Curious who here has Raptor Lined the inside of there K5? Curious on how much material I will actually need for good coat? I know prep is KEY on this job!!!!
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Who has Raptor lined the inside of there K5
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wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
If its a roll on kinda thing then 1.5 gallons will go from the firewall to the tailgate...including the tailgate. Prep is definitely important but its nothing like paint. I did some tests with herculiner and actually purposely didnt clean a dirty section and It stuck really well. I recommend car washing the inside. let it bake out the water in the sun and then wipe everything down with acetone and go.
leaving shine is bad juju.....
What ever I use I will probably spend least 5 hrs in prep there is no room for over kill! Wire well, DA, sheets of sand paper etc what ever it takes. Not to mention Acetone I believe and roll of scotts shop towels.
clean/final prep with denatured alcohol, damp towel/dry towel.. acetone leaves a film... will it f*ck it up? not always, but I have seen issues in the past..
if you sand thru in spots, it's best to get a bit of spot primer on them, than scuffpad em...
if you sand thru in spots, it's best to get a bit of spot primer on them, than scuffpad em...
wetoolowdingbangow
1/2 ton status
Its meh for bed liner. I literally put my bedliner on with a light amount of dirt on the surface. it hasnt phased it at all. I kinda wanted to see if it would hold together like that and its been put through a lot and hasnt budged. I did a small amount of steel wool then got tired so I went for it after an acetone wipe down. Herculiner is more rubbery and tar like than spray on stuff so that no doubt helped me.
I used 2 kits , 8 cans ,but I sprayed the inside & outside of the floor pans & bed area + inside anyplace I could fit the nozzle of the spray gun ..
You could easily do the inside with 1 kit of 4 cans .....
ebay seems to have the best price , think it was $114ish shipped per kit ..
You are correct that prep is the key to a good job & for maximum adheasion
I went overboard there as I sandblasted the whole bottom of the tub inside & out , but had the body on my rotisserie already so why not ....
cleaned it all with denatured alcohol , then sprayed it all with Rust Bullet...
Dont know how it will hold up as I just put the body back on the frame
Just hoping to avoid this .....
was a rust free southern body , VERY limited winter road use, but the brine that they put on the roads in Pa is some NASTY stuff
THANKS !!!! PENN DOT.....
Whittler
Registered Member
I rolled on a Herculiner kit plus one quart and had a little bit left. It turned out better than I expected. I do recommend buying an extra 2" brush, as well as a full acetone wipe down before application. 
TXAMC13
Newbie
I put down Hurculiner in my sub from the firewall just past the end of the bed.
My experiences with abrasives:
1) Sandpaper is a balancing act, it is incredibly easy to cut down to bare metal quickly, unless using a very fine grit.
2) Using abrasive pads like scotchbrite or whatever totally blows. WAY too much work for the poor level of abrading, and way too expensive for how much work is involved and how far one pad takes you.
3) HARBOR FREIGHT STEEL WOOL. I kid you not. I did the entire bed with a pile of scotchbrite pads, then did the entire cab with 2 little baggies of Harbor Freight steel wool balls. The steel wool dulls up the paint FAST, evenly, and very rarely, if ever, cuts down to bare metal. I even had a few left and went and re-did sections of the bed that I couldn't get done with the scotchbrite pads. I think the baggies are like $2-3 apiece. 3 bags would probably get your k5 done, and run you less than 10$. Buy a bag, test it out, and tell me I'm wrong.
I put down 3 gallons of Hurculiner in The Sub. It got me just under 4 full coats. To be honest, the Hurculiner looked like crap until I put down the 3rd coat. To prep I ripped out all of the carpet and insulation, vacuumed and cleaned, dulled all of the paint and self-etching primered bare spots, washed with TSP, wiped everything down with Xylene/Xylol (I was amazed how much stuff I was still able to wipe off), then masked everything. Don't use solvent after you mask because you may ruin the adhesive on your tape.
Biggest lesson that I learned was that good prep takes way longer than you could ever imagine, and if you plan to roll on, you need to make your masking tape more than 2 strips wide. I went with 2, and still got that stuff everywhere.
Oh, and Hurculiner soaks through your clothes, and Xylene makes your skin feel like it's on fire. Temporarily.
My experiences with abrasives:
1) Sandpaper is a balancing act, it is incredibly easy to cut down to bare metal quickly, unless using a very fine grit.
2) Using abrasive pads like scotchbrite or whatever totally blows. WAY too much work for the poor level of abrading, and way too expensive for how much work is involved and how far one pad takes you.
3) HARBOR FREIGHT STEEL WOOL. I kid you not. I did the entire bed with a pile of scotchbrite pads, then did the entire cab with 2 little baggies of Harbor Freight steel wool balls. The steel wool dulls up the paint FAST, evenly, and very rarely, if ever, cuts down to bare metal. I even had a few left and went and re-did sections of the bed that I couldn't get done with the scotchbrite pads. I think the baggies are like $2-3 apiece. 3 bags would probably get your k5 done, and run you less than 10$. Buy a bag, test it out, and tell me I'm wrong.
I put down 3 gallons of Hurculiner in The Sub. It got me just under 4 full coats. To be honest, the Hurculiner looked like crap until I put down the 3rd coat. To prep I ripped out all of the carpet and insulation, vacuumed and cleaned, dulled all of the paint and self-etching primered bare spots, washed with TSP, wiped everything down with Xylene/Xylol (I was amazed how much stuff I was still able to wipe off), then masked everything. Don't use solvent after you mask because you may ruin the adhesive on your tape.
Biggest lesson that I learned was that good prep takes way longer than you could ever imagine, and if you plan to roll on, you need to make your masking tape more than 2 strips wide. I went with 2, and still got that stuff everywhere.
Oh, and Hurculiner soaks through your clothes, and Xylene makes your skin feel like it's on fire. Temporarily.
Also Xylene and other solvents like laquer thinner,acetone,MEK, etc,all go right thru your skin,into the bloodstream,and ends up in your liver and kidneys..
Do your best to prevent any from getting on you..
I used to mix auto paints and washed my hands in thinner a dozen or more times a day back 30 years ago--I feel that has had a very detrimental effect on my body and the symptoms ranged from always feeling lethargic and groggy,to having to urinate frequently ,muscle aches,stomach problems--nasty stuff in lots of these chemicals and coatings...be careful with them..
Do your best to prevent any from getting on you..
I used to mix auto paints and washed my hands in thinner a dozen or more times a day back 30 years ago--I feel that has had a very detrimental effect on my body and the symptoms ranged from always feeling lethargic and groggy,to having to urinate frequently ,muscle aches,stomach problems--nasty stuff in lots of these chemicals and coatings...be careful with them..
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