I've looked into the raptor coatings before. Just wish i had a good back that would let me do all the prep work. I'm just gonna bail on the alot of the DIY stuff and pay a professional.

 

did you ever get any pics? i am interested

 

Sorry still haven't had the time. Work has been super busy and someone quit so i've been working 3 extra shifts and college started back this week. So needless to say I've been a little preoccupied. haha

But over the last week or two I have sprung a wild hair about buying a body lift. If this happens i think it's gonna be put on hold until after the body lift goes on (The bed bolts are a pain as is, i could only imagine with 6 coats of bedliner over top of it).

 

Well guys, i guess it has been long enough. I will be spraying the bedliner tomorrow. I did most of my prep work today so that tomorrow i just have to clean over it one more time, then just mask everything and go at. I'll have pics later in the afternoon tomorrow.

 

I wonder if you can add color to these types of product, a sort of dye maybe.

 

I'm not sure about that. Spray paint definetly won't work (for obvious reasons), but I'm not sure if the material would be able to absorb a dye color. I'd give it a try if I wanted to ptm it, but I prefer the black.

 

Depending on how this turns out, I may end up doing it to mine. I have Herculiner on my rockers and a few other places, but ive heard it's not the toughest in the bed

 

In the second pic, Don't worry that's not overspray down in the corner by the bumper. Must have been dirt or grease or something.

 

It all went on alot easier than i expected. 50 psi seemed to be the best to spray it at. I was only able to get three coats out of the kit, but i sprayed each coat pretty heavy. I'm very pleased with the look of it and it definetly cleaned up the look of the bed. If you use the whole kit I think the finish product is atleast twice as thick as the herculiner, plus it looks alot better than the roll-ons that I have seen in person.

Also, the lighting really doesn't do it any justice (pics were taken with my phone and the sun was shining into the bed some). It's a real deep gloss black color.

 

we could only be so lucky

 

its crap in a bed...my buddy has it in his tacoma and its almost all gone after like 3 yrs

 

Depending on how good you prep, it should last for a long time.

 

That looks clean bro.. real nice. Let's see how it holds up. Whats the full cure time? I still see some wet spots. Other than that, looks very consistent for a home kit.

 

yeah ill give u that...im not sure what if any prep he did. but we also use his bed like no other...theres always tools and atleast 1 high lift in it..not to mention he cut 14 inches out of the bed

 

looks good man!