Quick & Easy DIY Bed Liner

Quick & Easy DIY Bed Liner PICKUPS Accessories Protect new beds and renew old truck and trailer beds with a do-it-yourself bed liner kit from TP Tools and Equipment The kit is fast and easy to apply and priced at only $99 for a 125-sq ft bed “Customers like how easy it is to use and that it is a 2-component product ” says Rich Seaman TP Tools and Equipment “The urethane activator makes it harden for greater durability A lot of single stage bed liners just won’t be as durable ” The company sells a standard kit with 4 bottles of bed liner base and a bottle of hardener The kit includes an application spray gun All the user needs is an air compressor Seaman recommends a minimum 50 to 60 psi compressor that can move at least 7 cfm Preparation is simple with a wax and grease remover recommended for all beds New beds require only a light sanding to barely scuff the surface Seaman suggests using 80-grit sandpaper or a nylon cup brush on an angle grinder Older beds with rust need to be cleaned down to bare metal and coated with an acid etch primer before top coating with the bed liner Planning is likely the most important ingredient in the process Application should only be made when temperatures are between 60 degrees and 85 to 90 degrees “The hotter and more humid the temperature is the less time you have to apply ” explains Seaman “Once you mix the materials you have about 30 min before it starts to gel At 95 degrees when it is humid you may have only 10 to 15 min ” Seaman advises letting the fresh coat cure in a dry environment for 24 hrs and waiting 3 to 4 days before using the bed While a single coat will protect the bed and provide some insulation multiple coats will do even more to deaden sound suggests Seaman “Customers restoring an older car will put it underneath the car or under the carpeted area ” he says “Once an application has started to tack up you can put on another application ” The bed liner can also be rolled on when touching up a cracked or chipped area As the material touches the surrounding initial coat it softens it allowing the 2 coats to bind The Raptor Bed Liner Kit comes in black or a tintable material Any automotive base urethane paint can be added to the tinatable bed liner to match preferred colors TP Tools and Equipment is a distributor for U-Pol Raptor Truck Bed Liner Seaman says the company offers technical support to customers He encourages anyone interested in applying the bed liner to call his company Contact: FARM SHOW Followup TP Tools 7075 State Rt 446 Canfield Ohio 44406 ph 330 533-3384; toll free 800 321-9260; www tptools com

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