spray in bed liner

[JOACH1M]

If you can afford the extra cost, have the coating colored the same as your truck.  It looks %100 better. 

If you can post a picture! I only seen black bed liner I have my seen anyother color...

[Shuffler]

If you can afford the extra cost, have the coating colored the same as your truck.  It looks %100 better. 

<< prefers black nothing rubs off and discolors it.

[guncrasher]

dont go to one of them earl schieb to have it installed  .


semp

[63tb]

Thanks everyone!

From what I've heard talking to other people, Line-X costs more than Rhino and that Line-X is applied hot and Rhino cold. Is that true and does it make a difference?

With auto paint the product is 1/3 of the result and the other 2/3 is the guy behind the sprayer. Is spraying bed liner that way too, or doesn't it require too much skill to apply (meaning are all shops alike)?

I did toy with the idea of using the do-it-yourself liner kit but I was worried about getting more on me and the driveway than on the truck  , plus I wasn't sure how good it would look.

63tb

[SIK1]

Personally I like the Line-X, I'm looking to do more than just the bed and the Line-x, imo looks better when used on rocker panels, bumpers, etc. IIRC it can be applied in very thin coats. There are a couple of trucks running around town that are completely covered in Line-X, and they don't look half bad.

Line-X is more money and if all your doing is the bed I don't know if you can justify the difference in cost between the two for that use. I believe they both have a lifetime warranty and Rhino looks just as good in the bed as does Line-X.

[Karnak]

I have Line-X in my truck.  I looked at Rhino, but the material was relatively soft.  When I asked about the ease of repairing it should it get gouged I was told not to let it get gouged.  For Line-X they could just spray more in to cover the damage.

It has been in the truck for about nine years, no problems.

[rpm]

A friend just got a new flatbed for his dually. They used some new type of spray liner I've never seen before that was very thick and rubbery. It's as tough as hard spray liner but nothing is going to slide on it. No idea what brand it is.

[JOACH1M]

A friend just got a new flatbed for his dually. They used some new type of spray liner I've never seen before that was very thick and rubbery. It's as tough as hard spray liner but nothing is going to slide on it. No idea what brand it is.

flex seal? 

[Rash]

These are franchises, so the owner of the franchises makes a big difference on the final product.  So get some references.  No the diy material is not the same.  The plural component sprayer to apply the two component material is $25,000 and up. It cost about $400 in clean-up cost to fire one of these rigs up.  They do them in batches to hold the clean-up cost down.

Rash

[Rash]

The good stuff is poly urea, and it's great stuff, when the surface prep has been done properly.  I went to a Sherwin School Dallas for a couples days to learn about applying poly urea in industrial applications.  They use the same pump to install the spray in insulation in houses. 

[kamori]

I don't know about line-x. But I did meet the owners of rhino lining in San Diego years ago. They invented it for a durrable mining cart coating in austraila. I know thery were good guys that had a great honest approch and capitalized on a great product. Id get rhino only because I got to know the character of the men who run it. It is a great product. Prob can't go wrong either way.

Kam

[Dago]

I had Rhino liner put in mine.  They custom tinted it to match my truck paint (a dark green) and it came out great.  11 years later, I am still very pleased with it.

[rpm]

But I did meet the owners of rhino lining in San Diego years ago. They invented it for a durrable mining cart coating in austraila. I know thery were good guys that had a great honest approch and capitalized on a great product. Id get rhino only because I got to know the character of the men who run it. It is a great product. Prob can't go wrong either way.

That is good info to know.

[morfiend]

The good stuff is poly urea, and it's great stuff, when the surface prep has been done properly.  I went to a Sherwin School Dallas for a couples days to learn about applying poly urea in industrial applications.  They use the same pump to install the spray in insulation in houses. 

  Key points,surface prep is everything! Also exactly where the product is applied,I'm not talking about the truck but whether it's done in a climate controlled booth or not.

  Much like undercoating these "liner" products can trap moisture between the vehicle and linercoating.Depending on where you live,this can cause rust to form unseen under the coating.  This is why a climate controlled booth is best,be sure they have the lowest humidity possible.


  In the early 80's they coated the panels of make cars and trucks to resist rusting. While not the same product it still trapped moisture and actually cause rusting in places you'd never normally see rust occur,like the middle of a quater panel.

  I wont offer an oppinion on which product is best or better,this is because the best product isnt any better if the application is shoddy or the enviorment isnt controlled.


  YMMV.



   

[Seanaldinho]

In automotive class last year (August ish) we used a generic cheapo liner and by January end of that year it had flaked off of the whole bed.(May have been user error I wasnt therre when they applied it.) Either way it didnt look good or even very robust. We redid it with Rhino liner and it has yet to come off.