I am redoing the floors for my trucks cab right now and I really don't want to put this old nasty carpet back in,nor do I want to spend the money to get new carpet & insulation. I heard of people using the bed liner for their floors and was wondering if you guys have used it, what your opinions are, or if there's something better, etc. Saw some various brands of bed liner at the parts store for about 15-30 bucks a can, Sounds much more economical than replacing the carpet as well.

Keyul

 

I dont know if you can see in this pic,


but I do have beadliner material inside of my cab. Two of mine actually, and Im still on the fence as to whether or not it was a good idea or not.
Sure it can be washed out in a reasonable fashion, but it is a pain, and noisy, loud, and well, I probably will not be doing this again anytime soon.
Also know that parts store paint on junk is just that. It peels and does not work like one would expect.
Consider the cost and time involved, and then consider what it will take to remove the crappy stuff, so that you can re-do it correctly.
Its not worth the money.

 

I have "herculiner" on the floor of my bronco and love that stuff. Its the best that i've used so far...

 

Agree, the spray cans won't cut it. Herculiner is prone to fade and then looks like crap, did two with it. Durabak on one, didn't keep long enough to form an opinion. Raptorliner on my latest project, like it the best so far, but time will tell. The Durabak or Raptorliner is a much smoother finish. Just a few opinions.

 

Well its been said here and i've heard a lot elsewhere that the spray bedliner is junk.

I bought a gallon for $80 and rolled it on. There was enough for a few coats with quite a bit left over. I like it, and would do it again. My old floor mat had rips and stuff, the mud got in and it would grow plants. No regrets bedlining the floor. (Just make sure you get the roll-on kind, not the spray.)

 

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I've had no issues with the spray on. Maybe you guys just suck at prep?

 

Every good, (and most bad) body men can tell you prep is 98% of a good job with any coating..

 

Probably. But generally the spray stuff isn't on as thick. With the roll on stuff, you can do more coats aswell. But like I said, I don't have any experience with the spray on stuff.

QFT.

 

Crazy thing about the spray cans, they keep working after the first coat too.





ps My dad always told me when painting that you want a whole bunch of fairly thin coats to get a nice solid finish that sticks on there and is fairly pliable. Not sure if it has any legitimacy, but it's always worked for me, and well.. ask Kris about my dad's painting skills on his d70u

 

I meant you can generally get a thicker set of coats out of a roller then you could a spray can. Lol.

Well this is "kind of" along the lines of what you're saying Paul, but yeah, you do want to have a lot of thinner coats. I'm not sure if it sticks better that way but it will come out better. If you try to lay it on thick your going to get runs. Most of the time.

(Obviously i'm not referring to a bed liner running, I don't know what the spray even looks like lol.)

 

I hate the Valeri family painting method.


that is all.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I don't intend to do a spray on liner, should of cleared that up earlier! I saw duplicolor, herculiner and some other odd ball brand but I've heard the most good things from folks who used the herculiner so I think I will use that. My floors are about 95% done right now, just have to make one tiny piece, do the left rear door support and the left cab corner and that's mostly it for my body work!

Keyul

 

I've used the hurculiner and it is fairly easy to apply and durable with proper prep. The only drawbacks are it fades fairly quick (can be shined up with armorall but then it's real slippery) and it doesn't lend itselfy to sweeping sand out due to it's rough texture.

 

i used herculiner on mine, i have the same complaints as 75f350. its noisy and echoey. im glad i did it since the stuff is supposed to be a sealer, but im probably going to put carpet over mine one day.

 

I'll have to see if the noise bugs me or not but hopefully it won't! I just finished up al the welding on my cab tonight so I am going to seam seal everything tomorrow and then go get the herculiner to put on the next day.