Bed Liner
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Bed Liner
Howdy yall,
I would like to know what brand bed liner you guys use
and how it's held up since you put it in. Also what kind of loads do you haul with it? I am only interested in the do it your self liners, because I like doing all the work on the truck myself (and I am to cheap). I am wire wheeling all the rust out right now, and then I will prime the bed. Is there a good rust preventing primer out there?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Gr8ride
I would like to know what brand bed liner you guys use
and how it's held up since you put it in. Also what kind of loads do you haul with it? I am only interested in the do it your self liners, because I like doing all the work on the truck myself (and I am to cheap). I am wire wheeling all the rust out right now, and then I will prime the bed. Is there a good rust preventing primer out there?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Gr8ride
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From: On the farm near Loveland
Bed Liner
I've got the rigid hard plastic drop-in liners in both of my trucks. The newer truck has the Ford dealer-installed one. Both are very durable, taking extremely heavy loads dropped on them without cracking, like 2,000 lb large hay bales. Somethimes they get dropped in so hard the rear of the truck bounces! 
One thing I like about the hard plastic is that it's a slick surface, being able to slide heavy things can be helpful.
As far as rust and a primer go, it's hard to beat a good oil-base primer like Rustoleum red, even better is the so-called galvanizing zinc primer. But primers by themselves are actually terrible moisture barriers. Have you seen cars on the road that have had body work done with only a gray primer finish- haven't been painted yet by the owner? Moisture will penetrate the primer in short order and you'll almost always see rust coming through again before long. Primers are actually very porous.
So don't rely on the primer to be durable by itself, get a good oil-based paint on top of it as soon as you can. A zinc primer will help prevent rust if the paint gets scratched through, but nothing will prevent rust like a couple of coats of quality paint.
You'd be way better off painting a clean surface with no primer than by primering with no paint.
One thing I like about the hard plastic is that it's a slick surface, being able to slide heavy things can be helpful.
As far as rust and a primer go, it's hard to beat a good oil-base primer like Rustoleum red, even better is the so-called galvanizing zinc primer. But primers by themselves are actually terrible moisture barriers. Have you seen cars on the road that have had body work done with only a gray primer finish- haven't been painted yet by the owner? Moisture will penetrate the primer in short order and you'll almost always see rust coming through again before long. Primers are actually very porous.
So don't rely on the primer to be durable by itself, get a good oil-based paint on top of it as soon as you can. A zinc primer will help prevent rust if the paint gets scratched through, but nothing will prevent rust like a couple of coats of quality paint.
You'd be way better off painting a clean surface with no primer than by primering with no paint.
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