Yeah, that was a good idea.

 

I have those good ideas every once in a while. ..lol

 

Me too, only fewer & farther between, lol

 

One more pic from the weekend. I've successfully managed to whip my own butt...I can barely keep my eyes open, at the moment.

Anyhow, this is the somewhat finished product with Herculiner. Only reason I say "somewhat" is that I likely will need to touch a few spots up tomorrow night, and then do the tailgate (which is in the garage) as well.



How do I like it? Well, from an application standpoint it is MESSY and it's time consuming. From prep to completion, this took the better part of 7 hours, pushing 8. If this is something you plan to do, put aside a day for it. Also, if you do this, be sure to wear gloves, and long sleeves. I am still trying to get it off my hands and arms from just some incidental contact after I took my gloves off and I was wearing a t-shirt all day (not a long-sleeved one).

They give you a scrubbie pad (some sort of light-grit type sanding pad) to rough the surface with, but I busted out my orbital palm sander with 80 grit paper on it to make things go a little faster and easier (the manufacturer says you can do this as well). Prep is key - don't rush it. Take the time to knock all the gloss off, and clean it down good with acetone before laying the product.

The product itself needs a good mix to get the rubberized stuff off the bottom, which I used my power drill and paddle mixer for rather than by hand. The stuff went on pretty easy, actually. I had to get the mental hang of dabbing with the brush rather than the normal reflex of painting with it. The roller fit nice with the bed corrugations and I got most everywhere throughout the bed with the roller, and only had to use the brush in limited areas.

So far, happy with what I see - the visual says it's a good product. We'll see how it holds up. Granted, this truck doesn't get the abuse but it'll be saying something if it doesn't last even with light use.

 

That liner looks great from here bro

 

Thanks Gerry. Pleased with it from the visual standpoint at least.

 

Yes thats what I was thinking...... it looks better than a scratched up box

 

Looks nice, Bill. I'll be interested to hear how it holds up as well.

 

Nate - I'm curious, for sure. The roll-in stuff has always gotten a bad rap so this will be an interesting test.

Gerry - yeah anything's better than that. And the upside here is that my paint guy doesn't have to paint the inside of the box now, nor the underside since I am undercoating it before he gets it, too.

 

Bill, that came out pretty damn nice! I'll be curious to see if it holds up well.

 

Yeah it did. Looks so much cleaner than a plastic liner, and should save me money in paint since the painter won't need to do the inside of the box.

 

Yeah, that's 10 times better than a plastic liner. The plastic liner does a great job of protecting the bed from scratches and dings, but they're so dang slippery you really have to watch yourself. I nearly sent a skid of 4 full oil drums through the tailgate once because of one of those slippery plastic drop in liners.

 

Yeah I hate that aspect of plastic liners. Not to mention trapping water under them and rotting out the floor, among other things.

 

Yeah, my 97 has a plastic liner in it. It looked like hell under it when we traded it off. Didn't bother to tell the dealer that, though!!

 

LOL, what they don't know didn't hurt them, right?

I was actually told by my mechanic to not bring it back for inspection next year without the bed floor being addressed...well, it'll be addressed.