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    • #30857
      dogdoc
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        going off the reservation here, but… just traded in my 07 suburban for a crew cab siverado. to many incentives and no more car seats, little league teams, etc to haul around. my question is what to put in the bed, a liner vs spray on and what tonneau covers work the best

        thanks 

      • #36729
        Tinbender
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          I can't help with the cover but if you're going to use it as a truck I'd go for a spray on liner. The drop in liners are slippery as hell and rub against the bed rubbing the paint off, in spots leaving shiny metal. I haven't seen anyone use a drop in liner in years ( I installed hundreds of them in the 90's). I sell the Raptor spray in liner from UPOL that you or a bodyshop could do, they are tough but not as thick as the ones specialty bed liner shops spray in at around 300 degrees.

        • #36730
          DavidPrivett
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            I would stay away from a water based polyurathane paint on liner if you do it yourself ,I did not have good luck with it and it was a valspar(ppg) product to.

          • #36731
            RichWaugh
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              I used a spray on liner material from Bondo and it became brittle way too soon in our high UV and ozone climate.  For down here, drop in is better, I think.

            • #36732
              Tinbender
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                ” I would stay away from a water based polyurathane paint on liner if you do it yourself ,I did not have good luck with it and it was a valspar(ppg) product to.”

                You need to use a two component (catalyzed) solvent based product at a minimum.

                Just to be clear, Valspar and PPG are two separate companies. Interesting fact: Valspar opened for business two years after George Washington died, making it the oldest US paint company, and one of the oldest in the world.

                The bedliners I sell are all solvent based urethane's. The best ones are polyurea and polyurethane hot sprayed coatings. Google polyurea and you'll see what I mean. As I said, if you have a spray-on bedliner shop in your area where application of these products is their main business, these are the best way to go. They make a good permanent cistern liner too.readin

              • #36733
                SpringValley
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                  Hi Guys,  I used that stuff called Herculiner and it actually worked very well.  It is holding up good as well.  

                  Cheers….

                • #36734
                  Bob Rooks
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                    Even though I dislike the Robertsons, I have the LINE-X on my bed. It is tough as nails. I have slid thousand pound pallets on it and no damage, just scratches.

                    It is not DIY.

                    http://www.linex.com/

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                  • #36737
                    dogdoc
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                      off to line-x of the Bronx Monday morning, always a trip when having work done on your vehicle in that borough

                    • #36738
                      DavidPrivett
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                        I stand corrected it has been a couple of years since I seen that can and I mistakenly thought that I remembered seeing ppg as the parent company of valspar.oops

                      • #36740
                        Tinbender
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                          Nope, ppg is the evil empirepunchroflmaoroflmaoroflmao

                        • #36741
                          DavidPrivett
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                            I do like the evil empires porter paint

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