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Herculiner bed liner

F-ingrob

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wanna coat the outside of my K5 with Herculiner bed liner
Who has done it and how much did you need
For how many coats
I have a gallon but think I may need 2
 
Did it on my last k5. It worked great. I think i did 2 coats. I think i used 2 containers, but dont recall if they were gallon or not. I think 2 gallons would be enough
 
I have only used it on a shifter box I built for the triple stick but it worked well. I rolled it on and left it out in the hot sun all day during the summer then toom it inside and left it overnightbto dry before messing with it for installation. Turned out well and matched my speedliner interior
 
Only word of caution is that the herculiner will peel under the heat and pressure of a decent heated pressure washer.
 
One of my friends did his F-450 1990 ramp truck cab & nose with some kind of bedliner,he couldn't recall the name of the stuff he used ,but its probably the Raptor type stuff that can be tinted..
He got "red",but after it dried it lightened up some to a reddish pink color..it's not Mary Kay Pink,but its not fire engine red either..

I like how the stuff looks and covers all the sins,truck looks 100% better than before--he didn't do a great job sanding down all the old paint that was flaking off in spots,the liner covered everything with an even layer..the texture is like 60 grit sandpaper though,if you rub against it ,it feels like it could cut your skin..
 
Don't do it. It will look awesome the first 6 months and then chalk out and look terrible. There are a couple trucks here locally that did bedliner all over and they have ruined their trucks at this point. The diy bedliners don't hold up over time and even the pro ones collect dirt and fade out over time.
 
HankScorpio said:
Don't do it. It will look awesome the first 6 months and then chalk out and look terrible. There are a couple trucks here locally that did bedliner all over and they have ruined their trucks at this point. The diy bedliners don't hold up over time and even the pro ones collect dirt and fade out over time.
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I can see someone do it to a beater that will not be ruined by it but not a clean one.
I did on my conversion van the lower 12" but nothing above that line
 
Not for me to say what you should do with your truck but think carefully before you apply bedliner. PO of my 73 coated the entire inside of mine with it. I guess he thought it would inhibit rust. He was wrong. When I went to fix it the right way, I had 2 problems: the rust and getting the bedliner off. Huge PITA. Takes forever, chews up poly wheels fast and makes a huge mess.
 
I did the interior of mine after rust repair, and it looked great for 10 years before I sold it. I did 2 coats. It did fade a little bit, and once dirty you never get the “shine” back, but it was always uniform and never pealed or cracked. Top was off during the summers, but I always tried to avoid parking in direct sunlight for long periods of time.

That being said, I dont plan to do it to my next k5, but for other reasons.

I wouldnt do it to the exterior.
 
I was thinking of doing a bed liner in the back. Maybe I’ll just got tractor paint though. Is there an in between of bed liner and paint? A very durable paint that would look good but wouldn’t ruin anything?
 
Magnet paints makes Monstaliner. I have had it in my bed for four years, no fading, chipping, or peeling. My buddy has had it on his jeep for nine years. Looks just as good as when he applied it. That being said, once you go that route it’s a major undertaking to go back.
 
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