Has anyone had any luck with a do it yourself bedliner? Either a spray on or roll on? Thanks

 

I used the spray on kind from Home Depot. It looks good and is easy to use/touch up, but it is nothing like line-X or the like. I would not recommend it for a work truck. Its like heavy duty spray paint with some texture.

 

Ok. Just need something for my bed. There are a few surface rust spots appearing that I want to fix before they turn into anything serious.

 

Unless you treat that rust, it's just going to spread. Remove the rust, then paint it over. The bed liner will mask the rust and make it harder to deal with later on.

 

Prep is really important. I've seen a lot of DIY bedliner peel off real quick do to guys not properly sanding and cleaning the surface.

 

like already said, you need to do some real rust prep or you'll have a bigger problem when it's trapped and you can't see it under the liner.

I did the Herculiner thing about 10yrs ago. 3 coats on a well prepped interior of a K5 blazer. Would I do it again, probably not. I'd just cough up the money and pay for a proper sprayed-on liner. As for brand, there are lots of companies these days with good feedback.

 

Yes I am pretty OCD so I take prepping very serious! Yea, I am not seeing that great of reviews for any DIY bedliners, so I might just get it linexd

 

Using Duplicolor Bed Armor aerosol spray for my bed. I don't use the bed for anything crazy, only minor things. So hopefully with good prep it will hold up. I should have it done in the next few days and will post pics.

 

I wouldn't. I love that stuff, it's one of my favorite spray paints and I used it for general black paint, on my bumpers, sliders, etc - but for actual bedlining purposes you're better off with the paint in the bed and just save your money. To get a real base of that stuff you will need like 4 cases of paint because it is literally equivalent of spray paint with light grit (perhaps like 150-200 grit sandpaper, which is much less than skateboard grip tape). At that price, you may as well pay a professional or go buy a plastic bed liner.

 

I was just tired of looking at the white/rusty bed. But after an afternoon of sanding, cleaning, and coating the bed I realized I made a mistake. It looks good, but I doubt it will hold up against typical wear. But I just cant justify paying a few hundred dollars for line-x, etc. Ill post pics tomorrow.

 

On my flatbed on my Dodge, I just used cheap spray-on bedliner that is super cheap, and it works like a charm. But on a Toyota, MAKE SURE YOU GET RID OF EVERY SPEC OF RUST. You will regret it if you don't.