Hey all,

I just finished my truck bed with this stuff and really like the look and feel of it...and i want to spray my entire truck with it... do i need the same prep work? (light sanding and priming?) also how does this stuff hold up to the UV rays? does it fade super easy? if so how can i prevent that from happening?

Thanks so much everybody!!

 

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yes u still need to sand the whole truck, and use a terry cloth or whatever to get the crap off after. i rolled it on, rather than spray, when i did it to my ram. turned out pretty good. as far as staying dark black, it wasnt long after it totally dried and cured, that the darkness went away. if your wanting super dark then i would sugest mixin in some actual black paint on the 2nd coat or whatever. but i have never seen it done, so thats up to you.

 

hmm yeah i sanded the entire thing down with 120 grit sand paper and a belt sander and then used mineral spirits to wipe it down, i did use spray on and it actually looks really good i like the rough look to it

 

Mineral spirits? Ruh Roh Roerge...... MS doesn't evaporate nicely like metal conditioner, or even paint thinner.... that may become a problem later.. At least it is easy to fix.

 

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I was going to do a red stripe down the sides but ended up bed lining the whole thing except the tail gate. Looked OK and probably would have looked better if I used a compressor and compatible sprayer. I got rid of the truck earlier this year and now have a full size Bronco. The rocker panels looked great and I didn't do anything to it until I bedlined the rest of the truck. I did put some Armor All on the old bedliner ( after I did the rest of the truck) and it made it look just as black but a little shinyer than the new parts. So if you do and it starts looking a little bad or faded try Armor All on it.

Before I did mine I looked through a lot of forums, YT videos and web pages about bedliners. I've saw several posts etc saying the spray bomb Rustoleum and others didn't hold up well. I don't know how well they prepped their vehicle nor the spray can stuff but the non spray bomb Rustoleum bedliner worked well for me at least as far as keeping it's color. Didn't get a chance to abuse it so I'm not so sure if it will hold up to a lot of abuse or scrapes.