I had a local guy spray in a liner several years ago. It has faded and chipped some, and really detracts from the appearance of my truck. It is too thick and I would like to have a Line-X sprayed in. Local Line-X dealer says can't remove old liner without slowly chiseling out small piece at a time. Surely I can get this removed somehow at a reasonable price. Any suggestions?

 

Here's a photo of my F150.

 

another attempt at posting photo in signature.

 

You can peel it away yourself, that's about as cheap as it gets?

Or, you could clean it meticulously and have Line-X or simular put over it?

Or clean it, recoat any worn through areas to block rust, and drop in a drop in if the sides look bad or just a mat if the floor is all that's scarred up.

First person I've seen complain of a spray in being "too thick"!

 

thanks Tbear. Since i posted this, I have searched this forum and others. Probably should have done that before posting the question. The consensu is pretty much a hammer/chisel or a new pickup bed. Neither of which I am interested in doing. I did see one comment about soda blasting, but unsure if that works. I love my old truck, but not that much. I suspect I will end up paying the local Line-X dealer to overspray the current liner. He said he would do it for $300 and it would add very little thickness. I bought the truck from my brother several years ago and he later died. He bought it new. I'll probably hang on to it for quite a while. I would love a new truck, but can't handle the sticker shock. Thanks for the reply...

 

a bigger pic

 

Truck looks great .... the overspray Line-X is how I'ld go if I could .... it'll look great.

'97 ain't old .... I still have my '77 since 1986 ....

 

 

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Well, I added a couple of photos in my photo album, but am not sure how to get them to post into this thread... Anyone care to enlighten me? thanks...

 

Sandblasting should be able to remove it if you use the coarse stuff. Going to cost you though because it'll take some hours. Heatgun + scraper might go faster.

 

Sandblasting is not the answer, most of the media just bounces. Your best and least expensive option is hammer and chisel. You can use an air chisel, it helps.

Or, you can leave it in there and get LINE-X ReNew. The ReNew process includes a layer of LINE-X texture and LINE-X Premium. So, it will look nice and won't fade, but will still have your old bedliner underneath.

 

You could throw in a drop in liner and clean up the appearance instantly.

 

fixed the link in quote....

here's your other one....

 

The last picture is typical of a low pressure polyurethane bedliner. The bedliner has a long gel time, so the dealer just takes a knife and cuts it. High pressure polyurea/polyurethane (or 100% polyurea) bedliners don't work that way. They are dry in about 4 seconds. The bedliner COVERS the truck bed's floor edge and looks a LOT nicer because a wire tape is used with produces a perfect line.