any body done this?

 

my uncle had this thing it's like a Rhino... but made by another company.

and it's bed-lined... is it something that can be done with cans?

Most of that stuff isn't sprayable without special equipment.

 

They put undercoating in cans (thick gooey stuff) but I haven't seen the bedliner in spray cans yet.

 

I'm probably gonna use bedliner on my rusty car hauler trailer this summer. Should make the diamond plate a lot less slippy than when it was painted and wear well. Shouldn't be any hotter in the sun than the black paint.

if you want it to be any good you need the spray on stuff.

i have seen it done on a whole pickup before - surface prep is super important - can't be stressed enough.

 

have fun

There is a local MX guy has a one ton chevy van total rhino liner coverage looks killer. you can buy the spray kit and do it yourself and I 2nd that surface prep and prep work is 99% of the job

hmm I'll look into that thanks!

 

it's an XT I was going to just do the hood/headlights first...

been done many times. many of the local offroaders do a 2-tone on the lower half with bedliner, I intend to do the same on my 4runner.

 

search around the net, pirate, etc. it's not a rare idea.

Here in my Country, People Widely use TOFF which is a Epoxy Sprayed-On Bedliner Stuff... Seems to be Very Thick, effective and not too Expensive... it is Used in Small Cars too, like Sedans, Wagons...

 

Here is the Link:

 

http://www.toffliners.com/

 

Kind Regards.

pirate, etc.

 

pirate? don't get it.

MY boss just used a roll on kind inside a flat panel jeep. i think he bought it by the quart and just brushed it on. I 3rd on the prep work:) the better the prep the better it looks and holds up. i did all the prep on my 69 opel and the paint still looks new and its over 7 years old! Prep, prep, ...and prep again

 

all on an XT? Ive never seen it personally but sounds cool and practical for an offroad machine:)

pirate? don't get it.

 

He's referring to: http://www.pirate4x4.com

 

And, BTW, I too will be doing this in the next few weeks on my lifted 87 GL-10. The prep is the most work for sure! I helped my friend do this to the lower part of his Toyota truck a few weekends ago. We used rattle can spray on bed liner and it turned our great! Once again, the prep work is the most important.

Edited May 6, 200916 yr by bobs97c5

Wow - for my trailer I was thinking of using bed liner to slimp on the prep. I figure tractor paint or bed liner. Diamond plate has surface rust.

 

Hoped to just paint over it reather than rust converter, rust proofer, etc under the top coat. I don't care about looks on the trailer - but I'd hate to see it flake off.

I do it all the time on my pickup trucks and wheel wells. I live 3 miles in, on a gravel road. if I don't have it on ,the stones pummel the body and will rust it out in weeks. I also used it on the floor patch material on my 86 gl wagon, I was tired of filling up with water when crossing the creek on the way to my favorite fishing spot. yummy fat bluegill and crappie

it will flake of in huge slabs

used to work in that field - did a boat trailer once thought we did it right but came back a few months later with huge areas peeling off

 

make sure you get all the rust and oil/grease of the surface - wire or nylon brush on an angle grinder is good - also need a kind of rough surface for the stuf to stick to. we had to scuff the paint in the truck beds to make the stuff stick.

Thanks. Looking like tractor/trailer paint for me. I had actually considered POR15 but it gets expensive and stinks pretty bad.

it will flake of in huge slabs

used to work in that field - did a boat trailer once thought we did it right but came back a few months later with huge areas peeling off

Agreed. There are better products out there to gain similar results. Ive seen boat bottom resurface/paint used with interesting good results. Ive also heard rumors of high durability fire extuinguisher enamal used for similar ideas.

If your looking to cover an old ugly off road beater, nothing beats Krylon cammo beige, and many other cheap spray cans offer similar dull colors and cheapo primers, none of which lasts. If its gunna get smashed and bush wacked alot not much in the way of paint will survive, anyways.

I did the top half of my hatch with amazing results and durability. I prepped with rattle can self-etching primer, then plasti-kote brand rattle can bed-liner, and then I topped that with plasti-kote epoxy wheel paint. The bed liner soaks up a lot of the epoxy paint, but it is like armor now. It's been like that for a couple years and I can't find a chip or flake anywhere. In the snowy months I use my ice scraper right on it without a scratch or mar. I was really just using the epoxy paint to match the color of all the other trim and wheel painting I did, but it turned out to be a fortunate accident.

 

Before you even consider doing this, I recommend reading this thread!

 

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18595&pagenumber=1

 

 

I first read this almost 8 years ago, and laughed for days!

I did the top half of my hatch with amazing results and durability. I prepped with rattle can self-etching primer, then plasti-kote brand rattle can bed-liner, and then I topped that with plasti-kote epoxy wheel paint. The bed liner soaks up a lot of the epoxy paint, but it is like armor now. It's been like that for a couple years and I can't find a chip or flake anywhere. In the snowy months I use my ice scraper right on it without a scratch or mar. I was really just using the epoxy paint to match the color of all the other trim and wheel painting I did, but it turned out to be a fortunate accident.

 

 

 

that's awesome!

 

following you instructions there, cause yout roof is just what I want my XT to look like

flat black like a sci-fi pistol

Edited May 8, 200916 yr by zukiru

oh yeah it's a DL so no off roading for me...

 

just lots of dirt roads and figured prep would be easier on this....

 

no such luck huh (oh and I wanted the car flat black like my uncle's rhino thingy)