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coating floorboards
anyone ever coated there floorboards with the rubberized undercoating that comes in spray cans? I would rather not put carpet in and the rubber mats for the entire cab are kinda high, im just makin small improvements on a tight budget.
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It works. Its not the best stuff in the world, and you can track it around your house if you are not careful once it has been applied, even after its dry/cured. I would rather use the bed liner in a can over rubberized undercoating for floors. I put ice and water shield (used on roofs) or Vitchethane on top for cheaper than Dynamat sound deadening. I use the rubberized undercoating on the underside, and in my doors/other cavities I open up in the truck. In the rust belt, that stuff more than likely will spell death for something, but in CA, it hasnt made my truck rot out yet.
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I've used the bed liner in a can rolled it on and so far so good, so have a couple of my buddies and they have been happy too. The spray on rubber undercoating will wear off even faster than you could scratch off paint. So I say for on the cheap that lasts and will not trap moisture, roll on bed liner is the way to go.
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I recall having some adhesion issues with the duplicolor stuff. I am not remembering how i did the prep, chances are I did not do it correctly. In other words, do the prep according to how the can says to do it.
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yea the moisture thing kinda scared me, but ive never used the stuff so i just figured i would check. im just goin for somethin thats easy to apply that will give a decent grip. Obviously the rubberized stuff isnt a good idea. i never thought of it bein easy to scratch off though. I guess ill be gettin the bedliner stuff. ill try it and see how it works. a buddy of mine said he rolled on the bedliner in a thin coat, sprinkled sand allover it, let it dry, then rolled on another coat. Seemed like a bit of overkill, but then ive never used the roll on bedliner either so i dont know what kind of texture it has after its cured.
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Covered mine with Super-Dyna-Mat. :)
Filled the metal stiffening dents/creases with Bondo and smoothed
the Bondo using a wire brush on a little hand grinder. :)
Not cheap I guess. :/
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Filled the metal stiffening dents/creases with Bondo and smoothed
the Bondo using a wire brush on a little hand grinder. :)
Not cheap I guess. :/
Alvin in AZ
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ah maybe i wont screw up the bedliner stuff. heck i might even coat the bed while im at it. but probably not lol. im just gonna buy a quart of it for now. ill put it in and see how i like it, if i need more ill get more, but im thinkin a quart will do the floor completely.
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