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There are many
D-I-Y bed
liner coatings on the market. With the exception
of few, most products are designed for spray application
and are not optimized as roll-on products. Listed below,
you will find the items considered to be do-it-yourself
coatings but they are far from professional quality or consistent in appearance.
Monstaliner™ is the only
do-it-yourself product on the market that is capable of
providing professional looking results with roller
installation and is UV Permanent as well.
Here's our list so far
Herculiner bed liner holds the top spot and admittedly has
poor UV stability leaving many truck owners disappointed
when the product looks like trash in just a few months.
Contains a heavy concentration of crumb rubber and
despite its deficiencies, continues to sell well. The
company now offers a UV topcoat protectant to keep it
"looking new" as their website says. Herculiner is
manufactured in South Africa by Duram Paint for Old
World Industries who owns Peak brand antifreeze.
Herculiner is an aromatic (non UV stable) moisture cure
urethane. Kit contains 1 gallon of coating, roller,
brush, scuff pad and can opener - Approx $90.00
Durabak
is manufactured by the same company that makes
Herculiner and comes in two versions, one with no UV
stability and the second version does claim to be UV
stable for 50% to 60% higher price. Both contain crumb
rubber and are moisture cure urethanes. 1 gallon
includes roller - $80.00 for non-UV product / $130.00
for UV stable product.
http://www.protectakote.co.za/prodinfo.asp
http://www.duram.co.za/Products/prod-detail.asp?prod_ID=31
Rustoleum Road Warrior truck bed coating is a two component epoxy
product also claiming to “fade over time due to the suns
ultra-violet rays”. Road Warrior contains silica sand to
create a non slip surface. Directions say to use a spray protectant to restore the original look. A kit contains
¾ gallon of pigmented epoxy polymer and 1 quart of epoxy
curing agent, roller, sanding block, drill mix blade and
a paint
brush - $110.00
Duplicolor is by far the lowest cost product on the
market and the quality is indicative of its price. Not
much more to say other than it is also available in a
spray can? Chemical composition is a vinyl chloride
polymer. Sold in gallons for $60.00 with roller kit sold
separately at $13.00
More to
come....
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