Monstaliner Bedliner (122 Viewers)

[Fogblue13]

I painted midnight special over grey, tan, and blue body panels, coverage and color was even. Two coats worked for me. The paint is like yogurt, it’s fairly thick.

Did you do the inside of the doors with the midnight special? Or did you find a matching spray paint for that? I am considering using this color for my 80. How easy is it to keep clean? How many gallons did you use?

 

[mypancreasbroke]

Awesome, thank you guys. I plan to start getting into door jams, inside thehood, and inner fenders starting this weekend.

 

[aviafx]

Did you do the inside of the doors with the midnight special? Or did you find a matching spray paint for that? I am considering using this color for my 80. How easy is it to keep clean? How many gallons did you use?

I did the inside of the doors with monstaliner, as well as the jambs and pillars. I find after seven months of having the liner applied it's not any harder to keep clean than a regular paint job, just a soapy soft brush and the dirt comes off.

When painting, I was worried about gravity pulling the monstaliner and changing the texture, (painting a door exterior horizontally vs. painting the quarter panel vertically) so I only painted the exterior panels when they were mounted up on the cruiser. Because of this, my painting routine went something like this:

Prep: Sand/rough up, fix dents, pull fenders/doors/trim/hood, reseal rain gutters, MEK everything

Painting Day 1: Painted body/quarters/roof/pillars/jambs, inside of doors, tailgate interior access panels, unbolted gas cover (2 Gallons)

Waited a week, bolted doors/rear hatch, bolted fenders, masked off around doors, painted hinges w/ Rustoleum rattle can "gloss navy"

Painting Day 2: Painted doors/tailgate/hood/fenders (1 Gallon + 1 Quart)

Waited a week, reassembled everything, then got sandy at the ocean and had a great time.

I bought the extra quart just in case I ran out of my gallons and ended up using it. The pot life of Monstaliner is a bummer but if you plan out your method of attack you'll be fine. Word of caution, though, I should have allowed more time for the liner to cure, I cleaned the windows w/ windex and it left a few drip marks in the paint two days or so after it went on. Not a big deal, but annoying knowing I could've prevented it by not being so eager to get the rig together.

Here's an updated look, paint still holding up great:

 

[gregnash]

@aviafx Is that the "midnight special" dark blue color? Any pics in bright light? And did you roll or shoot?

 

[Skydog]

I did the inside of the doors with monstaliner, as well as the jambs and pillars. I find after seven months of having the liner applied it's not any harder to keep clean than a regular paint job, just a soapy soft brush and the dirt comes off.

When painting, I was worried about gravity pulling the monstaliner and changing the texture, (painting a door exterior horizontally vs. painting the quarter panel vertically) so I only painted the exterior panels when they were mounted up on the cruiser. Because of this, my painting routine went something like this:

Prep: Sand/rough up, fix dents, pull fenders/doors/trim/hood, reseal rain gutters, MEK everything

Painting Day 1: Painted body/quarters/roof/pillars/jambs, inside of doors, tailgate interior access panels, unbolted gas cover (2 Gallons)

Waited a week, bolted doors/rear hatch, bolted fenders, masked off around doors, painted hinges w/ Rustoleum rattle can "gloss navy"

Painting Day 2: Painted doors/tailgate/hood/fenders (1 Gallon + 1 Quart)

Waited a week, reassembled everything, then got sandy at the ocean and had a great time.

I bought the extra quart just in case I ran out of my gallons and ended up using it. The pot life of Monstaliner is a bummer but if you plan out your method of attack you'll be fine. Word of caution, though, I should have allowed more time for the liner to cure, I cleaned the windows w/ windex and it left a few drip marks in the paint two days or so after it went on. Not a big deal, but annoying knowing I could've prevented it by not being so eager to get the rig together.

Here's an updated look, paint still holding up great:

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This looks REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD !! Surperb !! - - These two images combined, particularly your top image - should no doubt be MARKETING IMAGES for Magnet Paints !! ... Conjure some sort of win-win deal with Eric / @magnetman that he utilize these images (your top one as a main image and your lower one (showing detail of the rear) as an inset image) as a marketing image. If Eric would like for ME to make for him the ad & ad image, such as that below - I'll gladly do so for him. -- Hence, your top image, showing the rain, headlights, and environment-blending Monstaliner Midnight Special paint - - IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT !!! ~Marc

 

[magnetman]

Has anyone here applied tintable monstaliner without tint? Results? Pictures? @magnetman

It looks like transparent brownish pea soup in liquid form.
When spread out thinly it's clear but very hazy with a brownish cast to it.
What are you thinking?

 

[magnetman]

Hey guys, I need some advice. Applying Monstaliner soon, but I have one worry! I am replacing 3 body panels on my 80 series from multiple salvage trucks, as my truck has some front end damage. My 80 is dark green. I have hood and grille valence from a white lx450, and a front fender from a black 80 series. Will my colors come out looking different on the donor panels? Using light quartz grey if that matters. @magnetman

LQG covers well in 2 coats. Only issue you could have is if you try to stretch it too thin you could see some show through of darkest areas. When someone asks this, our std answer is to prime it all light gray and create 1 uniform surface to coat over. This way you don't have to concentrate on building thicker coats over dark stuff

 

[magnetman]

This looks REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD !! Surperb !! - - These two images combined, particularly your top image - should no doubt be MARKETING IMAGES for Magnet Paints !! ... Conjure some sort of win-win deal with Eric / @magnetman that he utilize these images (your top one as a main image and your lower one (showing detail of the rear) as an inset image) as a marketing image. If Eric would like for ME to make for him the ad & ad image, such as that below - I'll gladly do so for him. -- Hence, your top image, showing the rain, headlights, and environment-blending Monstaliner Midnight Special paint - - IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT !!! ~Marc

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I dig this a lot

 

[Kleatus]

It looks like transparent brownish pea soup in liquid form.
When spread out thinly it's clear but very hazy with a brownish cast to it.
What are you thinking?

I want a clear (or at least very transparent) version of tough 2K undercoating.. curious what it might look like untinted, over color..

 

[magnetman]

I want a clear (or at least very transparent) version of tough 2K undercoating.. curious what it might look like untinted, over color..

It's far from crystal clear. I had some pics somewhere, will try to find

 

[magnetman]

People always ask to see job pics of our different colors.
Try Googling: "Monstaliner Midnight Special" or "ML OD Green" and you'll be surprised with what comes up.

Lastly, we'll have some new T-Shirts available in March

 

[Skydog]

I dig this a lot

Eric ( @magnetman ) :

Win the blessing of @aviafx, and I will not mind your extracting and marketing use of the image below, which now sports your website :

~Marc

 

[aviafx]

@aviafx Is that the "midnight special" dark blue color? Any pics in bright light? And did you roll or shoot?

Yep, midnight special, rolled. Here’s a couple daytime pics:

 

[aviafx]

Eric ( @magnetman ) :

Win the blessing of @aviafx, and I will not mind your extracting and marketing use of the image below, which now sports your website :

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~Marc

Haha, sure. Nice work!

 

[CRSHR]

Lastly, we'll have some new T-Shirts available in March

Can’t wait, I love swag!

 

[CRSHR]

Add me to the list of satisfied customers! Pyroclastic

 

[Jungle80farmer]

Add me to the list of satisfied customers! Pyroclastic

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That turned out great. I had a 88 V6 4runner I went Grey to black on. I loved that thing... Until some crack head stole it & destroyed it. With my insurance money I bought my 71 FJ40. My how time flies. Enjoy that sweet 4runner.

 

[CRSHR]

Man that sucks! Thanks, I love it!

That turned out great. I had a 88 V6 4runner I went Grey to black on. I loved that thing... Until some crack head stole it & destroyed it. With my insurance money I bought my 71 FJ40. My how time flies. Enjoy that sweet 4runner.

 

[9780MOP]

All done! Now curing in my shop for a day or two.

Application was much easier than I thought and I'm happy with the way it looks. This is my first time ever doing painting of any kind on a vehicle. The ML instructions are straightforward and easy to follow.

Based on my experience, I have some suggestions for other liner noobs:

Find a better/thicker tape or other solution to cover the holes left after the removal of the flares. In circles 1 and 2 you can still see small depressions left at the sites of some of the holes. I covered the holes with thin aluminum tape I found at Canadian Tire. After applying the tape, there were small concavities that I figured would be obscured by the ML. The liner didn't completely obscure them, however. No big deal to me but might be to others.

Spend more time masking than I did. While masking I was having difficulty with some of the tighter corners. I thought I had it sorted well enough but it doesn't take an eagle eye to spot some angular boundaries as in circle 3.

Anyhoo, those problems are mine and not Monstaliner's. The mixing and application was a breeze and I really like the texture that comes with the rolling.

Thanks to Magnet Paints

Did you just patch over the holes or did you run a complete strip? Point being, is the monstaliner thick enough so that the edges of the tape don't show unevenly beneath the liner? What thickness tape did you use? I have a gallon of black monstaliner on the way and just picked up some 4mil 3m aluminum tape.

 

[ikeedikeed]

I patched over the holes with tape that I cut into rounded pieces. I can’t remember the thickness; sorry. The monstaliner is def thick enough to obscure the edges of the tape like you ask. What I was referring to in my post was the depressions caused by the tape not being thick enough (or maybe not tightly placed enough) to span the hole without being depressed in a bit.

Side note: my mechanic was pressure washing my truck one time and the pressured water blew through the liner and tape over one of my holes. He said he was up pretty close; I don’t know how close. Anyway, I plugged that hole with a little rubber plug thing and kept going. It’s fine for me. My rig is scratched and dented now anyway.

Keep it real.