Saturday, April 18, 2020

Bed liner on Floorboards

Shot the bed liner on the floorboards and the inside of the cargo door today. Scuffed everything up, wiped them down and into the booth. The Raptor bed liner was easy to shoot, I started at about 80psi and liked the texture so I stayed with it for all the pieces. That is some messy stuff though, thank god for the paint booth. It sticks to everything like tar. Since you shoot it at a distance, about 18 inches from the piece, it is like a scatter gun. The paint booth floor is now black and will need to dry before I can use it again. After a couple of pieces, my shoes were sticking to the drop cloth and it started to become a real pain in the a$$ by the time I finished.

I did one piece at a time to avoid over spraying so it took a little time. I cleared off my covering table and since I was only spraying one side of each piece I was able to lay the finished pieces on the table as I went. Unlike Line-x bed liner which dries in seconds, this will take a couple of days to cure. I want to be absolutely sure they're cured before trying to handle them. I'm really happy with the way they turned out. They should look great when installed.

Unfortunately, I forgot the tunnels so I still have them to do. However, I was thinking about doing the under seat storage trays, now I'm sure I'll do them.