Spray-On Bedliner Recommendations

[tortoiseracing]

I just got a set of rock sliders from BAMF and want to paint them with some spray-on bedliner. I'm looking for:
* Something durable that will stand up to some rocks and dirt kicked up from the trail
* Something that will improve the grip when using the sliders as a step

Anybody have recommendations?

Has anybody tried Rustoleum's version? https://www.rustoleum.com/product-c...-bed-and-undercoating/truck-bed-coating-spray

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Check out this video.

 

[r2m]

I just used traction tape: Amazon product ASIN B01C68H8V2This has worked out great! Cheap and easy. Don't really care about the underside of my sliders, not in this decade anyways.

 

[tortoiseracing]

Project Farm FTW! Based on their testing, it looks like Plastikote is a good choice. Thanks!

 

[GrizzlyClint]

Project Farm FTW! Based on their testing, it looks like Plastikote is a good choice. Thanks!

Project Farm is an excellent source of actual product comparisons.

 

[Rednexus]

The underside of the sliders will get destroyed, even if you never hit a rock. Kicked up sand, mud, and rocks basically sandblasts them. I initially sprayed mine in VHT Roll Bar and Chassis Paint and then hit the tops up with Duplicolor bedliner. The bottoms didn't last long, so now I spray the bottoms in Fluid Film Black a few times a year, which does a pretty good job in holding rust at bay.

 

[jiggletits]

You’ll be respraying them annually if you use them and layers on layers of bed liner will look like s***. I would just use rustoleum.

Also a video showing bed liner used as bed liner is not relevant to using bed liner on rock sliders. Very different application.

 

[Rednexus]

You’ll be respraying them annually if you use them and layers on layers of bed liner will look like s***. I would just use rustoleum.

Also a video showing bed liner used as bed liner is not relevant to using bed liner on rock sliders. Very different application.

Rustoleum is fine for the bottom and edges, but could provide a slick top surface. Some kind of a traction aid (bedliner, skateboard tape, etc) needs to be added for safety purposes to reduce the chance of slips/falls off of the slider when standing on them.

 

[GrizzlyClint]

You’ll be respraying them annually if you use them and layers on layers of bed liner will look like s***. I would just use rustoleum.

Also a video showing bed liner used as bed liner is not relevant to using bed liner on rock sliders. Very different application.

The POINT of the video is to show the better product through testing. Application matters but this is a great baseline. Are you always this negative?

 

[jiggletits]

The POINT of the video is to show the better product through testing. Application matters but this is a great baseline. Are you always this negative?

I suppose I could pretend it's a great idea when I know better? Is that what you'd prefer?

 

[Rednexus]

Has anyone had good luck getting their sliders sprayed with a real coating, like Raptor-Liner or Line-X? Although I'm probably going to DIY mine again (as my Dupli-Color bedliner tops are already chipped too), a commercial product might be appealing if it lasts for more than a few years.

 

[r2m]

As I said before, just powdercoat or paint them and add traction tape on top. It's a lot easier to touch up basic paint and the traction tape isn't what's going to get all dinged up.

 

[mudwagon]

I recently just did this. I've used rustoleum and duplicolor before, don't even bother using them for truck bed coating, you're going to redo it. I painted a basecoat with Rustoleum enamel (VHT chassis would work too) and then Raptor Liner Spray Can with the Raptor Adhesion Promoter sprayed first. I used the raptor liner for the main slider and kept the paint for the mounting feet so it isn't a rocky surface as the coating is not 100% level. Hands down the best combination for sliders. I dinged them on install and didn't even hit bare metal, the healing and dent resistance is superior to any powdercoat or paint for a slider I've used before. 1 can was more than enough for a few coats on 2 sliders; I got 2 and have extra for touch ups. Grip is more than enough for stepping on as well, but once we get to snow season might need some traction tape.

 

[r2m]

They look great!
But I have to point out that the aftermarket metal rocker panels we mount on our rigs are called, "sliders" for a reason. Albeit, you only dinged your slider with a direct impact and yes your method of application is highly admirable, but in real world off roading, your vehicle is far more likely to be "sliding" over obstacles instead of dinging them. I really don't think there is a product out there that can protect a several ton vehicle from scraping off it's coating on sliders, bumpers, etc..
But for the sake of argument, your process should be great until you do have to slide over something.

 

[mudwagon]

They look great!
But I have to point out that the aftermarket metal rocker panels we mount on our rigs are called, "sliders" for a reason. Albeit, you only dinged your slider with a direct impact and yes your method of application is highly admirable, but in real world off roading, your vehicle is far more likely to be "sliding" over obstacles instead of dinging them. I really don't think there is a product out there that can protect a several ton vehicle from scraping off it's coating on sliders, bumpers, etc..
But for the sake of argument, your process should be great until you do have to slide over something.

I definitely agree for real offroad use nothing will really do the job you’ll have to touch up but nothing is more annoying than having to retouch from a rocks thrown up or a shopping cart in daily use. I’ll be putting them to the test soon enough, just been waiting to get them installed before I sent it.

That said I’ve used the other products mentioned and was able to scratch through with my fingernail while the raptor liner is pretty bulletproof when cured. I’ve used it on truck bed, wood platforms, now sliders. Never had a issue. Another thing to note is I live in the salt belt so paint really doesn’t hold up for regular corrosion resistance which is another reason I went with it.