madman1234509
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I just wanted to give everyone a quick opinion and results of my herculiner bedliner job I did on my truck. I did this project about a year ago now. Daily drive the truck every day. I will admit I dont use the bed heavily too often. Once in a while but an atv in the back or a motorcycle. Sometimes Ill bring random loads of stuff places. Before this liner the paint in my bed was trashed within a year of me having the truck, and I needed on option.
I followed the directions exactly. First tapping off and sanding down the entire bed, or entire area you wanted to coat. Sanding all of the clear coat off. The main goal is to make the surface "not shiney". Cleaned the entire surface, blew it out with air, then wiped it down with Xylol, pretty much an alcohol or mineral spirits solution. Then I loaded it up with 4 coats of the liner, rolled and painted. Followed the directions and waited until almost dry between layers. Then I also used the UV protectant which has worked flawlessly and hasnt faded one bit. The truck is outside every day and has not faded. This material is strong. I got a big glob of it on the bottom of one of my sneakers that I wear every day, and its still there. Ive slid 1 ton pallets of wood pellets across my bed with a fork lift with absolutely NO marks or signs of damage or wear to the liner. No signs of peeling. The rubbery texture is nice and grippy. I will say, just like everyone else, its all in the preperation!!! The prep is the most time consuming but is worth it.
So here are some crappy cell pictures. The bed is a little dirty from random stuff but you get the idea. For the 200-250 it cost for the kit, and extra quart or half gallon, the UV protectant and supplies, Id say it was well worth it and I would definitely do it again!!
I followed the directions exactly. First tapping off and sanding down the entire bed, or entire area you wanted to coat. Sanding all of the clear coat off. The main goal is to make the surface "not shiney". Cleaned the entire surface, blew it out with air, then wiped it down with Xylol, pretty much an alcohol or mineral spirits solution. Then I loaded it up with 4 coats of the liner, rolled and painted. Followed the directions and waited until almost dry between layers. Then I also used the UV protectant which has worked flawlessly and hasnt faded one bit. The truck is outside every day and has not faded. This material is strong. I got a big glob of it on the bottom of one of my sneakers that I wear every day, and its still there. Ive slid 1 ton pallets of wood pellets across my bed with a fork lift with absolutely NO marks or signs of damage or wear to the liner. No signs of peeling. The rubbery texture is nice and grippy. I will say, just like everyone else, its all in the preperation!!! The prep is the most time consuming but is worth it.
So here are some crappy cell pictures. The bed is a little dirty from random stuff but you get the idea. For the 200-250 it cost for the kit, and extra quart or half gallon, the UV protectant and supplies, Id say it was well worth it and I would definitely do it again!!