Bedliner Paint for Rock Sliders - Product Warning
Received my BudBuilt sliders and started the paint process. For the sliders on my Xterra, I used Rustoleum spray on bedliner and it held up pretty well. Reasonable price and easy to touch up when they get scuffed/scraped.
Decided to try the Duplicolor spray and was not impressed.
Ordered the sliders raw, and used a rough paint removal disc for my drill to clean and scuff the raw steel. Wiped everything down with denatured alcohol and let it dry well. Applied a couple of light coats of self etching Rustoleum primer and then started the Duplicolor application. Went on well - it's a bit thick and had to use a rag to wipe the excess off the spray head every few paint strokes. If you don't keep the excess build up off the spray head it will spatter larger globs of paint. All seemed to have gone well until i went to move one of the sliders and scuffed the finish. The Duplicolor pealed off very easily - much too easily, and this was after the sliders had been sitting for around 3 days - plenty of time for everthing to set up. I could remove the finish in big sections with only my thumbnail. Very disappointing.
Don't know if the problem had to do with the combination of the self etching primer and the Duplicolor product or not, but whatever the cause, it didn't hold up well at all. If the primer and finish aren't compatible, then it could have caused the bedliner to actually break down the primer.?? Which seems crazy.
In the process of using a scraper and drill grinder to remove all the finish so I can give it another try. Believe me - it sucks to have to remove the finish! Decided to try the Rustoleum spray on bedliner that is noted as the 'Professional' version. It's more expensive than the standard bedliner from Rustoleum, but in claims to be more durable, scratch and peel resistant. Will let you know how it goes.
Received my BudBuilt sliders and started the paint process. For the sliders on my Xterra, I used Rustoleum spray on bedliner and it held up pretty well. Reasonable price and easy to touch up when they get scuffed/scraped.
Decided to try the Duplicolor spray and was not impressed.
Ordered the sliders raw, and used a rough paint removal disc for my drill to clean and scuff the raw steel. Wiped everything down with denatured alcohol and let it dry well. Applied a couple of light coats of self etching Rustoleum primer and then started the Duplicolor application. Went on well - it's a bit thick and had to use a rag to wipe the excess off the spray head every few paint strokes. If you don't keep the excess build up off the spray head it will spatter larger globs of paint. All seemed to have gone well until i went to move one of the sliders and scuffed the finish. The Duplicolor pealed off very easily - much too easily, and this was after the sliders had been sitting for around 3 days - plenty of time for everthing to set up. I could remove the finish in big sections with only my thumbnail. Very disappointing.
Don't know if the problem had to do with the combination of the self etching primer and the Duplicolor product or not, but whatever the cause, it didn't hold up well at all. If the primer and finish aren't compatible, then it could have caused the bedliner to actually break down the primer.?? Which seems crazy.
In the process of using a scraper and drill grinder to remove all the finish so I can give it another try. Believe me - it sucks to have to remove the finish! Decided to try the Rustoleum spray on bedliner that is noted as the 'Professional' version. It's more expensive than the standard bedliner from Rustoleum, but in claims to be more durable, scratch and peel resistant. Will let you know how it goes.
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