Announced by corporate TODAY (4-2-05) and you are probably the first in the COUNTRY to hear about it!

LINE-X and DuPont have been working on a special topcoat for about a year. LINE-X Xtra is a topcoat that will contain Kevlar "pulp". It will be glossy, retain it's color, and be VERY durable. This topcoat will not be a "layered" topcoat. "Layered" meaning like if you were to paint a liner, you would have a layer of paint on top of the liner. Xtra will actually penetrate the liner and be integrated into it. LINE-X Xtra should be available around May 2005. Cost? Don't know yet. Black is the only color available now, but colors are in the near future.

 

What will be the advantages over regular Line-X?

 

From what I was told by one of the LINE-X owners, Claudio Burtin and the Dupont rep present at our regional meeting:

1. Will not fade or chalk.
2. Will be glossy and will stay glossy.
3. Will not scratch off or wear off (like other topcoats on the market).

Also, it will not affect the final texture. For example, if you paint the liner you lose some of the final texture because the paint fills in the "dips". This product will not have that effect.

That's all I know, I'm sure more info will be available soon.

 

Is this an add-on to a pre-existing Linex install or a completly new type of linex?

 

It's an add-on.

 

Well that sounds good but they wouldnt have that many fading issues and other sprayon bedliner companies wouldnt either. If they werent so cheap and didnt use aromatic polyurea thats why they fade aromatic is what most use and it is not u. v. stable for long periods of exsposure. Aliphatic polyurea is what u want that last much longer to sun light without fading but it costs more thats why they dont use it. Aliphatic polyureas actually spec out a little stronger too.

 

Yes, aliphatic polyurethanes and polyureas (in pure form) are more UV resistant than aromatic polys, but keep in mind they are not UV proof. But, typically, the real problem with bedliners is the other chemicals that are put in them are not UV resistant and thus render the aliphatic products UV unstable. While using an aliphatic product certainly helps and is a step in the right direction, it really doesn't solve the problem entirely.