My Tundra has a spray in bed liner from the factory. It’s held up very well. I need to power wash it again after all the dirt, rocks, and plants that my wife has been hauling around, but that’s about it, and that’s cosmetic, not a real need.
Spray bed liner for F250
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Agree with removing the existing liner before assuming too much. Unless grit found its way under, it's unlikely to have much damage.
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I had a friend some years back that owned a spry in bed liner company, He did well IMO doing 2-5 a day with just him by himself doing the work so he had very low overhead and stayed busy!
Unfortunately me hanging out I was able to see how the sausage was made...
Seeing that myself I will only buy a truck when new that has a Factory Spray in. I have one local Ford dealer whom I love and does all my service work but the buyer never orders his new trucks with a factory liner so I in turn will never buy a new truck from that local Ford dealer.
I'm not saying the brand name my friend sold ( was over 10 years ago ) but it was NOT the brands OP mentioned but I remember watching and him sand / prep and spray a few beds over the years but as I remember the "product" came in gallon cans and included a bag of Kevlar fiber and color that had to be mixed in.
If my memory does not fail me he paid $65 a can for product back then and (3) cans was suggested for proper thickness depending on the length of the bed.
I also remember him using only 2 cans of product and NOT 3 as well, the cans cost $65 a can so MORE PROFIT with only 2 cans!
So you are ONLY as good as the Company and spray tech applying the product!
2 cans of product look like 3 so how do you know?
I had a drop in years ago and hated it, Im not suggesting NOT buy a spray in but read the Google reviews or go on personal referral and ask about thickness would be my suggestion.
Also, I have damage a spray in, sliding a pro audio rack into the back of a bed, NEVER push anything in that heavy like a dresser as it will grab the liner and pull it up!
Unfortunately me hanging out I was able to see how the sausage was made...
Seeing that myself I will only buy a truck when new that has a Factory Spray in. I have one local Ford dealer whom I love and does all my service work but the buyer never orders his new trucks with a factory liner so I in turn will never buy a new truck from that local Ford dealer.
I'm not saying the brand name my friend sold ( was over 10 years ago ) but it was NOT the brands OP mentioned but I remember watching and him sand / prep and spray a few beds over the years but as I remember the "product" came in gallon cans and included a bag of Kevlar fiber and color that had to be mixed in.
If my memory does not fail me he paid $65 a can for product back then and (3) cans was suggested for proper thickness depending on the length of the bed.
I also remember him using only 2 cans of product and NOT 3 as well, the cans cost $65 a can so MORE PROFIT with only 2 cans!
So you are ONLY as good as the Company and spray tech applying the product!
2 cans of product look like 3 so how do you know?
I had a drop in years ago and hated it, Im not suggesting NOT buy a spray in but read the Google reviews or go on personal referral and ask about thickness would be my suggestion.
Also, I have damage a spray in, sliding a pro audio rack into the back of a bed, NEVER push anything in that heavy like a dresser as it will grab the liner and pull it up!
So today the temp was 63F and able to get the factory liner out.
The bed had leaves and pine needles and nothing more than surface rust in a couple of spots. . So I am relieved. Maybe my pickup will last another 10+ years.
I think I will have a Patriot liner sprayed on by a local shop.
Then put the factory liner back on.
The bed had leaves and pine needles and nothing more than surface rust in a couple of spots. . So I am relieved. Maybe my pickup will last another 10+ years.
I think I will have a Patriot liner sprayed on by a local shop.
Then put the factory liner back on.
It may not fit.
You think the spray is that thick?
Maybe just paint the bed bottom with some bedliner from Amazon. The sides will be protected by the plastic drop in liner.
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I’d just rattle can the spots - use them to anticipate future spots like welds/seams - hit those - drop ‘er back in …
Having had both - spray on can be thick - has to be …
Probably not well.
So the place that sprays Patriot liner says a plastic drop in liner may not fit proper if they do a spray bedliner.
Now I need to decide decide if I just paint the worn spots and minor surface rust with something like brush on bedliner or get it sprayed and get rid of the plastic drop in liner?
Now I need to decide decide if I just paint the worn spots and minor surface rust with something like brush on bedliner or get it sprayed and get rid of the plastic drop in liner?
I have a 2015 F150, and if I didn’t have an aluminum truck, I’d have a spray-in liner. My truck came with a plastic drop-in liner, and being that it is aluminum, I want the extra impact protection from that layer of hard plastic.
But I greatly prefer the appearance and texture of a spray-in. If I had a steel bed, I’d probably get Line-X and throw a rubber bed mat over it. Of all the spray-in liners I’ve seen, Line-X seems to provide the nicest finish and be the most durable.
But I greatly prefer the appearance and texture of a spray-in. If I had a steel bed, I’d probably get Line-X and throw a rubber bed mat over it. Of all the spray-in liners I’ve seen, Line-X seems to provide the nicest finish and be the most durable.
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Yes, Round Rock
I feel ya. Wylie here. My Canyon was 1 year and 4 days old when the 2016 hail storm came. 240 dents pulled out. I avoided one a year later by driving to the nearest gas station and getting under the awning but I came home to a kitchen full of skylight pieces and hail. It was hard to watch. The stones were huge and they were traveling almost horizontally. People who couldn't fit their car under the awning just had to sit there and take it. I watched the windshield of Camry get knocked in. This state has the worst climate of anywhere I've lived.
