Stripping old bed liner (1 Viewer)

[FishJ]

I thought I would share as I'm sure there are others in the same boat. I'm working on a 72 FJ40, with a rust spot near the tailgate. It was sprayed with DIY liner 20 years ago and is failing. After some research, I tried Citristrip paint remover, and I am impressed! Not only did it work amazingly well, but there are also no toxic fumes to deal with. I will reiterate it is very important to cover the working area with plastic while it works, we had a storm blow through and blew the plastic off one corner and it did not work nearly as well. Not a big deal, as you just reapply and cover it for another 24hrs.
Happy wheeling!

 

[PAToyota]

What brand of liner? I'm impressed with the results!

 

[FishJ]

What brand of liner? I'm impressed with the results!

I'm not sure, I'll look through the documents and see if it is in there.

 

[PAToyota]

I know you said DIY, so the citrastrip likely isn't going to work on something like Line-X or Rhino, but I'm still amazed by the results. Most of what I've seen is that you're SOL if you want to remove any of that stuff.

 

[PIP]

I know you said DIY, so the citrastrip likely isn't going to work on something like Line-X or Rhino, but I'm still amazed by the results. Most of what I've seen is that you're SOL if you want to remove any of that stuff.

A stripping company I use will bake it off in a large oven. It can distort larger parts though. I'd be tempted to try a weed burner and scraper to remove most of it.

Once you spray the higher end bedliners it's got a window of time where it's nice then it becomes a liability. It might be nice for 20 years or 5 years, but eventually it breaks down and starts to fail.

 

[FishJ]

What brand of liner? I'm impressed with the results!

He has an old ad for Duraback in the files, but I don't see a receipt.