This RAPTOR kit is one of the bedliner purchases in my catalog. My coating notes favored RAPTOR after the Rust-Oleum finish pooled, dripped and developed an uneven texture in places.
My van with masking around the exterior areas prepared for coating.
The item in my kit
I bought U-POL RAPTOR 0820 Black Bedliner Kit as part of my camper van equipment.
This RAPTOR kit is one of the bedliner purchases in my catalog. My coating notes favored RAPTOR after the Rust-Oleum finish pooled, dripped and developed an uneven texture in places.
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 two-liter RAPTOR kit changes the package size, while Herculiner offers a roll-on bedliner approach with a different application format.
U-POL RAPTOR Two-Liter Black Bedliner
This RAPTOR black-bedliner package supplies coating in a smaller bottle kit. It provides a different package size within the RAPTOR coating range.
