Dishabille
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Hey all,
I took it upon myself to do my own spray in bed liner and I can not be more pleased. I bought one kit of Raptor Liner off Amazon and other assorted goodies and went to work.
I was going to use an orbital sander to take the clear off to give myself a good surface to bond to but realized that would take a very long time so I went online and ordered the 4" Nylon Cup Brush sold by Al's Bed Liner. Once it came in the mail, I tested it out on the tail gate but it chewed straight to bare metal with just a light touch. Scrapped that idea and was put off until I heard my neighbor had a sand blaster.
A week later and another $60 spent, I was all ready. I had a friend and my dad help me tape and cover all the truck off as much as we could then proceeded to sand blast the hell out of the bed. I used black diamond grit and no it didnt eat down to bare steel. We tested it on a spare sheet metal and found that staying about 12" away from the surface yielded the best results.
After swapping back and forth for a couple hours, the three of us were covered in grit and sweating our asses off, but the hard part was over. I went over the whole surface again with a red scuff pad just to make sure it was all knocked down. We pulled all the tape and plastic off the truck, swept the bed and cleaned up.
Next was more taping and covering in plastic until to make sure no over spray happened. I wanted to make sure the black bedliner wouldnt end up on my white paint haha, probably went a little overboard with the covering but oh well.
Mixing and spraying the Raptor Bedliner was a breeze. Following the directions was simple, my friend mixed a new bottle when i reached 1/3 remaining and would then pass that new can to my dad who would unscrew the old empty bottle and attach the new one. I sprayed the whole bed in 30 minutes tops. Having a good respirator or a very windy day is key, as I had neither by finishing time I was a little loopy.
The spray gun worked like a dream, along with all the taping we did, all my lines are crisp and no bleeding. I started on the bed sides then moved my way down until I reached the tailgate, removing the tailgate would probably have been wise since i was getting close to the end of the last bottle but hindsight is 20/20. Coverage was easy to regulate and I tried to keep a good 50% overlay to fill it all in, I ran the gun at 40 psi and the air compressor we had had no problem keeping up. The bed took all four bottles to cover so if you have a long bed or want it to be thicker, I recommend buying another kit.
Start to finish was 6 hours, and some of that time was spent drinking and watching someone else work haha. I highly recommend this product for anyone wanting a spray in bedliner but not wanting to pay to have it done. All told I spent $240 and didnt even use the cup brush.
I took it upon myself to do my own spray in bed liner and I can not be more pleased. I bought one kit of Raptor Liner off Amazon and other assorted goodies and went to work.
I was going to use an orbital sander to take the clear off to give myself a good surface to bond to but realized that would take a very long time so I went online and ordered the 4" Nylon Cup Brush sold by Al's Bed Liner. Once it came in the mail, I tested it out on the tail gate but it chewed straight to bare metal with just a light touch. Scrapped that idea and was put off until I heard my neighbor had a sand blaster.
A week later and another $60 spent, I was all ready. I had a friend and my dad help me tape and cover all the truck off as much as we could then proceeded to sand blast the hell out of the bed. I used black diamond grit and no it didnt eat down to bare steel. We tested it on a spare sheet metal and found that staying about 12" away from the surface yielded the best results.
After swapping back and forth for a couple hours, the three of us were covered in grit and sweating our asses off, but the hard part was over. I went over the whole surface again with a red scuff pad just to make sure it was all knocked down. We pulled all the tape and plastic off the truck, swept the bed and cleaned up.
Next was more taping and covering in plastic until to make sure no over spray happened. I wanted to make sure the black bedliner wouldnt end up on my white paint haha, probably went a little overboard with the covering but oh well.
Mixing and spraying the Raptor Bedliner was a breeze. Following the directions was simple, my friend mixed a new bottle when i reached 1/3 remaining and would then pass that new can to my dad who would unscrew the old empty bottle and attach the new one. I sprayed the whole bed in 30 minutes tops. Having a good respirator or a very windy day is key, as I had neither by finishing time I was a little loopy.
The spray gun worked like a dream, along with all the taping we did, all my lines are crisp and no bleeding. I started on the bed sides then moved my way down until I reached the tailgate, removing the tailgate would probably have been wise since i was getting close to the end of the last bottle but hindsight is 20/20. Coverage was easy to regulate and I tried to keep a good 50% overlay to fill it all in, I ran the gun at 40 psi and the air compressor we had had no problem keeping up. The bed took all four bottles to cover so if you have a long bed or want it to be thicker, I recommend buying another kit.
Start to finish was 6 hours, and some of that time was spent drinking and watching someone else work haha. I highly recommend this product for anyone wanting a spray in bedliner but not wanting to pay to have it done. All told I spent $240 and didnt even use the cup brush.
