My coating notes include the finish I wanted as well as the areas that needed correction. This Herculiner can is part of my purchased coating range around that exterior work.
My van with masking around the exterior areas prepared for coating.
The item in my kit
I bought Herculiner Black Bedliner Quart as part of my camper van equipment.
My coating notes include the finish I wanted as well as the areas that needed correction. This Herculiner can is part of my purchased coating range around that exterior work.
Where it fits my build
I taped the boundaries and covered the areas that would not be painted with plastic sheeting. I then sanded the exposed areas with an orbital sander and 60-grit abrasive, blew away the dust with a compressor, and cleaned and degreased the surfaces.
I mixed clear bedliner with white tint and sprayed the van. After it dried, I removed the masking. The tape and sheeting stage alone took around eight hours, and the finished edges still needed some touch-up.
The side of the van during the white-bedliner project.
My build notes
The most useful detail in my diary is the result, including the problems. Rust-Oleum pooled and dripped in places, and trying to repair one area with a paintbrush made it worse. I wrote that I would use a foam roller for touch-ups and preferred the more consistent finish I had obtained with RAPTOR.
Masking, preparation and application method each became a substantial part of the exterior-coating job.
Alternative products
Two alternatives to compare
The larger Herculiner kit adds a roll-on package around the coating. RAPTOR provides a different bottle-based bedliner system.
Herculiner Roll-On Bedliner Kit
This Herculiner kit pairs black bedliner coating with application accessories. The roll-on format spreads the coating with a roller.
