Question for auto paint guys

[4 Ever-Fish N]

I have a 95 Ford F150 that had a drop in bed liner. After removing the bed liner, the bed now has some bare metal. How much would it cost to get a half decent paint gun, paint, primer and other materials to paint the inside of the bed? Just a rough estimate is all I need. I can use rattle cans but I'm afraid I have more cost doing it that way.

 

[Stinger]

Real automotive paint will be more than the rattle cans, not even counting all of the other stuff you mentioned above. Of course it will also be more durable.

I'd consider a roll on bedliner or buying one of the HF guns to spray on bedliner as a better option.

 

[Sychotix57]

They have roll on bedliner kits for $75-100. They look good and they are durable.

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[Bill Bowman]

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[CrashmanS]

I've used upol raptor spray in liner. It can be had in a kit with the spray gun. I it's available in a few colors.

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[CJ7VFR]

They have roll on bedliner kits for $75-100. They look good and they are durable.

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X2 on this as well. Because you apply it right to the bed of the truck, it is durable, helps keep the bed from rusting, and also protects the bed from damage.

Jim

 

[Zeke]

He may not want that **** in his bed. I bought a terrific used low mileage truck with professionally sprayed liner and I find it very hard to keep clean. If you spill a little something it is impossible to wipe it up completely. It's gotten to the point that I will need to use the refinisher and that costs more than a paint job.

 

[ScottsGT]

To answer your question, automotive paints would be in the $300 range for a base coat, clear coat and reducers. Throw in proper prep, 2K primers, respirator, cheap HF paint gun, masking materials to cover up the entire truck and you are above $500 already.

Get a DA sander, knock off any rust and feather with 80 grit, the hit with 220 grit to smooth things out and use a roll on bed liner. Depending on the brand, the 220 would be overkill.

 

[CJ7VFR]

He may not want that **** in his bed. I bought a terrific used low mileage truck with professionally sprayed liner and I find it very hard to keep clean.

Really? Everyone who has it that I have seen loves it. I have a old 1985 Jeep CJ-7, and a lot of the Jeep guys around here use the roll in liner inside their Jeep tubs to help protect it and keep it from getting rusty when it rains and you don't have your top on.

What I see guys do around here is just lower their tailgate on their trucks, get a hose, and spray out the bed to clean it. From what I see, it comes out really clean, and was easy to do.

I can see if you were trying to sweep out the truck bed with a broom that it might be a bit more difficult to clean it. But I have never heard any of my friends who have this stuff say it was ****, and it was hard to clean.

Is the texture of yours really super rough? It might have been put on too thick when it was applied. The roll on stuff is a bit easier to adjust the roughness of the liner than using a gun to apply it because you can "spread" it out as thick or as thin as you want using the roller and by how much you load up the roller before you go.

Jim

 

[CrashmanS]

Look for local votech centers that might have a collision program. They will be happy to get you the right info and can probably do it for not much more than the cost of materials.

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[Zeke]

Really? Everyone who has it that I have seen loves it. I have a old 1985 Jeep CJ-7, and a lot of the Jeep guys around here use the roll in liner inside their Jeep tubs to help protect it and keep it from getting rusty when it rains and you don't have your top on.

What I see guys do around here is just lower their tailgate on their trucks, get a hose, and spray out the bed to clean it. From what I see, it comes out really clean, and was easy to do.

I can see if you were trying to sweep out the truck bed with a broom that it might be a bit more difficult to clean it. But I have never heard any of my friends who have this stuff say it was ****, and it was hard to clean.

Is the texture of yours really super rough? It might have been put on too thick when it was applied. The roll on stuff is a bit easier to adjust the roughness of the liner than using a gun to apply it because you can "spread" it out as thick or as thin as you want using the roller and by how much you load up the roller before you go.

Jim

It's LineX and I do hose it out. I'm a contractor and I deal with paints, mud, resins, wood that has sap, and so on. I can't be perfect and cover the covering so it doesn't get stained. On my old truck the factory paint was pretty good after 23 years. It was scratched here and there but I always kept a sheet of plywood in the bed. I have one in the newer truck too. The tailgate looks like **** after 3 years.

If I had to, I could have repainted any of all of the old bed but I can't do anything but use the compatible refinish for the LineX. And, as I said, it costs more than auto paint.

BTW, those that are talking base coat, clear coat, just buy single stage acrylic enamel online. Get the hardener and thin with some lacquer thinner. The bed won't care. You're only using one part thinner to 1 part hardener to 8 parts paint anyway. If you can score a small amount of reducer, all the better. For quality work on the exterior body panels, use a system from one manufacturer for optimum results.

Been spraying anything and everything since 1965.

 

[CJ7VFR]

It's LineX and I do hose it out. I'm a contractor and I deal with paints, mud, resins, wood that has sap, and so on. I can't be perfect and cover the covering so it doesn't get stained...

Is your main concern with the bed liner that is has become stained from use during your normal day to day type of work?

The basic reason for bed liner it to protect the metal truck bed from damage and getting rusty. It sounds like your type of work would pretty much beat up any truck bed!

You said you used to put a piece of plywood down in your old truck beds to protect them from damage. How would you compare that protection to the protection the bed liner provided, even though you don't like the bed liner?

I am curious.

Jim

 

[countryroad82]

To answer the OP's question, a cheap HF purple gun will do the job just fine. In order to do the job correctly you will have to blend then clear the entire bed floor. When I get customers in that want a few scratches repaired in the bed of a truck I often deter from it unless they're going for trophies. A spray in bedliner is my other suggestion. In my book a truck bed is supposed to get scuffed and damaged, otherwise I would own a car.

 

[NYBODYMAN]

This ^^^^

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I bought rustoleum roll on bed liner and did my truck 10yrs ago.. Pretty durable considering the abuse I give it.