I really need to line my bed. I am complete do it yourselfer and I refuse to let anybody touch my ride! So I was looking into the autozone roll on liner but for the price its just unreasonable. I was walking around Lowes and saw some roof top liner that is 33 dollars for 5 gallons. I know its more of a rubber type but if you were to do it thinner do you think that it would work? Please let me know of all your ideas!

 

na man i think that'd scrape off pretty easy on high wear spots and it would get real soft and turn into a realy headache in the hot sun when your trying to throw stuff in your bed

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go for the duplicolor liner from autozone. 100 bucks for a gallon, but it looks real nice and seems to be pretty tough. i used it on my running boards and wheel whells

 

I used the duplicolor stuff on several work trucks with great results. It outlasted the trucks. It is well worth the money spent, just follow the directions for prep and you will be a-ok

 

Al's liners would be my recommendation .

Al's Liner. DIY Truck Bed Liners!

 

I work at an industrial flooring company and i have been contemplating using charcoal color polyurea resin. this is from the same family of resins used in the professional bed liners.

if you know anyone in this business this would probably be the best alternative.

my second choice was an industrial rubberized deck coating.

 

I'd like to try some crumb rubber from ground up tires. Put a good coat of heavy paint on and sprinkle the crumb rubber over it. Then just vacum off what dosn't stick after it's good and dry. Possibly go with a couple coats, and it would be easy enough to repair if you did scrape it up.

 

my truck has the do it your self line from the original owner and it just comes off.But you can tell he did not prep the bed right and thats a must to make it stick.

 

Thanks for the info. Yea I have been skeptic but I just hate paying a hundred bucks for a gallon! I have used it before though and I do know it works. I will see what I can come up with but I just might have to go with the herculiner.

 

yah, prep is key to a successful coating. if you could, sandblasting the surface first and then use a good metal primer.

i dont know about paint holding up or even holding the ground rubber very well. we have a few coatings that incorporate ground rubber in them. the binder resin is a much more serious coating. epoxy's are too brittle, elastomerics are too soft that they wont hold the grit or ground rubber for long, will scrape off, etc. the coating needs to be in the middle somewhere. that's why polyurea's are used.

talk with someone at Sherwin Williams about an industrial two part coating, see what they have. i know they carry (but not always have in stock) the "general polymers" brand of resins. 4844 is what you want. it is a 2 to 1 mix of resin and hardener. cures in about one hour. might be out of your price range though. ask them about alternatives to this product. make sure it is not an "epoxy" as these have a tendency the crack and chip to easily for this application. general polymers 3552 or 3557 also good alternatives to 4844.

in the end it may be better to just buy the kits made for it

 

Monsta Liner comes in a complete kit and is roll on.