For those who have experience with Raptor Liner on Plywood, what's your experience? Good? Bad? Does it hold up outside, is it waterproof?
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I’ve had Al’s Liner on my ditch plywood drawers for probably 6years or so. Zero issues.I'm surprised nobody has tried a DIY application of bed liner to plywood. Is there an issue with moisture containment in the wood?
I'm surprised nobody has tried a DIY application of bed liner to plywood. Is there an issue with moisture containment in the wood?
Thanks for the great feedback, I'll get a sample running then look at redoing both panels.Tons of the speakerboxes we did were going in the back of Jeeps, etc - top-down rigs where guys doing it were springing the $$$ so with the right subwoofer cones it could take a few splashes.
The boxes were that MDF/HDF board made from sawdust & we never had a complaint. In fact, the car stereo shop my buddy s in has a demo/cross-promo box on display showing they will build to completion a sub enclosure & get it liner'd, then install a plastic/CF (or whatever water resistant cone) sub.
I'm still planning to do a single side of marine plywood for the boat, since doing say 1/4" AL plate would still be pretty loud when walking on it (IMO - despite the noise dampener quality of liner) - plus my hull already is sized for plywood thickness floors.
I don't expect any issues, and the raw plywood underside is 6-10" away from bilge area of the hull depending on where you measure, and I run in everything from upriver rapids to no concern running in sub-3' roller waves/open ocean, I hear the bilge pump run plenty.
Do a sample & submerge it, see if the exact spec plywood you want to use reacts/the liner delaminates from your prep. - I used to take the truck beds down to bare steel w/ 80 grit discs, we only had one repair from a gasoline/bar oil -soaked section a chainsaw sat on for months, then the chain nicked it up a bunch when coming in/out of the bed.
It was a career loggers' service truck, those guys soak the equip in every flavor of petroleum.
Pretty much as severe a service as could be encountered.
I'm surprised nobody has tried a DIY application of bed liner to plywood. Is there an issue with moisture containment in the wood?
Thank you, this is exactly what I'm facing.I did the floor of my camper conversion with color matched raptor liner and 5/8 Baltic birch. Held up great and recommend it highly. The only advice to add is to make sure all the holes are drilled before application (for t-nuts) including countersinking. Sand, tack cloth, 2 coats with a Shutz gun on both sides, extra coat on wear surface and then paint holes after with a brush. This will ensure it’s fully sealed to moisture. Think I used 4 bottles ($120 CAD worth). Might want to check moisture content in ply before paint or you may get minor cracking down the road. I dried my sheet on sawhorses for 2 day’s. No issues. Good luck
Oh yeah - make sure you’ve got a good respirator.
I should specify that it has gotten wet many times. Has had water pool on top and sit for days also.
I did zero prep to the wood.Did you have to put primer on the plywood? How coarse did you sand it?