SirRobyn0
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- Location
- In the woods in Western Washington
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- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C20
- Engine Size
- 305
MY 84 C20. Someone many, many moons ago bed linered it. It was done by a company in the Portland area. I've never been a fan of spray in bed liners myself, but it's already there. So what's the problem you might ask, well it's falling apart and my attempts to slow it down have been unsuccessful.
Pictures of two of the worst spots. First one is by the tailgate second one is part way up the bed. Both I attempted to repair last year. As you can see I've warn though both patches and they are separating from the original bed liner.
And there are many other smaller areas where the bed liner is cracked or torn. What I tried previously was to fill in and lap over the old bed liner a little bit with new DIY bed liner. A year later and my hard work is pretty much gone. Is there anything that can fix this bed liner up? I'm not into the idea of trying to remove it. I'd probably be willing to recoat the entire floor of the bed. But if I'm likely for this to be an ongoing battle unless completely pulled up, I'd be much more likely to purchase and install a preformed plastic bed liner or lay a couple pieces of plywood in the bottom. Zero interest in bed mat, unless there is a mat made that I can slide or roll 55 gallon drums on then I'd at least consider it.
Issue #2.
My truck has a dump kit on the factory box. Recently I hauled and dumped 5 loads of wood to the farm. I do remember on one dump hearing some noise, but a bed full of wood being dumped isn't exactly quiet to begin with, so unfortunately I didn't know this had happened. But something got caught I guess on the bed and put a number of scratches down to bare metal between the bed and the cab. This is about 90% out of sight unless the bed is lifted. So my main concern here isn't matching the paint perfectly it's preventing rust. I didn't think to snap a pic of the scratches but can if someone needs to see it.
My plan is to clean the area, fill the scratches and then paint, with something close enough for an out of sight area. Any recommendations? Is that reasonable course of action?
I'm pretty much limited to spray paint, I guess mainly what I would like is some recommendations as to what that paint should be. I've had pretty good luck with like the 2X stuff, for general purpose, but I just don't wanna end up with those scratches getting rusty.
Thanks.
Pictures of two of the worst spots. First one is by the tailgate second one is part way up the bed. Both I attempted to repair last year. As you can see I've warn though both patches and they are separating from the original bed liner.
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And there are many other smaller areas where the bed liner is cracked or torn. What I tried previously was to fill in and lap over the old bed liner a little bit with new DIY bed liner. A year later and my hard work is pretty much gone. Is there anything that can fix this bed liner up? I'm not into the idea of trying to remove it. I'd probably be willing to recoat the entire floor of the bed. But if I'm likely for this to be an ongoing battle unless completely pulled up, I'd be much more likely to purchase and install a preformed plastic bed liner or lay a couple pieces of plywood in the bottom. Zero interest in bed mat, unless there is a mat made that I can slide or roll 55 gallon drums on then I'd at least consider it.
Issue #2.
My truck has a dump kit on the factory box. Recently I hauled and dumped 5 loads of wood to the farm. I do remember on one dump hearing some noise, but a bed full of wood being dumped isn't exactly quiet to begin with, so unfortunately I didn't know this had happened. But something got caught I guess on the bed and put a number of scratches down to bare metal between the bed and the cab. This is about 90% out of sight unless the bed is lifted. So my main concern here isn't matching the paint perfectly it's preventing rust. I didn't think to snap a pic of the scratches but can if someone needs to see it.
My plan is to clean the area, fill the scratches and then paint, with something close enough for an out of sight area. Any recommendations? Is that reasonable course of action?
I'm pretty much limited to spray paint, I guess mainly what I would like is some recommendations as to what that paint should be. I've had pretty good luck with like the 2X stuff, for general purpose, but I just don't wanna end up with those scratches getting rusty.
Thanks.