I currently have one of those factory plastic drop in bedliners from ford. Would like to replace it with a spray/roll on liner. Cant afford to have it professionally done with line-X etc, so looking for something i can do myself. Any recommendation? Dont know what all is really out there. I've used rubberized undercoating on my wheelwells. But not sure that would be good for the bed.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Rob

 

Well, I'm definitely in the minority, but I've had great success with Herculiner. It's normally $99, but with sales and rebates, I've purhcased it for as little as $59. The main thing with this, or any other DIY bedliner is the prep. I have used it on four of my own trucks, and two for relatives, and have not had any problems at all with it holding up. Granted, none of the above trucks are used for contracting work, but for most homeowner DIY stuff, they were fine.

Did I mention that PREP was important? If you follow the instructions to the letter, and, "take your time", it will turn out fine for you.

Good luck

 

What all prep work needs to be done?

 

Another vote for Herculiner here. I have now done it to mine and 4 other trucks and have not had any issues.

Prep work of course is key. I went a little overboard with the prep, but mine looks perfect.

1. Clean and thoroughly dry bed of truck.
2. Mask off all areas you don't want to have touched w painters tape
3. Begin scuffing paint with included kit to entire bed. You need to have the entire bed a dull color when finished. NO shiny color showing of any kind.
4. Wipe done bed and areas with Xylene to catch anything not cleaned already.
5. Allow to dry and then begin applying product.

With two people doing the prep and mask and application it can be finished in a day if you don't run into any problems. I also applied the UV coat on top so it took almost all weekend to finish mine up, but it came out great.

I know that there are lots of spray in type for 500+ dollars, but even if I have to apply this again in the next 3 or so years, I still only spent 80 bucks delivered to my door for the full gallon kit plus a quart of additional product plus the UV protectant as well.

 

Where did you get it? I've been looking around for this package too and the cheapest i've found was $120 on ebay.

 

i have to be honest, i did a herculiner kit on truck i had and to be honest i was quite pissed on how un-durable it was. i was constantly scraping it up, yes it was prepped right. i paid 399 for my linex and i wouldn't hesitate to do it again, i ain't to fond of the rhinoliner that my silverado had though.

 

faster easy way to prep...


get a drill

get a paint stripper attachment for said drill

go over entire bed and remove some paint, not all. but it will go alot faster like this.

be careful though those attachments are very aggressive and will require you to be gentle, but it is faster and less cramped hands.

 

I used the rustoleum 2 part product on my lawn/garden trailer. Has held up pretty well for almost 3 years now and stays outside 24/7. Even held up well to pitch fork when shoveling mulch in and out of it.

 

I used herculiner on my old truck. It looked great! It will take a little time and some elbow grease, but its worth it.
The kit comes with step by step instructions, and will take atleast a day or two to complete, unless you use a power sander. But like I said, its worth the effort.

 

Save your $400 for line-x... you'll like it in the end.

 

If you haul alot of heavy material around, the line-X or rhino would be best. If you dont, then the herculiner will work fine. If you go with the herculiner, and there is any left, keep it, you may need to patch some spots down the road.