Hello all,

• After a lot of research and testing from me. I decided to use spray on Rust-Oleum Truck bed liner on my wheel fender arches. I snuck over to the Jeep forums to monitor what did and did not work with spray on truck bed liner. Seems that Plastikote, & Duplicolor did not wear that well. Reports were that Plastikote peeled off in sheets after a short time. Rustolium worked well and was easily sprayed over for quick repairs.
• I tested a few small projects on plastic parts using Duplicolor adhesion promoter. I also used Krylon Universal paint as a base coat before the truck bed liner. It all seemed to adhere well.

• This past Wednesday on my working vacation I totally masked off my entire Rover taking almost 2 hours. I know all the work is in the prep. And used about 4.5 cans of Rust-Oleum Truck bed liner. I had about 30% humidity and about 75 degrees in WI at my folks summer house. I sprayed each coat about every hour on the hour, with 3 passes. Probably about over 8-10 coats +. It goes on thin because it is a spray can. See my pictures below.
• The truck bed liner leaves a textured surface that is durable and will not rip off your skin if you brush against it. Its not as abrasive as Hurculiner from what I have seen. It still is somewhat abrasive. I hope it will dull over time. Now I am search auto paint stores to fine a UV spray on protect-ant to slow this from graying out over time.
• Next is my rear ladder since the powder coat is bubbling and starting rust underneath.

 

Looks good! Someone mentioned to me to use something called Forever Black IIRC on the flares, but I think this looks plenty good enough for me. Did you end up using all 5 cans?

 

See, I would never get anything done because I would be in the hammock all day.

 

Nice job, I see you are **** about over spray
Better safe than sorry, its easier to cover up and remove plastic than it is to get over spray off.

 

FYI that stuff fades to a dull gray finish in the sun after 3 months

 

Yeah I laid in the Hammock after a few coats...after the over-spray blew away.
I used about 4.5 cans. Now I'm calling around to some auto body paint shops to see if they carry a flat UV protect-ant so the bed liner will stay black. My car lives in the shade most of the day under a tree.

 

i'd pick up a bottle of hurculiner uv top coat....keeps thier product from going grey and dull.....

i bought mine on ebay for 16 $

 

Ok 03discoman,
I checked that HERCULINER UV topcoat out. It looks good except I don't want it to be shiny/glossy. I like how this Rustoleum is satin/flat. So I will do it if that is all that is out there. There has to be a satin UV protect-ant that I can spray on. I would not be happy if this grayed in 3 months...I called rustoleum and they said it should stay black for about 2 years or more.

 

I like the flares...they shouldn't be glossy IMO either.

 

Forever black will fade pretty quick. Your best bet is to paint them:

https://landroverforums.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=32736

Bedliner works great too, but paint looks just like stock. It comes down to what you like better.