John.F150

I like it! Were your bumpers chrome before? I've always heard covering chrome is tough to do. Oh, and if it were me, I'd leave it that color. I like the contrast.

madeSICC

No its a 05 fx4, they are color matched bumpers. i dont think i would of even started if they were chrome. I was suprised my patience lasted long enough for me to do it with the bumpers as is.
I definatley see why is cost so much to have this kind of stuff professionally done. The prep work is very indepth and time consuming.

JLindsay32

You think you could do a how-to write up? I've been thinking about doing this for awhile to tie in my Fender Flares, I've just never been sure how to approach it.

madeSICC

Yea sure,
1- i thoroughly cleaned every part of the truck that was going to be getting lined with dishsoap just to make sure i got all the grease off,
2- i used a dry scotchbrite pad to scuff up the surface of the truck to help the liner stick, i didnt have any sandpaper so i used what i could find. then i did another wipedown to get any dust off.
3- now the long part is masking off the sections, i used 1 1/2 in blue painters tape and grabbed a few thrifty nickels for the gas station. just used the tape to kind of outline the sections and then tape to paper up to give you a bit of a overspray cushion, i went with about a 1 foot all round. The back bumper was probably the most detailed to mask off.
4- Double check all your lines and make sure they are straight.
5- Now i got to the bed liner. I shook the can for about 3 minutes to make sure it was nice and mixed. Mow when you are ready to paint make sure you do nice long smooth movements back and forth. i went pretty heavy on my first coat since the liner is very thick and doesnt run very easily but i did get a couple runs but because of the texture of the liner it completley hides it on its own which is very nice especially for a very novice painter like myself.
6- after i did the first coat on the whole truck i went back for a second time and inspected the areas to make sure it was even and i didnt miss any spots, after i noted any missed spots i sprayed another lighter coat.
7- Now just let it set for a few hours. I started to unmask after about an hour and i had a few parts come up with the tape so make sure its not sticky when you unmask.


Thats pretty much how i did it. Im not master painter and this is actually the biggest thing i have ever attempted and it cam out pretty awesome IMO, like i said the texture of the liner hides pretty much any imperfection you might make which is really awesome.

JLindsay32

thanks man, i'm hoping to maybe be able to do it this next weekend

madeSICC

Yea give it a go. The only complicated part is the masking off. Take your time and it will come put awesome

JLindsay32

Thanks for the advice haha, my only concern is that if I do mess it up, which the way you described I don't know how I could, it would be difficult to fix... but there is no reward without risk

madeSICC

A LITTLE UPDATE:


after a big rain storm I took ky truck on some mud covered trails , went and washed it t the firstbtime today and had some nasty chipping around acouple areas that I knew I would have problems with when I was unmasking, nothing major but I will he adding probably another can to each sIDE this weekend to fix the chips and just make it thicker.

brooksy11

Pull the masking off away from the paint.

Topher5597

So where did you paint? the whole bottom section that is black?

did you sand down and do all the prep work because you have me thinking about doing it now.. but i have a white truck.