For those who have painted their trucks with bedliner.

[thoner7]

I know many of your cringe at the thought, but still.

For those of you who have painted a truck in bedliner:
- what brand did you use?
- how much material did you use?
- did you do a hard top and/or doors too?
- did you do inside as well? Again how much material etc.
- what prep did you do to the carc?
- would you do it again?

 

[Autonomy_Lost]

I would personally never put bedliner on a humvee. I feel like bedliner on anything but a truck bed is a fad. People will look back on it and say "can you believe people used to paint bedliner on EVERYTHING!?"

Also I'm pretty sure its a one way street, I doubt you'll ever be able to fully remove it.

 

[Mullaney]

I know many of your cringe at the thought, but still.

For those of you who have painted a truck in bedliner:
- what brand did you use?
- how much material did you use?
- did you do a hard top and/or doors too?
- did you do inside as well? Again how much material etc.
- what prep did you do to the carc?
- would you do it again?

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Well, again there are all kinds of opinions... I have a M1089. Stewart & Stevenson with a fiberglass grille. Old age was working on it and I needed a fix for the "hairy" look. The gel coat had deteriorated and it was time to spend a lot of time sanding and painting - or a Quick Fix.

I went with the Quick Fix. Low effort quick sand by hand, then sprayed it with Dupli-Color (Bedliner) from NAPA. It has been over a year and it still looks as good as the day I did it. AND it keeps me from getting fiberglass splinters in my hands. Did the same thing to the battery box top on that same truck a few weeks later.

Cost for a 16.5 ounce rattle can was $22. One can painted the grille and the battery box top with (guessing) a half a can still here on the shelf.

 

[thoner7]

I plan to use Durabak on my interior as they have a smooth option without texture. If it goes well I will use it on the exterior too. If not, I can get raptor liner in 685 desert tan on Amazon. Problem will be ordering enough, but not too much. So if anyone can give me an idea on quantities, that would be great

I hope to end up with a color/texture similar to stock 686 tan. The Durabak “sand” color looks like a near perfect match. My only concern is the satin sheen of duraback. Here this is my goal for looks:

The Durabak is moisture cure (like POR15) and I believe will be super tough. It’s used by the Navy and performs excellent in a number of YouTube comparisons I’ve watched.

Another big benefit is it acts as a sound deadener (think dynamat or lizard skin). Although they don’t have literature on it I’ve read a number of reviews on this site about how well it works. 2 birds one stone - hopefully saving me money on sound deadening stuff.

I also plan to add ceramic beads to the Durabak, they are designed for heat insulation by NASA and mixes with paint. Online reviews show 10 degree drop in service temps with only one coat. It’s $60 for enough to beads to mix with 5 gallons of paint. If I do the inside of the tub and the roof I’ll be very happy. 3 birds 1 stone.

 

[swbradley1]

I work at a large university and one of our students wanted to protect his supercar (I forget which one but it was a Lambo or Maserati) while he went home on a visit, so he painted it with bedliner.

<Insert laughter>

 

[Mullaney]

I work at a large university and one of our students wanted to protect his supercar (I forget which one but it was a Lambo or Maserati) while he went home on a visit, so he painted it with bedliner.

<Insert laughter>

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No worries, Daddy's Money will fix that.
No problem!

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[Aviator4x4]

At the risk of necro-ing an old thread, Raptor liner is pretty popular in the non-MV offroading world. I haven't painted a vehicle with it, but I have used it over baltic birch to make a rear seat platform and I'm considering the sacrilege of painting an LMTV or MTV cab in it...

 

[kendelrio]

I did the bed and floor of my M715 with roll on rhino liner...

Zero complaints.

 

[cavtrooper78]

Saw this even though it’s an older thread. I did my entire Ram (not a MV but still) in Raptor bed liner and it looks fantastic a year later.

 

[spankybear]

I didn't paint the entire truck with bed liner just... well... only the bed. I used a tintable liner and tinted the liner to the correct color green. I am happy with the results... The company not so much. The kit I bought didn't have all of the parts for the pain/spray gun. This is the first time using spray in liner. It did a very good job hiding all of the scratches and small dents.

I thought I would try and see how it would take the Behr pain when I painted the black and brown camo. WE will see how it will ware. The black is a tad thin and can use another coat. Here's a picture

 

[Humpty]

Tractor Supply sells enamel based tractor paint in gallons or rattle can. Looks great, variety of colors, is bomb proof, and doesn’t feel like 300 grit sandpaper when you brush up beside it. Paint the bed and floors with bed liner.. but for the outside, there are better options.

 

[Aviator4x4]

Tractor Supply sells enamel based tractor paint in gallons or rattle can. Looks great, variety of colors, is bomb proof, and doesn’t feel like 300 grit sandpaper when you brush up beside it. Paint the bed and floors with bed liner.. but for the outside, there are better options.

Are you talking about rustoleum farm paint or something else ?

 

[Humpty]

Are you talking about rustoleum farm paint or something else ?

This is the stuff.. painted mine directly on the carc below last fall in 50 degree weather in my driveway. Used a snow shovel to clear the snow off it last winter, power washed caked on bird crap off it this summer.. zero issues.. sits unprotected in my driveway in all the South Dakota elements. I just did a quickie rush job.. this stuff really is tough stuff. If a fella really took his time with it in ideal conditions i’d bet it would look outstanding. I got the idea from an old guy who used to refurbish old tractors.. he swore by the stuff and I can see why. I don’t think I have more than $100 on this paint job including the masking tape.

 

[Aviator4x4]

This is the stuff.. painted mine directly on the carc below last fall in 50 degree weather in my driveway. Used a snow shovel to clear the snow off it last winter, power washed caked on bird crap off it this summer.. zero issues.. sits unprotected in my driveway in all the South Dakota elements. I just did a quickie rush job.. this stuff really is tough stuff. If a fella really took his time with it in ideal conditions i’d bet it would look outstanding. I got the idea from an old guy who used to refurbish old tractors.. he swore by the stuff and I can see why. I don’t think I have more than $100 on this paint job including the masking tape.

Good to know ! I am planning on painting my LMTV in Rustoleum Farm and Implement Enamel Massey Ferguson grey and low gloss black, but I'll see what the deal is with this Majic stuff. I imagine they're quite similar with Majic maybe being a store brand version of the Rustoleum.

 

[Humpty]

Good to know ! I am planning on painting my LMTV in Rustoleum Farm and Implement Enamel Massey Ferguson grey and low gloss black, but I'll see what the deal is with this Majic stuff. I imagine they're quite similar with Majic maybe being a store brand version of the Rustoleum.

Yeah.. I just grabbed cans of what they had in Cat yellow. Reading about it recently the quality of the paint (coverage, lasting) depends on the amount of Titanium Dioxide in the paint and something called VOC’s. On at least one tractor board the general consensus is that Rustoleum tractor paint is superior to the stuff I used. All I can say is if Rustoleum is better than what I used, it’s gotta be some really exceptional paint.