the worst part of my truck by far was the bed. so i looked into a bed liner. after being quoted $400 for linex to spray the bed, I decided to do it my self. I used the Duplicolor Bed liner. I saw the stuff on a show and it looked pretty good to me, plus you cant bet the price. I got a quart for 20, which i used to test with on my tail gate. and a gallon for 70 which finish off the bed.

the best part of it all was that I was able to pray the stuff with my 90 dollar spray gun from lowes. its nothing special of a gun but it worked great with enough pressure.

I had done the tail gate earlier to make sure i liked the stuff first.








you can see the shinny spots.



Pro: -spray-able and roll-able.
-looks great, totally changed the look of the truck.
-Cheap, Cheap Cheap! a total of 90 bucks + 4 hours of work and I still have just under of a half a gallon left over.
-if you scratch it/chip. rough it up and spray over it again

Cons: -not super thick. its not like the pro stuff so wont work well in a work truck.
-the stuff is thicker then paint so its a pain to clean out of the gun.
-if don't take the time to tape off the areas right it will come out looking wack, I spent 2 of the 4 hours just on prep. (taping and sanding)
- I got a little discoloration because i didnt change the nozzel in my gun, so it got a couple shinny spots, I just used some 120 grit and roughed them us a bit and you cant even tell.

all around I love the stuff. already i'm throwing stuff in the bed and no worries. plus it still looks great.

total cost= $90
total time= 4 hours with clean up.

 

Looks good i was thinking of doing this to the bottom half of my truck!! i think you just sold it for me!!!

 

cool, I hope your results are good. Looks like you could have spent some more time on the surface prep though...which is the key to getting this stuff to stick...

 

i thought so too, but after doing the tail gate, you cant get the stuff off after it dries. I did the whole bed once over with 80 grit sandpaper just to rough up the paint. ( what they suggest). there were some sections along the bed rails near the tape line where i missed sanding (cause i didn't want to sand the paint that would show) and when I pulled the tape up the liner came with it but I sanded the spot down quickly and re-taped and re-shot. good as New!

it was amazing how just a little roughness makes the stuff stick.

 

you should've used Al's Bed Liner... its a much more thicker product and much stronger. of course its 100 bucks for a gallon, but for 150 you can get a disposable spray gun and the gallon.

 

how thick is it?
does it hide horrible body work?
just thinking of some stuff for my jeep

 

Did someone say JEEP? Just kidding, peow. The spray job looks great!

 

Haha, it's a willy's.
And it's 90% toyota anyways.
and if this stuff is thick enough it can distract from my fugly butt welding.