Running Boards - Truck Bed Coating?

[v65animal 0]

I'm planning on taking my running boards off, then spraying some of the Truck Bed liner stuff on them. Has anyone else tried it? Either for the running boards or some other application?

How well does the do it your self stuff hold up?

Any tips?

I already bought a can from Walmart for $7 or so, just thought I'd check in with others first.

Thanks,

Sam

[Save Old Iron 1,566]

I have used the Rustoleum pickup bed covering on the UNDERSIDE of the footrests - guess it could work on the top too - why not ??

[rmaynard 15,715]

I don't know that it will give you any "grip" for when you step onto the foot rest with wet shoes, but I guess it's worth a try. If you are are trying to go for just a protective covering I don't see why it wouldn't work. But if you are doing a restoration, I would stick with the original style pads.

Bob

[dobeleo 7]

I just did mine with the rustoleum bed liner paint.

has a nice textured finish, they look great!

Dan

[tgranthamfd 29]

Was wondering about the stuff myself, I just did some cast wheel weights, today. Guess we will see. Going to make a post about it here in a minute.

[dobeleo 7]

My running boards were very rusted and the rubber foot pad was cracked and deteriorated pretty bad so I thought id give it a try. I ground the running boards down, sprayed them with rustoleum primer then shot with the undercoating spray.

The surface has a flat textured finish and looks great!

I am thinking of spraying it on the underside of my mower deck.

Dan

[Duff 206]

Just another thought on this topic. I've got a sprayed in Rhino liner in my pickup. It is tough as nails and has great slip resistance. I''ll bet if you prepped the footrests and masked off whatever you didn't want Rhinoed, your local dealer/installer might shoot them for you while he's doing someone's truck and for pretty cheap. Most of the work on the liners is in the prep and masking, so if you had that already done the material probably wouldn't be expensive.

Anybody tried this? (I'm thinking about it for 312-8 #3 when the time comes.....)

Duff :thumbs:

[Prater 75]

I dont know how it will work on spray-in liner, but for some spearguns I need a good grip texture so I add sugar to the top coat of epoxy. After coating my gun in epoxy I pour sugar over it and let it cure. after its cured soak in water and the sugar disolves leaving a rough grip surface. Just a thought...

[Wheel Horse Fan 3]

This is a great idea. I think I will try the truck bed liner on my running boards that I am getting ready to paint (only where the pad would go though).

Thanks for the idea!

[v65animal 0]

I treated my running boards with the truck bed liner from Walmart $8 or so. I used almost the whole can. I did the entire running boards, top and bottom.

It has a nice sandy texture, they look nice, new we will see how well they hold up. If not, then the earlier suggestion of taking it to a local Rhino liner dealer will fix that problem, depending on how many George Washingtons they want from me!

I'll try to get pictures later in the week.

[bustedglass 1]

I did my running boards last year with the spray on stuff from Walmart. I think it is great. Very slip resistant, and it has held up well.

One (1) can did both boards. So for 8 bucks, and an hours worth of my time, I got a great look (IMO), and a durable application.

Go for it .

[300zx 7]

Has anyone tried bed liner under their mower deck? I was considering either the bed liner spray or POR 15.

[oldandred 15]

heres a link to the real deal

http://www.classickitchensandmore.com/whee...parts-c-42.html

[v65animal 0]

I really like the molded rubber ones on the last few years they made the Classic 300 series tractors, however this bed liner should be fine.

Coated Running board

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AXC5o...feat=directlink

[JimD 3,345]

I have used the Rustoleum pickup bed covering on the UNDERSIDE of the footrests - guess it could work on the top too - why not ??

Sure would be nice to see some amazing pics of those.

:thumbs:

[v65animal 0]

[v65animal 0]

[racinfool40 202]

:thumbs: looks great to me thanks for pics and the idea!!!!

[rmaynard 15,715]

Nice pics, but I think Jim wanted to see pictures of Save_Old_Iron's tractor with the underside of the foot rests coated with the stuff.

When I was younger, if we wanted non-skid, we'd paint a heavy coat of black paint and throw some sand on it.

Some of the aftermarket products out there are awesome . I am amazed at what's available.

Bob

[JimD 3,345]

That's ok Bob, these pics will do just fine. I really like the looks of the bedliner coating, and I hope it holds as good as it looks. Nicely done! :thumbs:

[Forest Road 594]

Has anyone tried bed liner under their mower deck? I was considering either the bed liner spray or POR 15.

A friend of mine is a Rhino liner dealer. I had asked him about spraying my deck w/ the stuff. He strongly recommended against it. Because the Rhino lining is a slip resistant material it would impair the flow of grass. He's tried a bunch of coatings on his deck. the only one that did a fair job was the POR-15 because it is very hard.

The downside to anything he tried was the environment. Your deck is a nasty working environment. Its constantly hit w/ grass, mud, rocks, stick, etc. So the best medicine is an annual cleaning and spraying of at least a primer over bare metal to slow the rust over the winter.

[DoctorHfuhruhurr 137]

If you want a non-skid surface there are paint additives for a few bucks at Home Depot and Lowe's. I wouldn't suggest sand or something that has sharp edges because it cuts through eventually. The non-skid additive is specially designed not to have sharp edges. I used it on porch steps and it works really well for a non skid surface.

It's similar to this product..... http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/LB-Slip....htm?click=1014