Spray Lining And Coatings

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The website is a little like an infomertial but who cares if the product is good.

I recently saw a tailgate I used SPI on 5 years ago and the gate itself was thrashed but the bedliner held up great. The truck belongs to a landscaping place. It was impressive.
The SEM pro-tex I use now is ok but it wouldn't take a beating like the SPI does. I currently have my work truck tailgate sprayed with SEM and it's OK but I'd never do it on a new truck. SPI so far is the only self applied liner I'd put on a new truck. Any other spray liner would have to be LineX or Rhino. My 12 year old truck bed has LineX and It's durable. I drag engine blocks and axles on it and it's still there. The only thing that really scraped it was a 4 by 8 sheet of 3/8" steel that was pushed in with a fork truck and it scaped it at the wheel wells.
 
Rusty sent the link to me and the thing that stood out in my mind is the use of a hopper to spray the liner, we had shops that used a hopper for ours but most of the thickened up paint stuff, called bed-liner you would not dare try it.
Sounds like some good stuff but Rusty will figure it out real quick.
 
Als Bedliner uses a hopper to. I got some to try after SPI stopped producing Bed Liner, but I have not tried it yet. I checked out the site attached by Rusty and I am definitely going to follow this thread. Have been looking for an SPI alternative.
 
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Rusty could you post your findings in the Als liner thread there are a few of us watching that one for new products. Thanks!!
 
I'm not ready to spray yet but Randy from the company called and left a message. He wants to give me advice before I start spraying.
 
what about the newer Rhino liner that gets sprayed from a cartridge sprayer? I'm thinking about giving one a try, it's still a polyurea product.
 
I just started using scorpion made here in Indiana it is polyurea same makeup as line ex etc very good results so far. they sell a cartridge system theysuggested I use the hopper they said cartridge is expensive and a pain. They also sell a heated apparatus bit it's very expensive, and the only benefit is it dries in an hour and is ready for service, without heat 72 hr full cure
 
I called my local LineX yesterday. $500 for my F150 short bed, and they do all the prep. I have had LineX on two previous trucks and it worked great. I think I am going to do that instead of the DIY stuff.
 
I called my local LineX yesterday. $500 for my F150 short bed, and they do all the prep. I have had LineX on two previous trucks and it worked great. I think I am going to do that instead of the DIY stuff.

No doubt! Although I was going to prep the bed of my truck with Epoxy first, I wonder if they would have any issues with that? I can't imagine they would.
 
We were using a cartridge system called qwik liner through our jobber. What a expensive pain in the a**. Recently made the switch to Scorpion/Als liner.(though I recommended it 4 yrs ago). What a difference, cost effective, fast cleanup, only down fall is longer cure times. Cartridges are fast, but very finicky in cool temperatures, as they mix through a static tip. Go Scorpion
 
Als and Scorpion are the same? If I remember correctly, Scorpion is applied by business owners and Als is the same product for do it yourselfers?
 
Refering to rusty428cj & others:

I’m very curious if Rusty’s job turns out as mine did. I used a few DIY deals. Spray-Lining & Coatings worked well through their cartridge system but it was more expensive that via basic gun.

For danolson88 & Chad.S: Qwik Liner, like Rhino Pro are cartridge deals but SLC was equal for about half their cost. Jeep CJ exterior & Interior was over $900 with SLC cartridges.

Rhino Linings or Line-X dealers were over $3600, and “dealers” don’t sell DIY’s. I tried Als on a truck bed once fair / soft but less qty at higher $$ than Scorpion who makes Als, dries in 36+ hrs.

I tried SPI’s bedliner DIY too but it wasn’t too strong- I removed it easily. The SLC manual mix is definitely lowest cost of em all with what appears to a fair gun.

I now learned from this professional polyurea pond guy who quoted price to redo my wife’s (aluminum) Koi Pond. He said he’s a certified Spray-Lining & Coatings applicator. Supposedly gets $18/sq ft.

The polyurea he showed me was almost the same (a little more flexible than Jeep’s SLC stuff). So I got this DIY polyurea pond coating kit from Spray-Lining & Coatings. Hopper gun is a Graco.

Much less than Cartridge deal I returned, they loaned me that. Getting it soon, should be similar to pond polyurea with hopper, so Rusty please clarify results if you can.

Koi ponds are rarely aluminum. So I just joined- if anyone else coated aluminum with Spray-Lining & Coatings polyurea through a Graco hopper deal, advise if you can. Thanks Entirely.
 
We were using a cartridge system called qwik liner through our jobber. What a expensive pain in the a**. Recently made the switch to Scorpion/Als liner.(though I recommended it 4 yrs ago). What a difference, cost effective, fast cleanup, only down fall is longer cure times. Cartridges are fast, but very finicky in cool temperatures, as they mix through a static tip. Go Scorpion

What makes the cartridge system a pain? Seems to me it would eliminate any equipment cleanup and would take up little shop space for equipment. I've been looking into this some for a customer so any info is appreciated.
 
Clean up is great Chad s. The issue we had with quik liner was #1 price. As far as application it was good in warm-hot conditions. I was applying it in MN and if you didn't keep it stored @70 or above it would get very fussy. We had a case almost wasted bc the plungers in the cartridges wouldn't equalize and apply evenly. It could have been operator error, but I don't think so.
 
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