nope.

It’s white.

At least it looks white against the blue paint.

It’s also a lot lighter and thinner than I expected. Which I suppose is exactly what I need to fill in all those crevices. I added extra along the part where the most rotted wood had come off on the one leg.

I probably could have applied it more carefully to avoid drips, but there is no aesthetic requirement on this.

On the rain barrel, it looks a bit different. The barrel got sprayed both inside and out.

Here, you can see it has an almost blue tint to it. Depending on the angle, it looked a bit more purple than blue.

It should be interesting to see how it looks when it’s done.

How many layers we put on will depend on how well it coats. It requires at least 2 hours between coats. Depending on how often someone can get outside to add another coat, this may take a day or two! It then needs at least 4 hours of curing time after the final coat for the coated object can be used. Thankfully, these are not things we need to use, quickly.

The Re-Farmer