Anyone paint over bedliner?

[americanhorses]

I promise you Ill never use RED in a bed again! looked awsome when new but now I wish Id never done it.

I did Hurculiner about 10 years ago...wish I never had. I cleaned it real good with Xylene and shot it with single stage. 3 coats. Came out good.

 

[Razorbackbronco]

I would honestly follow allenfahey's advice-- if he said to do 15 jumping jacks and eat a can of oysters prior to painting something I would do it ! Allen's advice is legit

I'm starting to figure that out by reading all his posts!

 

[Razorbackbronco]

Look at the Raptor directions and it gives you the mixing ratios. I believe it is 2oz of tint per bottle of Raptor but you need to confirm. Also, when you purchase the Raptor it comes in 4 bottles. The Upol rep suggested that you dump all four bottles into a mixing bucket and tint them all at once to get a consistent color. Then pour the tinted liner back into the bottles and add the reducer and spray.

As far as the tint, see Alan's comment. You want to use the base tint with no binder.

Finally, per my previous post, mine came out a little lighter than expected. The Raptor base is white and I mixed it with Candy Apple Red tint. I may end up spraying a top coat over it if needed. That is ok as long as you use a urethane top coat.

Good advice, Thanks!

 

[Razorbackbronco]

I've never sprayed the tintable Raptor before but most here say it is a bit lighter than their body color. Ask the store to mix their darkest variant or tint it a tad darker. Ask for the manger or their tech guy if he's in. They will likely be your best guys in the paint store to mix your color, especially if they need to tint it. They also have to make 100% sure they don't add the binder or balancer in the formula. Their computer will list it first thing in the formula and I can see the flunky looking at the screen just go ahead and add it.

Good advise a74Ranger has about mixing the tint into the Raptor prior to adding the hardener. (no reducer in Raptor) Ask the paint store for a gallon mixing tub when you buy the liner.

Ok, I'll do that!