Second Skin Bed Liner DIY Install

[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

Product: Truck Bed Liner - 3 gallons bought, some left over for touch-ups.

Maker: Second Skin Audio : http://www.secondskinaudio.com/index.php

Subject: 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 6.5ft bed

Work: 2 people (Myself and Dad - his truck) About 15 minutes per coat, plus prep time. total 6 hours

Tools used:

Second Skin Spray Gun

Blue Painters tape

Cardboard/Newspaper for masking

Air Compressor - Can use smaller compressor, but not effectivly. Gun/product seemed to like ~95 PSI, and was using quite a bit of air, probably 5-6 CFM to be safe, more if you have it.

DIY Install:

This is a new product from Second Skin. I have used several of their products, such as Damplifier sound deading, Spectrum liquid sound deadener, Speaker Tweaker kits, etc. I have never been disappointed, and would easily recommend Damplifier over any other sound deadening product.

I cannot comment on the long term durability, but this was easier to install, and looks better than things like the gallon stuff at Autozone/Walmart. (blue can stuff, duraliner or something) I had this stuff on one of my jeeps, and while it was OK, it peeled and wasnt very durable.

This must cure in 50* or more weather, the entire 48 - 72 hour cure time. Because of this it was kept in my garage for the weekend.

So on to the install.

First, took out the plastic OEM bed liner in the truck:

This is what we are greeted with.

We each grab a sanding block, get the rust out (surface only) and rough up the smooth sides.

Didnt take long, but its an arm workout...

Let me pause here and let you know about the air compressor. I own a 6 gallon tank porter cable air compressor, about 2.5 CFM @ 90 PSI. We started shooting with it, and this was what we got before it ran out of air:

So we wait, shoot the second tank, and get to here:

At this time we talk a minute, and decide to go shoot the bedliner at his house (covered work area, but no heat to combat the "winter" air (35* at night, 70* at day) and then bring it back to my house for cure time.

So we let what is in there dry to touch, then drive the 3 miles to his house, and get one of his compressors going, he decides this guy is the best bet for what we need: US General air compressor. Nice unit for what we needed

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[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

So we get the hoses out, get this guy running, and start shooting for real...

 

[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

So as you can see, we obviously shot it much thicker with the bigger compressor. I dont really need to show you the subsequent coats, but we did 3 coats to ensure good thickness/durabilty.

also you can see we did it over the edges, just like the plastic one went over.

I then took it home (Again, after it dried to touch) and parked it in the garage for ~54 hours. Didnt drop below 60* in garage, 75 or so on Friday and Sunday. Gave it back to my dad today, he really likes it alot better than his old liner. My wife liked the look of the liner as well (great way to pick up chicks ???//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif )

Feel free to ask any questions you may have.

We did not use all three gallons. The remaining amount will be used as touch-up if needed, or possibly in the back of my Jeep.

I will update with any info if something is needed.

 

[Kastlez_ 10+ year member]

muy nice.

 

[mackin 10+ year member]

looks good. i lol'd at the pick up chicks line.

 

[Anthony Collova 10+ year member]

Looks great!!

how long did it take to dry at those temperatures?

ANT

 

[boomzilla 10+ year member]

It looks like it came out pretty nice. Nice spraying skills!

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

looks good.

 

[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

We were letting it dry in full sun, slight breeze 75* (not too worried about contaminants in a bedliner) and we were seeing dry to touch in about 20-30 minutes, but still not dry all the way through. enough to get feet on it (gently, no dragging feet, not using shoes with hard soles) after about 45-1 hour with no ill affects. Probably would have taken longer if we didnt have it in sun with warm weather. Easily a 1 day 3 coat setup

We did the first coat a little fast, didnt get 100% coverage (can see a little in photos on ridges and things) and then used the second and third coats as fill in/thickness building.

Let first coat sit for ~1 hour, same with second coat - no problems

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

good stuff...definitely looks better than the cheapo shit you find at auto parts stores.

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i want some of this dammit //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

you got overspray on the side of the truck.

how effective is this bedliner?

 

[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

you got overspray on the side of the truck.
how effective is this bedliner?

We did get some on the side, as well as up near the back window of the cab, however we also kept a scrub pad (like for dishes) handy with some water, and it came off with no problems/no scrubbing at all. We didnt let it dry, and because I didnt have enough newspaper to mask the whole truck we were watching for this.

This stuff is water based, and as such was easy to get off of hands/spray gun as well.

Dont know how long lasting/effective it is. We followed the directions for dry time in the garage, and plan on giving it another day or two before it is used to haul anything.

 

[Anthony Collova 10+ year member]

AS long as you sanded the paint pretty well and gave it something to grip on to you will be fine with adhesion!

Pics look awesome!

ANT

 

[el_chupo_ 10+ year member]

Ant, I was talking about on the outside of the truck, next to last picture. You can see a little bit of the material above the wheel well. We did sand the inside of the truck bed.