Here are a few pictures of the bed

 

 

 

Don't forget to add the drain holes back unless you are in need of a pool.

 

What type of bedliner spray you used?

 

Psmith; explain more about "qwikliner". It looks great; and is it a DITY type spray in liner??

Mitch

 

Looks good, but appears to be more of a "dealer installed" system, but it is mobile. No prices on the web site. http://www.qwikliner.com/index.htm

 

The Bedliner was called Rapter. Pour the Hardner into the bottle, shake well, screw bottle onto the gun, point and fire. It took longer to mask than it did to shoot. It looks 1000 times better than the beat up bed that it was. Covers multitudes of sins. Me and my two boys had it sprayed in before lunch and we started at 9AM. I get my seat back and the Trim back from the powder coater on Wed of this week and then I can complete putting it together (FINALLY).

JRB65

 

I used Herculiner (because they were the only one with a red coating) when I did the bed on Little Red about 4 years ago. It turned out fine, a little rougher than I would have liked. I didn't use the UV coating after I did it so it has faded over the years. I painted over it this weekend with a roller (like the original coating process) using Massey Ferguson Red from Tractor Supply. Looks much better. $20 for two pints. I saw a bed at a car show last year and the guy used either Rubbermaid(?) or maybe it was Duplicolor. Not quite as rough as the Herculiner.

Note to JRB65: How much air (how large a compressor) is needed to power the sprayer with the Rapter system?

 

Hello gritsngumbo,
As far as the instructions went it said to use 50 to 70 PSI at the gun. I ran it at 60 PSI and I have a 60 Gallon 5 hp pump for the compressor. It seemed to do the job just fine. I think as long as your compressor can keep a sustained 60 PSI at the Gun you should be ok. I probably should have asked the question about the UV issue and if there is going to be fade. I just had one put in my 85 Toyota and it cost $400 over the lip of the bed and its. guarenteed not to fade and I can take it back for the life of the truck if it fades or wears or scratches through the liner. I just had my Son get the instruction sheet and it says that it has UV inhibitors in the mix so I would guess or hope it wont fade for a long time. The correct name for the Liner is Raptor and its made by U-POL. Raptor also makes a Tintable Bed Liner and the cost slightly higher but not much. I am going to use the TintableLiner on my sons truck, and when I do I will post pictures of it.

JRB65

 

JRB65
So what's the intial setup cost for gun & enough supplies to paint/ shoot one bed. The web site seems to sell as a dealer prep kit.

mitch

 

Customcab,
The total cost including the roll of wire tape which I would recomend you get was $180. If you follow the instructions given with the product you cant go wrong. According to the guy I bought mine from if you play with the pressure to the gun and the distance you shoot from the surface you can very the apperence of the finish. I shot mine at 60 PSI and about a foot from the surface and I like the way mine turned out. Mine is kind of grainy but some people like the splatter apperance more. Either way it sure does cover up a multitude of sins and looks good in my opinion.
JRB65

 

Thanks for the info. I happened to be by the local Dupont store yesterday and they had the Raptor kit in stock. Think it was about $150 plus they will tint it to match your color for $50 more. I asked them about the air pressure also, and they said absent a large air compressor (I'm still a couple of weeks away from my large a/c) they suggested using a roller. Said it would work just as well.

 

drof46,

I thought about that and have tried to think of how I could incorporate a couple of drain holes short of drilling a couple of holes. Either way I should have probably done that before I lined the bed. Oh well I guess I will have to sidestep the clutch every once in a while and get the water out the back.

JRB65

 

psmith012,
I talked with the Raptor Rep and he told me that a lot of companies that install these bedliners will mix silica (Sand) into the bedliner product to thicken and make more of a buildable coating process. The other thing I learned is that with different distances from the surface and pressures you can get different paterns of spray. When I look at the sides of my bed it looks different than the bottom of the bed. That is probably because I didn't keep the distance I was shooting constant but its all a learning process. The other thing I learned is that its important to pull your masking off as soon as possible as it will create fine hairs when you pull it off if its not wet enough. Also make sure you cover the outer surfaces of your truck because there is a fine mist that occurs when your spraying as I found out the next day when I started to buff my truck out. I used 1500 grit sandpaper and it took the small amount of overspray off the paint without much a problem but these are good things to know before you start spraying one of these into your truck. I hope some of the do it yourselfers will learn from my mistakes.
JRB65