Rhino Lining

[durk187]

Hay I was thinking in getting that Rhino Lining stuff sprayed into my truck bed. What do you guys think? Does anyone have there truck done with Rhino Lining? Do you like it? <br /><br />Any comments are appriciated.<br /><br />DC

 

[cotterman]

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hey duck my neighbour has it and loves it.<br />he bought a kit and painted it himself for about $80(canadian). i believe the kit came with a brush and roller that textured it so it's anti skid. <br />i'm sure thats a lot cheaper than professionally sprayed in.<br />good luck

 

[bubbakat]

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That stuff is great. Got mine at wally world and rolled it on my bed my self and if I must say so looks good and works to. put it on the floor of my bass boat to then covered with carpet. Go for it man you won't regret it.

 

[Homerr]

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How does it protect as far as denting?<br /><br />That would be my only concern. We've all dropped something heavy in the bed and prayed it didn't leave a big dent! <br /><br />A truck is a truck in my opinion. I don't mind getting a few dings, but if I can protect it, I will. <br /><br />I have one of those plastic 'slides-around-a-lot' liners. <br />Can't say I like it much. I have to put an additional rubber mat down to keep stuff stationary.<br /><br />H.

 

[cpasseno03]

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Great stuff! go for it. But once again I have to ask, has anyone done it to their hull? I hear many people talking about it but no one I know has actually done it. I have a boat that is going to need it, so someday I will be able to share, but in the meantime, anyone??<br />Craig

 

[golfer]

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Craig,<br /><br />I have not heard of an actual instance of someone lining their hull. I assume you are talking about the outsid of the boat. The two theories I have heard are tha it will improve, and the opposing, not improve. Some say the textured bottom will help aerate the underside and help lift, and reduce drag. The others think it would just create more drag...I think a boat entirely coated with the stuff, with good color schemes and waht not, would be the coolest thing in many years. Your bot would be bullet proof, and be the talk of the lake. I will let you know if I ever see it.

 

[lakeman1999]

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I do not know about rhino liner, but around this part of the country we have line-ex, and it is great stuff. I have it sprayed on the inside of my boat, after I stripped out the carpet. I never want to have to put up with carpet in a boat again. as soon as the carpet wears out on my pontoon, lin-ex will go on the deck of it too. It is very tough, non skid, and easy to keep clean. You do not want it on the outside of your hull though, as it would create drag. you want a slick, smooth outside hull, especially the bottom.

 

[bubbakat]

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D C The only thing that will stop dents is unknown to man. But it will help on scaring one up. as for as using it on boats I coated the inside of the hole where my gas tank and battery sit and it helped water proof it.

 

[NOSLEEP]

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One of my fish'n partners has his fiberglass<br />hull sprayed from the top of the chines to the<br />stern at the the water line. It is not rino<br />coating but a professionally installed coating<br />called Tyro coatings, its hot sprayed and <br />extremely durable, we use it in the oil field<br />service industry on flat decks and truck boxes<br />and service equipment. Anyway it works well he<br />losses a little speed but he can pull it up on<br />gravel and rocks without fear of damage.

 

[cpasseno03]

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Yes I am talking about the outer hull. Even just to the waterline, a "New Age Bottom Paint" I am sure that it can be put on smooth, which makes more sense to me, because if you boat in the crap that I do, theres plenty of air getting down there!!! I have a 20 foot steel boat that is getting thin in areas and it would definatly be the coolest thing on the lake, in my book! I hear of many people with leaky aluminum rivets talk about it but again, no one ever does. I am going to thats a fact, soon as I get some time to strip her down and roll her over. (could be a long wait!)<br />Thanks<br />Craig<br /><br />another thing, DC it is unlike the plastic bedliners, it provides good traction. It will adhere VERY well to the bed, theres no getting it off. It is thick yet remains slightly flexible. Imagine trying to put a scratch or dent in a tire, thats almost what it amounts too! Good Shtuff

 

[ebbtide176]

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rollon sounds like the ticket. i think i paid $225 to have the ram bed sprayed. its great. very tuff stuff, and the 'rubber' feel must give some shock/dent resistance. easy to hose down/clean. and i have noticed an extreme diff in heavy tools not sliding around anymore. i hauled some chainsaws, maul & wedges, bicycles, toolboxes without any moving from the back edge...even suitcases don't slide around. and mine doesn't leave marks on anything either. its kinda like a shiny,lumpy, 3/16-1/4" thick paint job. it sticks like heat shrink tubing. they even removed/sprayed the tailgate access panel separately.<br /><br />i think yall have given me a good way to fix up my little john boat's leaks without rivet work. i will plan on rollin the inside hull of it. plus i won't hafta pull out the pieces of carpet/noise proofing to dry after each outing again.

 

[ebbtide176]

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oh, for those weak of heart - they did have to moderately sand down the bed... our truck was maybe 2 weeks old when it was done - high pucker factor, but worth it. LOL

 

[Moose_Miller]

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As for "slip-in" liners (average cost 150.00): they make skid-resistant liners, they are also ribbed, so water evaporates out from underneath it, and they are far more cost-effective than a spray-liner. They will also protect your bed from DENTS - something a spray-in liner will not do. They may rub some bed paint off under it in time, but no one would know that if they just left the liner in the vehicle. They SAND your paint before they apply the spray-in, so what's the diference.<br /><br />As for the spay-in liners (average cost 300.00), they are quite resistant to weather, they offer SOME skid resistance (give them a few years), they are tintable to match truck color, and as far as heat is concerned: when the body shop has to replace a box-side in the event of a collision, they have to burn the coating off with a torch, and even then it's a very slow process.<br /><br />I have an old 12' Lund that I use in motor-less lakes, and places that have no boat ramp, but it leaked a little around some of the seams. I rolled Rhino over the outside of my boat: it water-proofed it, snazzed the looks up a bit, made it more durable bouncing off of rocks and in the back of my truck, and also worked great as a sound-deadener.

 

[mrmargaritaville]

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spraying this type of liner on the surface of a submerged area may not be a good idea. I have a friend who is actually an installer of these products (technically they are polyurea coatigs). <br />he sprayed his out drive with it. And it quickly blistered. I believe you have a number of problems with putting them underwater. First being that the products are not intended for immersed applications with out a good primer. (most likely a urethane primer or a good epoxy primer) and second-I do not believe that they will stand up well to hydrostatic pressure, even though you will not have alot of hydro static pressure at such a shallow depth, you will have hydrostatic pressure. And third-if you are bound and determined to do it-put some type of biocide into the coating (should proabley go into the "B" side of the material).

 

[cpasseno03]

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The water pressure on the bottom of the boat would be less then a half a pound per square inch, why would this be a problem? In a truck bed they often carry much higher loads. I can understand blistering on an outdrive, being aluminum, or painted. In such a situation I guess primer would be necessary. Sorry to be so optimistic but I really think in some situations it would be the best thing on the water since sliced bread... <br />Craig

 

[Moose_Miller]

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Being in the body shop industry, if any material is prepped properly, there will be no problem. The spray bed-liners are tough as.. well, a Rhino The "blistering" you described: could that have been what we like to call "fish-eyes"? Fish-eyes is what you get when you spray paint on an area that hasn't been thouroughly cleaned, and had residue of an oil or silicone based substance on it... much like an outdrive would have. If it were "lifting", that would be from trapped solvent, or from an area that was not sanded/prepped properly. I've had to remove this coating from the seams of boxsides, and believe you me, it sticks better than any factory coating I've encountered.<br /><br />My only concern on spraying on the underside of any boat would be the drag in the water due to the textured surface of the coating. The bottom of a boat is made smooth for a purpose, I'd assume. I haven't noticed any drag on my 12 footer as yet, but my 28 lb Minnkota has yet to break the sound barrier.

 

[mrmargaritaville]

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there is no solvent in those materials-they are 100% solids so solvent entrapment is not a problem-unless of course you apply them over a primer that has not flashed off properly. Don't confuse hydrostatic pressure with pressure that occurs when objects are place on surfaces. As far as the "textured" issue-you can spray those materials to be as smooth as glass, the "texture" is intentionally put into those materials to make them "non-skid",(the spray gun is held above the surface so the material can rain down in a splatter pattern) the natural finsish is of those materials is smooth. I will say once again-if you are going to do it you need to look into a biocide.

 

[dkondelik]

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Yo Craig!<br /><br />i did the exterior, up-to-the-water-line of a reconditioned 1959 Alumacraft utility boat with aluminum bow deck, using a Rino clone (sprayed on). put it on last fall. looks real good and "seems" to be holding-up great. I have no "before" info but,..... with me, gas tank, battery, troling motor, and a 1966 Rude 9.5 on her, she planes nicely at 18.3 mph by the gps.