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This is a discussion thread titled "Unorthodox uses for Spray-In/Roll-On bedliner...", within the Interior & Exterior forum, part of the Technical & Vehicle Assistance Forums category.
I was wondering how I would do it.
Anyone have any ideas on how to mask off a clean line? I was thinking that I could peel the masking tape when the stuff is wet for a clean line.
I will probably have pics of the filler strip by this weekend, and will likely do the doorsills next...The bra will happen after I perfect my technique--it will also be behind a bugflector too--so it should be pretty forgiving. Some of the rock hits are as large as a dime and I really don't want to pay for paint.
I probably should be using a higher quality product...But the the filler and hood are aftermarket and I hate them so if I screw them up, they'll get replaced eventually by OEM anyway...
Okay gang, thanks for all the input. I have uploaded three pics to my gallery. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Here's how it went down:
1. Using a wire brush wheel on my drill I roughed up the surface of the paint, then sanded with medium grade sanding cloth. Sprayed primer, waited about 6 hours, then coated it with bedliner-one big, thick coat at a distance of about 12". It looked shiny--like black paint. Came out the next morning and it looked like stream bed, all cracked and it was very soft. Looked like $hit. I assumed this to mean that I used too much of the bedliner material and didn't use many thin coats.
2. Using the same wire wheel and drill I powered off the entire coating down to the steel at 8am on Sunday (neighbors must love me). Sanded with medium grade then applied several very thin coats of primer over the course of about 3 hours. Waited about 2-3 hours--then I sprayed the bedliner on from a distance of about 18-24". Many thin coats rather than one thick one. Sprayed about 6 coats all very thin and you could really see the texture coming up, it looked more like powder coating than paint.
What you see in my photos is the final product after I took it for a drive down Route 80 at about 80-90. Bugs are no match for it, but I haven't taken any good rock hits. (look closely at the 'fangs' on my hood and you can see how badly the rock hits look. I go up to Tahoe pretty often in the winter and the rock/sand trucks really take their toll. Hopefully this year I am ready!
In summary, I am not sure how well this material would perform as a bedliner unto itself. It seems rather soft and really just like the thick speckle paint my girlfriend uses on various things. It seems to be kinda rubberized so my guess is that it will wear well. And if it gets rock hits, I can simply mask off the rest of the area and touch it up--without concern for a shiny finish (this I like!) The texture came out real nice after some trial and error, but the further away you are--the more it looks like bedliner. Only time and a Sierra winter will tell. This weekend I am going to try spraying in some kick panel protectors so I can work on my masking technique a bit. I am going to try some Scotchbrite to rough up the surface rather than sanding to the paint. Then, if that goes well I may tackle the hood bra. I am pretty confident I can make it look pretty close to the pic that was posted above--if I make a pencil line around the bugflector and can use that as a guide before masking.
Overall, I am pretty happy with how it LOOKS, now we'll have to see how it performs.
Thanks to all who provided assistance on this thread! I'll post some more pics after this weekend.
Looks nice. I had always wondered if that would work.
At work (theatrical/concert), we have our speaker cabinets and sub boxes Rhino lined, as well as our cases and roadboxes (what we call storage boxes). it's cheap to do, probably since surface prep is almost nothing on a wood box. I'll have to ask the guy that does ours what it would cost to do a front bra and doorsill/door interiors.
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