Oleh Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 What are the pros and cons of spraying bedliner vs regular old undercoating ? seached, but i got inconclusive answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolane Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 I am also very interested in this. First hand experience would also be greatly appreciated. Joshua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom'sZ Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 well.... for one thing, bedliner dries. Undercoating often stays gooey, or at least soft. Bedliner is made to take impacts and undercoat is well... gooey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcarnut Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Some info here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19277&highlight=bedliner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeatrpi Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I used aerosol Duplicolor bedliner on my rocker panels... its not as durable or brittle as I originally hoped. If I do it again I'll spend the extra money and brush on Herculiner, as many people seem happy with it. My 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj paul Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 not all undercoatings are gooey. eastwood sells a nice hard drying one. i believe it can even be painted. the problem with bedliner is, its realy heavy (relatively speaking). if your just cruising i would go this route but if your like me, and light and fast is your style. then purchase a quality undercoating. im doing beliner over por-15 as substitute for carpeting in my floors (i think, still cant decide) and using eastwoods undercoating with their spray system ($50 bucks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleh Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 will undercoating/bedliner stick to zero rust on the bottom of the car ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWRex Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Brushon Herculiner stuck to my rust bullet coated Z like glue.Go with 2+ coats.Don't get that stuff on your hands...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleh Posted December 11, 2005 Author Share Posted December 11, 2005 ^ thanks, i will be using herculiner and zero rust then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 There is a "paintable" undercoating. For interior and heavy use application.. the bedliner would be preferable but underneath and tust prone areas... I would use the undrecoating unless you are building a show car. I use the paintable under coating in tree pruning and as a tree wound paint and roof sealer around vents.. very cheap stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 The "soft" rubberized/undercoating is crap. Even though it itself repells water, what really happens is that while driving, it gets hit by thousands of rock/dust/debris and the causes it to gash at some part, then that just lets moisture in and usually the undercoat incapsolated it. But with that water incontact with the metal (regaudless of paint and/or primer) and it being incapsulated there, cuases the metal to rust even faster. I have proof of this. I have a 78 with the stuff, and a 77 without. They were driven daily in the winter and the 78 has far more rust damage than the 77 (this is in alaska by the way). I would go with a hard sprayon liner, not no crappy stuff you might find at walmart, something that needs to be applied at a elevated temp, or herculiner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeatrpi Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Don't get that stuff on your hands...... Or your hootus... http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18595&pagenumber=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Or your hootus...http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18595&pagenumber=1 WTF lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oleh Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 that is sad. i didnt think anyone would ever get bedliner on their hootus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Forum_lurker Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Have any of you every try or hear of Line-X? Its some really awsome bedliner from what i hear. The Army even did some testing using it agaist bomb explosion protection, they lined a metal box with this stuff and it didnt completely explode. It just enclosed it.... pretty neat stuff. I have seen some hot-rod guys use it.... http://www.line-x.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolane Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I have seen some discussion about Line-X before on a Bronco forum. It seems that the reason people like it is because you can tint it to match your paint color. I believe it is similar to rhino liner though in that somebody else has to apply it. I don't think you can roll it on. It is also supposed to be rather expensive because of this. Joshua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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