I spent all day yesterday chiseling out the sound proof crap in the front of my jeep by hand with a chisel and hammer (whoever decieded that was a good idea should be hung by their balls and shot). Got to finish up today with sander to get the rest of crap out of there.

My question is, should I prime over the bare metal and areas where I cannot get it completly off before I apply the herculiner?

Is it bad if I cannot get it all off? I got most of it off but am going to need to belt sander to get it compltly down to bare metal and dont want to make the metal any thinner. It looks smooth but there is a very thin layer of it remaining in some spots.

Any other suggestions other than herculiner? havent bought it yet. Auto store also duplicolor and tractor supply has some stuff called plasti-cote or something.

 

Most people on here seem to like the dupli-color stuff. I think that's the route I'm going when I get to around it as well because it's a nice textured thin coat. As for surface prep I would check the product specs and see what it recommends for proper adhesion. The plasti-kote is a rubberized coating meant essentially for tool handles. It used to come in a can that you would dip your tool handles into and voila, instant rubber grip. Now it comes in a rattle can too. That's what I used on my Jeep emblem and antenna. I don't think I would use it on the tub for anything though as it's a soft rubber compound.

 

I'm going to bed-line my steel wheels today with the Rustoleum bed liner. I'm going to put down two coats of self etching primer first just to be on the safe side. It's not nearly as expensive as the bed liner but it does give you some insurance that the bedliner won't chip off. A lot of guys on here have used the Dupli-color and a lot say Raptor liner is great.

The different brands will have different textures when they harden. Some are coarse and some are more fine. Google search for images of the brands you're interested in for some examples to see how you like it.

 

I kinda want somthing that is non-skid and durable enough to not have mats in the jeep. I decided to prime the surface since it is bare metal. Do you think I should paint it before I put on bedliner or apply bedliner directly to primer?

 

Bedliner to primer. The liner you get should say on the directions what they want you to do. Some say spray/roll onto primer some say onto rubberized undercoating.

 

Well I got the first coat down. I'll wait 2 or 3 hours and put down another coat. Wasnt too bad, the prep work is 99% of this project. I am only doing the front driver and passnenger areas. I cannot imagine doing the whole jeep, that would be pain the in ass. I am only concerned about the front where there is a lot of wear and tear from getting in and out. the back doest really show much wear at all. I went with herculiner. one quart should be enough to do the areas I want to do. I am glad I got that heat shield crao out, there was holes in it and there was sand and dirt underneath it. only a matter of time before I ahd a major rust problem. This should fix that permanelty.

 

Its been almost 3 hours since I put on first coat. It is tacky and sticky but doesnt come off on ur hands. Can I put another coat on now or do I need to wait longer? It is 80 and 55% humidity, I figured it would be dry by now.

 

Directions mention anything?

 

yea it said one to four hours. I dont know if it said anything else, the directions are now coverd with herculiner. I dont know how the hell this shit would dry in 1 hours, 120 degress and 98% humidity maybe.

 

Let me look it up.