Epoxy or truck bed liner?

[rl48off]

1/26/2012 3:43:34 PM [Agent Note]

Ronald,

Thank you for contacting Dupli-Color. We appreciate your inquiry.

No, the Truck Bed Coating does not contain metal particles like the Bed Armor does.

I hope you found this information helpful. If you have any additional questions please email me back.

Sincerely,

Jill
Dupli-Color Product Support

 

[plugger]

I do like Critter says, I initially sprayed a piece of cardboard and swept over it with my coil...nothing, no metal in it. I forget the brand at the moment, but, I believe I got it at Pep Boys. I let it cure before coats and maybe I did 3 coats, lasts a long time between touchups. One can will last a couple of years or more, I think, unless you really drag your coil over the rocks alot. It was about $10 a can, I think. HH!

 

[rl48off]

It's called Dupli-Color. black it's at pep boys ....same as what I have and that one is ok but not the Amor one
Ron

 

[Sailorman]

I've got Dupli Color bed liner on three Garrett coils and a Pro Pointer with no troubles at all. Haven't got around to coating the coils on my E-Trac yet. Just for kicks maybe I'll epoxy them.

To get a good job with either material prep is the key to a good start and then thin multiple coats for a good job. You can make one heck of a mess with epoxy if you try. I've worked with the stuff for a living for decades. If you go that route remember that not all epoxies are created equally. Mixing ratios are very important as well as mixing times.Mix it a whole lot longer then you think you need to. Those two components are really not easy to combine and without a complete mix you will get inconsistent results.For instance you should mix a batch of a few ounces for several minutes not 30 seconds!

You should dewax / clean your coil to start. That coil is probably potted with an epoxy to start with and if it's fairly new there's probably a little amine blush on it from the curing reaction. A good scrubbing with a scotch brite and dish soap will remove it. If you try to coat over it nothing will stick well. Rinse it really good to remove soap residue and then I mask off with blue masking tape for epoxy work. Brush on thin, let cure and repeat the above process if you want more millage.

With epoxies the higher the mixing ratio generally the higher the moisture and chemical resistance and abrasion resistance but with less flexibility. I mostly work with 5 to 1 resin to hardener stuff.

 

[rl48off]

True but don't use the Armor bed liner because I called the company and they stated that the Armor bed liner has metal materials in it. That will cause problems. The one you are using is OK. And as for the epoxy I think what your talking about is Resin and hardener for boats and and Corvettes. I wouldn't''t use that !

 

[Ytcoinshooter]

The easiest and safest for me is GE Silicone II

 

[David]

I contacted a truck bed spray company and they said they could not garantee that there was no metal in their spray.

I also contacted PC products and they said that their PC-7 epoxy does have aluminum in it, but their PC-11 has no metal it it as it is metal free.

Also someone cut about 1 to 1.5 mm thick Lexan plastic and used black silicone caulking on the bottom of the coil spokes and stuck this Lexan on.

 

[rl48off]

I checked with RustOleum bedliner here is their answer
Ronnie

RustOleum File Number : 303183
Open Date: 1/25/2012 6:57:32 PM


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ANSWER:

Thank you for your recent e-mail.
Our Truck Bed Liner does not contain any metal particles or flake in the coating. You can find a link to the MSDS for this product below:

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGResourceCenter.asp?sn=ms2&msdstyp=PROCBG&msdsprc=367


Sincerely,
Jason K.

 

[recout]

I used Marine Epoxy on my coil and then sprayed bed liner on it for a extra layer of protection. When i see the bed liner wearing off i just spay down the coil again with the bed liner. When I did the epoxy I wrapped it around from the bottom up the sides alittle. I mixed a little epoxy up and sprayed a little bed liner on come card board to test for any metal....