Painting with undercoating?

bamayote · 04-25-2004, 07:01 PM

i've searched and failed to find anything fits what i'm looking for, but a friend of mine mentioned the idea he'd had about painting a beat down truck with undercoating.
has anyone ever done this? what are the preps?

good idea, bad idea?

thanx
brad

Highland Runner · 04-26-2004, 06:11 AM

There have been a few people who have done this. It may have been mentioned on 4x4 Wire or the Pirate board. A guy I work with had a beater Blazer. He had the entire inside and out done with Rhino Liner. Very easy to clean with a hose. The company that did it lightly sand blasted the who thing for prep. I think it is a great idea.

roktoy84 · 04-26-2004, 12:52 PM

WalMart has truck bed coating in a 1 gallon can. And in a spray can. Done a few Jeeps with it. And it works pretty well. That stuff is hard to scratch. I just sanded the whole thing with a flapper wheel on a grinder. Then made sure I got the corners really good. Total cost for doing a whole CJ5 was around 150.
That's a lot cheaper than having a pro do it. My cousin sprays Line X for a living. And through him it's almost 600 to have my 83 mini done.

04-25-2004, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
bamayote Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 142	Painting with undercoating? i've searched and failed to find anything fits what i'm looking for, but a friend of mine mentioned the idea he'd had about painting a beat down truck with undercoating. has anyone ever done this? what are the preps? good idea, bad idea? thanx brad

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Highland Runner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Highlands, NC Posts: 682	There have been a few people who have done this. It may have been mentioned on 4x4 Wire or the Pirate board. A guy I work with had a beater Blazer. He had the entire inside and out done with Rhino Liner. Very easy to clean with a hose. The company that did it lightly sand blasted the who thing for prep. I think it is a great idea. __________________ Chris Mine-94 SR5 4-Runner, 3.0, 4X4, Aisin Hubs, Yakima Load Warrior, 210k Miles \| Wifes-99 Limited

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04-26-2004, 12:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
roktoy84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 77	WalMart has truck bed coating in a 1 gallon can. And in a spray can. Done a few Jeeps with it. And it works pretty well. That stuff is hard to scratch. I just sanded the whole thing with a flapper wheel on a grinder. Then made sure I got the corners really good. Total cost for doing a whole CJ5 was around 150. That's a lot cheaper than having a pro do it. My cousin sprays Line X for a living. And through him it's almost 600 to have my 83 mini done.