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With nice weather approaching, I’ll be starting on bed lining the interior of two vehicles. The one will have carpet go back in on top of it, the other won’t. They won’t have anything but boots on them, and it’s basically just good rust protection from leaking seams in these old rides.

I saw Ian use Duplicolor on a Ramcharger on his new Four Wheeler show. Anyone have experience with that? I usually use Monstaliner, but an aerosol in a can would make interior work much easier.

Any suggestions? I don’t have a sprayer set up, so it’s either rattle can or roll. Don’t like Herculiner at all and have used it twice, never again.
 
I did the interior of my TJ with Al's Liner, in gray.

Very satisfied with the liner. Don't waste your money on the Heat & Noise Reducer.
 
I used Duplicolor on the floor pans of my first Nova ( this was almost 20 years ago..the spray can shit was new then)...Had great luck with it. Never did get a carpet kit in ot before I sold it, but it held up well with 3 years of DD.
 
I've used the spray in Duplicolor (cans) and I thought it went on thin. You would have to use a lot of it.
 
I used Raptor Liner on the roof of my Rover. Went on very nice. I sprayed it on but you can get a kit with a roller.
 
I've used herculiner and duplicolor (non-spray) , The duplicolor was absolute crap compared to the herculiner.

Both are lightyears behind the line-x I have in other vehicles.
 
I used Monstaliner on my hillbilly water trough pool and would absolutely consider it for the floorboards in a truck/Jeep type vehicle.
 
I've used Herculiner twice on my old Tacoma. I LOVE it from the standpoint of it sticks like a mother with the correct prep. I ripped apart the inner fender and it stuck perfect:eek: The downside is the fact it is almost literally like sand paper. I did it high on the bed and continually ripped up my arm:lmao:

I'd have to dig up what I tried to use in my cruiser engine bay but I think it was duplicolor. With same type of prep as the Herculiner(Xylene and scuff), it peeled off with minimal problem.
 
I just used the Duplicolor spray cans on my rockers, cab corners and lower parts of the doors and I think it worked great. I did like 3 coats. They have it in smooth and rough, I chose smooth. I happened to get it on sale at OReilieys too for I think it was 7.99/can
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Lee said:
I did the interior of my TJ with Al's Liner, in gray.

Very satisfied with the liner. Don't waste your money on the Heat & Noise Reducer.
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i used Al's Liner on both of my broncos. Any reason you dont like the HNR? I used it on mine, and thought it made a difference.
 
Everything is inferior to Line-X. That stuff is incredible.

Project vehicles are a 1984 Bronco, which will get carpet put back in it.

Other is a beat 91’ Geo Tracker. Do not care how this turns out as long as it keeps the floor from rusting. :laughing:

Since the Bronco is a higher end vehicle I’m working on restoring a color match was the original plan, but rolling bed liner on sucks. However, I know if I don’t color match it I’ll be unhappy with it. Monstaliner sells a shade very close to the interior color, and would look good on the tail gate.

The Geo has some hard to reach places for a roller under the seat brackets up front, so an aerosol would be handy there. I’ve never seen Al’s before but that might be a decent option. Going to look into that some more for sure.
 
Lee said:
This is my review on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2KOWWV01MDKEL/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&tag=91812054244-20

Couldn't really say what it did for noise, but did bupkis for heat.
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I have a suspicion that they just dont have you apply it thick enough. If its truly a ceramic paint like they say, it should work for heat reduction. In my 96 (351) i did the normal coat of HNR/liner and i dont really feel anything coming thru the floorpan. Thats my DD and i did it a couple years ago. My 88 (460) always had a lot of heat coming thru the pan and now it doesnt at all, however on that one i have HNR on both sides of the floorpan. Im thinking thats the ticket, altho in my case it was a pretty easy thing to do since the tub was off the frame. Not so easy to do for most.
 
reptillikus said:
I have a suspicion that they just dont have you apply it thick enough. If its truly a ceramic paint like they say, it should work for heat reduction. In my 96 (351) i did the normal coat of HNR/liner and i dont really feel anything coming thru the floorpan. Thats my DD and i did it a couple years ago. My 88 (460) always had a lot of heat coming thru the pan and now it doesnt at all, however on that one i have HNR on both sides of the floorpan. Im thinking thats the ticket, altho in my case it was a pretty easy thing to do since the tub was off the frame. Not so easy to do for most.
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They say to apply 31 mils, 31/1000", 0.031", I'm pretty confident I surpassed that in the area I measured the temps on. I don't have a paint thickness gauge, but I did 8-10 thick coats with a roller in the front foot wells and trans tunnel. It may not be thick enough in the rear/cargo area, I only used maybe 4-5 coats there, I focused on the front, because that's the hottest, and wanted to make sure I had ample coats on it before running out.
 
I should say too...I used it as a seal coat, wasnt gonna be for "muh 4x4"..:flipoff2: In that regard, it worked great. If I was doing a tub in a jeep or something, Line-X or similar for sure.
 
arse_sidewards said:
If you get rust under the liner you are fucked. Think about it like a glued down sheet.
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i hate bed liner in anything other than truck beds

had it on the interior of my crawler and hated it, always held in dirt, i'd have to scrub it to make it look halfway clean

went to take it out and wire wheels and flap discs just made a melted mess, ended up having to scrape it out by hand

i threw some paint, kill mat, heat shield, and rubber trailer flooring and ive never been happier

wet rag and boom clean as a whistle, and i dont melt my shoes on the hot noisy floor anymore
 
It can be tough to clean sure, but if you apply it correctly, and use a good product you shouldn't get rust under it.

I prepped the hell out of my tub, knotted wire cup brush, denatured alcohol, lint free rags, cleaned, cleaned, and cleaned some more.

First layer was a 2-part epoxy primer, then the Al's HNR, then adhesion promoter, then the Al's Liner.
 
I've used Herculiner a couple times. Like any paint/coating, prep is key. When you think it's cleaned and sanded enough, do it again, and probably one more after that. My dad's truck only got it on the tailgate (he always runs a rubber bed mat) and it's still there but we did when the truck was a few months old. Buddy's truck we did in highschool with prep typical of impatient teenagers peeled in a year or two with light use.
 
Used duplicolor roll on on the floor of my BroncoIIin 2006 held up good, sucky thing about that was all the dust that would blow around normally trapped by the carpet. Was also hot no heat shielding underneath or around the exhaust.
 
Arickvan said:
i hate bed liner in anything other than truck beds

had it on the interior of my crawler and hated it, always held in dirt, i'd have to scrub it to make it look halfway clean

went to take it out and wire wheels and flap discs just made a melted mess, ended up having to scrape it out by hand

i threw some paint, kill mat, heat shield, and rubber trailer flooring and ive never been happier

wet rag and boom clean as a whistle, and i dont melt my shoes on the hot noisy floor anymore
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This. Bed liner used on the interior looks like shit when it gets dirty.
 
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I had zolatone sprayed in my bed of my toyota almost 20 years ago. It's not nearly as thick and tough as roll on liner but I think it looks waaaay better. And does a great job at preventing rust
 
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