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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 05:52 AM
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Thats really nice. Does that bedliner need shot through a gun? I didn't know if that came in cans or not.
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 06:01 AM
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you can buy Bedliner in a can for like $9 a piece but it goes on thin in my opinion. buy it in the quart can and use a small roller to put it on. much nice when done. more effective as a liner and not exspensive black paint
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Agent_Oragnge
you can buy Bedliner in a can for like $9 a piece but it goes on thin in my opinion. buy it in the quart can and use a small roller to put it on. much nice when done. more effective as a liner and not exspensive black paint
Ohhh okay. I see those foam rollers?
Wonder how that would hold up, doing the underneath of the floors, frame...etc.?
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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don't use the foam ones !!! trust me !!! use the little 3" nap ones, just like the larger ones only smaller. the Bedliner eats the foam on the roller due to the chemical reactions. it's make the little plastice tray it comes in "squishy" too
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Oh okay! I need to look local for the bedliner. I want to do mine. Their faded, and it makes it look terrible. Do you wet sand first? And then clean with thinner before painting?
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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scuff it up with the green part of your kitchen sponge (yeah you know what i'm talking about) then wipe it down with rubbing alcohol or any type of thinner de greaser, then paint away.
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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try using a heat gun. The job did not last on my jeep, but did a good job on my van bumper. I also bought some stuff off the interent called forever restore. it went on like liquid shoe polish.
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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I washed, sanded, washed, used alcohol, and then painted. It has held up extremely well on the metal. A little flaking on the plastic parts. If I could do it over again I would buy a gallon rather than a quart and I would do like 8 layers rather than 2. I defenitely recommend the duplicolor kit, it comes with everything you need. Keep extra for touch ups. I did my mirrors, fenderflares and bumpers too. Use blue painters tape and make sure your lines are straight.
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LegalizeFreedom
Yea that thread is the reason why i tried Mothers B2B, but like i said, it only lasted a month before it started turning grey again.
Mothers works, but you DO have to reapply it. but everytime you apply it, the time it takes to fade back increases. for example, when i first put it on my jeep , they would fade back within two weeks. after a while when the plastic has soaked up some B2B over time, it now stays for like 2 months and never fades back as light as it was originally.
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