O/T: Do it yourself Bedliners

Christopher S. · May 7, 2009

Has anyone had any experience with the various advertised bedliners that you can install yourself. Some are roll on applications and others are spray on.

What are your thoughts and experiences with them?
Any good brands out there, where did you get them?

Thanks

ddl · May 7, 2009

herculiner is a paint on. plan on doing in summer.

fixerupper · May 7, 2009

I just finished a floor using hurculiner. It wasn't a pickup, it's on a project that's, well, it's been a two year project that you all will get to see a picture of in a couple of weeks. Anyway, it has a wooden floor that I rolled a couple of coats of Herculiner onto. The company recommends two coats, which is what I did and it turned out really nice. The first coat looks a little discouraging, but the second coat evens it out.

There's a trapdoor in the floor that I rolled Herculiner over, thinking I would cut the Herculiner around the door with a knife to free the door. Well, I found out a sharp razor knife won't cut it very well, so I had to use a very sharp wood chisel and mallet to cut the stuff. I also tried to pull a little of it up off the floor and it pulled pieces of wood up with it.

Herculiner has a very extensive and informative website that you might be interested in browsing through. Do use it in a well ventilated area or the fumes will make you feel a little wacky. The website lists the outlets where you can buy it. Jim

cornfarmer · May 7, 2009

I have had both the "do it yourself" roll on kits and the professionally applied liners and there is absolutely no contest-the professional spray on liners are way better. The Reflex brand liner in my 350 is my favorite so far-they use the same tint used in the paint to match the truck color beautifully. It is also thick enough to prevent dents. I toss my chains in the back and never worry about the truck. I have also slid skids of seed over it and not hurt the liner. The roll on liners do look good if you like the colors they are available in, but they don't work like the sprayed in ones. The reflex liner is well worth the $500 or so bucks it cost.

CJ3b_jeep · May 7, 2009

I did the inside of my Jeep with the spray version and it turned out pretty well and has been durable, but not near as thick as the pro installed kind.

fixerupper · May 7, 2009

Cornfarmer, thanks for the price info. The owners of my project had suggested Rhinoliner, but I couldn't even get an estimate from the dealer cause my project won't fit in his paint booth. A Herculiner kit includes one gallon that is supposed to do a short bed and cost $90. A long bed supposedly takes another quart at $30. This was my cost at O'Reilleys. My project will just see some foot traffic and nothing heavy or sharp. (I hope). Jim

NCWayne · May 7, 2009

I did my short bed F150 about 2 years ago with the Herculiner roll on. Other than a few spots where I got the corner of an engine block against it and slid it it has held up great. The main thing is to make sure you prep the bed for the stuff so it sticks like it ought to. Too even though they call for only a gallon for a short bed go ahead and get more if you want it to look really good otherwise ot lays on a little thin. Of course maybe they only plan for you to do the bed, I don't know, but I did the complete bed on mine from the underside of the rails down. If you use a good grade painters masking tape as a guide around the top you can easlily get a good straight line where you want it to stop, just make sure you peal it off BEFORE the stuff has time to dry...

fixerupper · May 7, 2009

For an approximate idea my project took two gallons for 114 square feet covered twice and the cans were completely empty when I was done. I figured up the square feet of a short bed pickup including the sides and doubled that amount. Of course I was rolling it on wood but it didn't appear to soak in to the surface.Jim

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