DIY Bedliner
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DIY Bedliner
I was wondering if anyone had any reasonable experience with diy bedliner kits?
A long time ago I tried a duplicolor liner and it was a disappointment. I have heard and seen some good herculiner jobs.
Any better diy products out there?
A long time ago I tried a duplicolor liner and it was a disappointment. I have heard and seen some good herculiner jobs.
Any better diy products out there?
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Had a terrible experience with Herculiner.. I used the appropriate roller and mixed thoroughly and frequently, but it would clump up and had very uneven coverage..
On another truck I used SEM's Rockit product and tinted it.. The results were OKAY but not great.. Frankly, I don't think any DIY bedliner is as good as LineX. Even Ford's factory applied bedliner is not as good as LineX.
On another truck I used SEM's Rockit product and tinted it.. The results were OKAY but not great.. Frankly, I don't think any DIY bedliner is as good as LineX. Even Ford's factory applied bedliner is not as good as LineX.
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if your on a budget and don't use your bed much DIY is ok, will cover lots of scratches and damage. better to spray than roll
if its for a truck your keeping and using hard in the bed, have it done by pro that use a heated gun
if its for a truck your keeping and using hard in the bed, have it done by pro that use a heated gun
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Bought a Raptor kit off ebay for around $125 and did a new 2012 F150 that I had. Never did it before. It came out fantastic.
Kit came with 4 bottles of liner material, activator and a spray gun that screws right onto the bottles. Add activator to the liner, shake and then attach spray gun and put 'er on. Prepping the box is way more of a pain than actually spraying the liner.
Kit came with 4 bottles of liner material, activator and a spray gun that screws right onto the bottles. Add activator to the liner, shake and then attach spray gun and put 'er on. Prepping the box is way more of a pain than actually spraying the liner.
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I've used Duplicolor and Rustoleum for some various projects, one being a truck bed. I've sprayed and rolled. It looked nice once cured, but it is soft. It will protect from corrosion, but it will scratch and gouge very easy. Neither one is nearly as tough or resilent as a professionally-applied liner like Line-X or Bullet.
I don't know about other DIY products, but I am skeptical about anything other than a professionally applied liner. I need to do the bed in my 04, and had contemplated doing it myself. But, it is well worth the $494 to have it done professionally.
I don't know about other DIY products, but I am skeptical about anything other than a professionally applied liner. I need to do the bed in my 04, and had contemplated doing it myself. But, it is well worth the $494 to have it done professionally.
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I have a bed mat already but I'm tired of pulling it and out every time I want to use my gooseneck. Might just break down and notch out the bed mat instead.
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I used herculiner on my origional bed and it looked great but didnt have it for long, about a month after my bed got wrecked so I replaced it with a bed off another truck. When I have time im going to do it again to this one and I also want to do the rocker pannels all the way down the truck.
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I hurculiner'd my jeep interior years ago. It looked great when new, but it never cured very hard- so dirt would rub in and it looked nasty and wouldn't clean up like new. I eventually redid it with a new coat and it did the same thing. Go with a professional spray in for $500.
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I hurculiner'd my jeep interior years ago. It looked great when new, but it never cured very hard- so dirt would rub in and it looked nasty and wouldn't clean up like new. I eventually redid it with a new coat and it did the same thing. Go with a professional spray in for $500.
Just because you did it wrong...
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I suspect that the product has a shelf life and is also susceptible to damage when it's frozen... i have seen other paints that would not cure properly if the can was ever allowed to freeze.. This may be in the same category as that.
Still, if you buy the product, use it according to the mfgrs instructions and it fails you, are you going to go out and buy more of it to give it another go? Or are you going to say - well, it didn't work for me?
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You don't mix it, you apply it. Either it bonds or not- prep will determine that. Either it is durable or not, the product will determine that. All of the DIY stuff is soft and easy to puncture/gouge/scratch. It will do the job, but it will not remotely perform like a professionally installed product will. It has nothing to do with "spending everyone elses money". If it doesn't work well, it doesn't. So, it is more about saving another members money. They could save money and install something that won't hold up, and then have a mess on their hands. Or, they can spend the money and get something that works. That's looking out for each other, not doing a disservice.
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You don't mix it, you apply it. Either it bonds or not- prep will determine that. Either it is durable or not, the product will determine that. All of the DIY stuff is soft and easy to puncture/gouge/scratch. It will do the job, but it will not remotely perform like a professionally installed product will. It has nothing to do with "spending everyone elses money". If it doesn't work well, it doesn't. So, it is more about saving another members money. They could save money and install something that won't hold up, and then have a mess on their hands. Or, they can spend the money and get something that works. That's looking out for each other, not doing a disservice.
I never once said anything about mixing it. Exactly right; prep is key. We have no idea how it was applied or if the prep was correct. I've seen plenty of work done that was supposedly "correct"
As for plenty of reviews of it going wrong? Well on amazon it's the opposite there. 150 5 stars to 10 1 stars. All too often; elitists just dismiss people trying to save a buck they don't have; and still try and get good results by telling them to go to a pro. Or maybe it's not worth spending 600 on a 2k dollar truck but you still would like some protection.