Has anyone used Herculiner under carpet. I should add that ambient temps have reached over 120f where I live.
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Herculiner under carpet?
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Either choice you have to clean, but don't want to put down some dynomat/ killamat/ knockoffmat...?
I did, also did a stick on mat and insulation as well.
Many miles including a trip to Moab, no problems.
Pics here....
Many miles including a trip to Moab, no problems.
Pics here....
Maybe I should mention I don’t have a top so it will get rained on.
I have it on mine. Its been there since 1999. No sign of damage, and I have carpet over it that occasionally gets wet.
Without a top I think the mats would hold water in the seams but I could be wrong
Does your floor get rained on?
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I just have speedliner and floor mats in mine and it gets rained on regularly, I replace the mats every few years and dry them out when they get wet. Been this way since 2006.
The trick is to have removable carpet and dry it up when convenient.
No product can survive constantly being submerged in water but they can for short periods of time
No product can survive constantly being submerged in water but they can for short periods of time
Thanks for the help.
You say 120+ ambient, so ethier Az or death valley. How much rain do you get. If truck was in my area it could be left alone no issues, would be totally dry a few hours after rain stopped.
A good indoor outdoor carpet with no padding would be best
A good indoor outdoor carpet with no padding would be best
I will say this most bedliner products don’t carry much “r” value for insulation properties. I did the entire inside of my tub with raptor liner and by itself was only marginally cooler on the floors than bare steel. So if you are putting it down first to try and cool the floors in hot environments it’s not going to work the way you think.
I’ve done Moab, Mojave and az in the summer with mine, the floor always got hot. Even summertime in Colorado which gets hot too, not desert hot but enough. Nada. Even wheeling in the mountains in cooler temps the floors would roast. I’ve put down reflective insulation, jute pad and a rubber floor mat to combat the heat. Now I can drive with teva’s, flip flops or bare feet without fear of nuking my skin if my foot touched the floor.
There are some sprayable liner products that are set up to be more of an insulator than standard bedliner kits. I think lizard skin is one, but I’m not sure. I’d suggest some searching on the web to find one. Even then it may not be perfect.
I’ve done Moab, Mojave and az in the summer with mine, the floor always got hot. Even summertime in Colorado which gets hot too, not desert hot but enough. Nada. Even wheeling in the mountains in cooler temps the floors would roast. I’ve put down reflective insulation, jute pad and a rubber floor mat to combat the heat. Now I can drive with teva’s, flip flops or bare feet without fear of nuking my skin if my foot touched the floor.
There are some sprayable liner products that are set up to be more of an insulator than standard bedliner kits. I think lizard skin is one, but I’m not sure. I’d suggest some searching on the web to find one. Even then it may not be perfect.
A good under coating may help with engine/exhaust heat saturation
Las Vegas. 5” of rain or so a year.
Doing the bed liner to prevent rust. Doing carpet so my feet don’t melt to the floor.
Spring for the jute padding if it doesn’t come with your carpet kit. Another layer always helps.
na the jute will get wet and rot plus hold water against the metal. No top.
Copy that, didn’t catch the no top part!
