The Item in My Kit
I bought Custom Coat Bedliner Roller Kit as part of my camper van equipment.
After the sprayed bedliner pooled and dripped, I wrote that I wanted a roller approach for the touch-ups. The Custom Coat roller kit is among my purchased coating tools.
Choosing a Roll-on Format After the Sprayed Finish Needed Repair
- I masked, sanded and cleaned the exterior before spraying the white-tinted bedliner.
- The Rust-Oleum pooled and dripped in some areas.
- A brush repair made one area worse, and I recorded a foam-roller plan for the remaining touch-ups.
Camper Van Project Applications
A textured roller is part of the finished bedliner texture, not just a way to move coating out of the tray. Cover attachment and resistance to the material matter during repeated loading and rolling. Steven's comparison of how long the covers lasted is central to his recommendation.
For a wider view of the build kit, see my van conversion tool checklist and budget versus professional tool comparisons.
Manufacturer Specifications And Instructions
| Specification | Manufacturer Detail |
|---|---|
| Kit | Eight-piece roller application kit |
| Roller Width | 4 inches |
| Cover Material | 1/4-inch polyester loop texture |
| Included Covers | Two |
| Other Pieces | Frame with extension, tray and liner, 1-inch and 2-inch chip brushes |
TCP Global identifies this as a texture-coating and bedliner application kit. The loop-texture covers are a different construction from the small foam rollers I reviewed separately; that distinction matters when comparing my experience of covers breaking apart while rolling bedliner.
My Experience with This Tool
I tried several rollers for the bedliner on the outside of my van. Every one of them gradually came apart as I rolled the coating, so the real difference was how long each lasted before it broke down. These held up longer than the others I tried.
These are the rollers I'd choose for another roll-on bedliner job. They still wear out during use, just more slowly than the others I tried.
Watch My Custom Coat And Custom Shop Roller Review
My shared review covers the Custom Coat kit and the separate Custom Shop covers I used for bedliner: they lasted longer than other rollers I tried, but still gradually came apart.
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Read The Video Transcript
Hey, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom. The Custom Coat bedliner roller kit and my Custom Shop textured roller covers lasted longer than the other rollers I tried on my van. They still gradually came apart while rolling bedliner. That difference in working life is why I preferred them, rather than because they never wore out.
The complete Custom Coat kit groups the roller covers with a frame, tray and brushes. The separate Custom Shop purchase is a pack of textured roller covers. A complete application kit and replacement covers solve different buying needs, even though they belong to the same roll-on coating workflow.
Rolling starts with loading the cover from a tray, then transferring the coating onto the working area. The cover is the part in contact with the surface. Its construction affects the texture it leaves, while the tray and frame have different supporting jobs. That is why I look at more than just whether a kit includes a roller.
My exterior coating project involved extensive masking, sanding and cleaning before the main sprayed finish. Some areas pooled and dripped, and a brush repair made one patch worse. That gave me a reason to think about roller approaches and touch-ups. My photographs show the actual van during that coating project.
With the Custom Coat kit, I tried the rollers on the outside of the van and preferred them to the others I used. Every roller I tried gradually broke down during the bedliner work. These held up longer, so they are the ones I would choose again for another roll-on bedliner job.
My experience with the separate Custom Shop textured covers was the same. They lasted longer than the other rollers I tried, although the covers still gradually came apart. I am keeping the kit and cover reviews together here because that comparison is shared, while their individual product pages retain the separate purchases and buying options.
The kit page compares small XDT foam rollers and a FoamPRO corner roller. The cover page also compares a Custom Shop texture-roller kit. Those formats change the contact surface, head shape or supporting pieces supplied. A foam head, a shaped corner head and a textured cover are different application tools to compare, rather than identical replacements by another name.
Thanks for watching. I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom. I preferred these Custom Coat and Custom Shop rollers for how long they lasted in my bedliner work, while expecting the covers to wear out. Both full product reviews, their matching pictures and buying options are linked below. See you on the next project.
Watch This Review On YouTube · English Captions (VTT) · Download The Transcript
My Takeaway from This Job
My diary explains why application tools mattered after the main spraying was finished. The Custom Coat kit groups textured covers, a tray and brushes; that package differs from small foam rollers or a head shaped specifically for a corner.
