Great job. :salute: Looks close to Herculiner which I have used a lot. Prep is most important!

 

I wasn't sure about prep with this.. I just cleaned it off with a wet rag and dried it. Should I have sanded it before also?

 

I would have scuffed the paint with a red scotch brite.

 

yeah you should have scuffed it. Most bedliners call for 120 grit sand paper or equivalent in scotch brite.

 

Gotcha. I will pick some up when I do the rest of the bed. Also I was wondering. The instructions say to pour the hardner in the spray bottle. Well I did, but I didn't use a whole bottle on my tail gate. Will that bottle be good still or will it harden up? Probably sounds like a dumb question lol


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It should still be good. Stir it or shake the bottle whatever is easier late tonight and do it tomorrow befor you apply it. With herculiner I did not have to mix anything. It was pre-mixed.


No dumb questions bro! If your not sure just ask, I'm sure someone will be able to help you out! :thumbup:

 

Nice. I've been thinking about trying a DIY liner to get rid of the stock plastic liner.

 

Do it..

 

I bought one of those scrotch-brite pads you chuck into a drill and went crazy on my bed when I done my Dupli-Color bedliner. Definately saved a lot of work!

 

Yeah get rid of the plastic liner next. I started doing my bed after getting rid of the liner because there was so much rubbing going on it rubbed to the metal. Just take time and scuff everywhere. I need to finish mine at some point ..

 

I did my whole bed with the raptor liner. I scuffed everything with a combination of a wire wheel and steel wool. I did it with the spray gun. I only used 3 bottles to cover the whole bed, but I have some thin spots. One of theses days I'm goi g to mix up the fourth bottle and go over some things again. This stuff will chip if you stab it hard with the point of a shovel. I've hauled like 4 loads of topsoil and a load of mulch and it has held up good. I bought a rattle can of rustoleum liner and I just rattle can the spots that chip. Like I said I'd like to go over some of the spots that get hit with a shovel more often when I mix up the fourth bottle to thicken it up a little.

 

Hi all
I've just pulled out my hardliner and sure enough it was rubbed down to bare metal in a couple of places. I want to keep the hardliner as it is a work truck and I carry sand , gravel and lots of other ugly stuff but does anyone know what is the best to put on the bed before I re-fit the plastic liner?
Thanks for any ideas
Jacko

 

do your self a favor and find someone with a aircompressor and schutz gun to spray it in. itll be way nicer looking in the end.

also if you dont sand the paint it wont stick and will peel later.