I am planning to use Herculiner to line the
floor pans of my 65 Falcon. after I weld the new ones in,that is. Should be a nice
change from spray can undercoating,and
an excellent sound deadener. Also these
cars are known for cowl leaks, so it should hold the water away from the floor to keep it from rusting again.

 

Old thread, I know, haha, but since this has held up so well, I thought I would share.

I used herculiner to refinish my factory step bars on my 99 about a year ago. They were starting to rust and I didn't feel like spending a lot of cash on new ones. I was going to strip and re-paint them black, but I figured they would just rust again in a few years. Herculiner was on sale for around $50, and so I decided to give it a try.

I peeled off the plastic treads, unbolted the plastic end pieces, sanded all the rust and much of the paint. Then I primed them with some primer that converts the rust to hard black metal (Extend?).

I re-attached the ends, and rolled on one coat of herculiner over everything. Then I snapped the treads back on when that coat got tacky.

I rolled on two more coats over everything, let it dry and then mounted the bars back on the truck.

The "finish" has held up nicely, and the steps have a lot better traction then the plastic treads ever did, especially when wet.

It looks "tough" if a bit unusual, but hey, it's a truck!

 

Hawkpilot, I was thinking of doing the same thing to my step bars.
I was thinking of removing the plastic and putting it back on after putting the Rhino on. Now I'm thinking of removing the plastic, filling the holes and making the whole thing Rhino.

Your thoughts?

 

You could, but there are a bunch of holes, and they are about 3/8" wide by 3/4" long as I recall. There is also a huge channel down the center, about 1/2" deep. I wish I had taken photos during the process, but my camera was dead at the time and I wanted to get it done.

I had originally thought leaving the plastic off, till I saw how much work that would be. If you had a strip of diamond plate to weld over the whole top, it might be a good idea. The bottom line is you are gonna need something and you know the plastic fits. Sandwiching it between layers of the bedliner worked pretty well.