RRAM

Turns out this is a pretty easy procedure. This write up is using a spray on applicator and "as seen on TV" Gator Guard II 2 part product.

First off I ripped off the cladding. I suppose one could spray the cladding too if you like that look.

There is nibbs sticking out that welded to the doors that hold the cladding, I took a angle grinder and ground them off. It was not as easy as I thought I ended up hitting the panels a few times but it really didn't matter as the liner covers so well.

I then took my orbit sander with 180 grit, (its pretty aggresive) and sanded off the area I was going to coat. Just give the paint a good rough surface to adhere to.

I now washed the area down with xylene, could use laquer thinner, or a good degreaser Just want it nice and clean no oily film

Masking off was easy enough. The tape may not follow the curves the way you may like, so you just add more and more tape to the area then with a sharp utility knife trim it later. Its amazing how just taking a sliver here or there really makes it look good. I would say take your time here, looking at it from different angles. Once this crap is on I think it would be tough to get off.

After you have you line then mask off or cover as much as possible of everything else. It does not over spray like paint mist, but it does splatter around. Old clothes or a cheap dissposable cover all works nice. I found I did get some on the hood and areas I didn't want it. Not a lot just little pebbles. lay newspaper or anything on the top and sides if your really fussy about the final look.




This product takes a while to dry, they say 4 hrs to touch and 24 to be hard. It was still soft after 12 hrs
24 hrs it was very hard.

I pealed the tape after a couple hrs, I didn't want it glued doors.

Also I would suggest if your doing this and you have holes in the doors from the cladding to tape over them with masking tape, then spray it, it will bridge over and be a nice job. Something I didn't do or even think about untill I read another thread on how someone did theirs.

As far as the actualy spraying it goes, you will need 35-65lbs pressure to get this stuff to coat nice. I think the higher number may be better. Of course my guage was broke so I just guessed till I got it applying how I thought it should. Pretty much on the job training.

havensov

Sweet, thanks.

Will be doing this soon... I hope...

xtreme velocity

Thanks!!! Great work! I hope I can get this done to mine soon. I think I might paint the cladding to see if I like it. if I dont, ill just do it like yours. Or I could stop by and we could do mine at your house. lol.

RRAM

sure drop in. takes about 2 hrs and a couple beer to get ready. about another 15 mins appling and then sit around, play pool till it dries.

xtreme velocity

Sounds like a plan to me.

jeepforlife

i used plasti-kote. 50 bucks a gallon, painted on with roller and brush in some spots. 2 coats, 2nd coat on about 20 minutes after first.i think it looks better then plastic

parkerbabco

how was the spray pattern? how fast did it spray out? how much did you use?

RRAM

I used one kit when I did mine. with the undercoating gun it sprays on at a nice rate. with the product I used needs to be quite thick. I must have went to light on my door as it some has flaked off. Or else I didn't rough it up enough. the spray pattern is not that big but it does splatter so you want to cover stuff up

parkerbabco

about how far did you hold the gun away from the jeep?

RRAM

if I remember right it was only 6-12". 12 at the most. it reminded me a lot like when I seen guys spray texture on a ceiling. it comes out spraying kinda chunky and I had to play with air pressure a bit to get it right.

parkerbabco

thanks im doing my whole jeep and i want to know how its gonna spray before i start and mess is all up.. i was watching videos on you tube of it and it was like high pressure spraying and they stood like 3 feet away and just blasted it.. i was hopin thats not how you do it thanks

RRAM

ahaha. well just remember that it does splatter, as in hits the metal and bounces up and back. at least the stuff i used did. so cover everything in light plastic and you should be fine