[The CyberPoet]

Do you need to prep the surface (of a fairing) as if painting with regular paint?

(Taking off the old, 400, 600, 1500 grit, primer...blah)

You need to remove any wax, loose paint, oils. A few swipes with toulene or keytone should do it. If you want better adhesion, wipe it down lightly with 220 or 400 grit or so (nothing too fine -- bedliner doesn't apply thin). Ready to paint

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=-= The CyberPoet

[Court93kat]

When you guys talk about bedliner paint are you talking about the "Rhino-liner" stuff or is it more like a heavy duty flat black paint? I can't imagine doing the whole bike with Rhino liner. It sure would be durable though now that I think about it.

HHHHMMMMM :-k

[Adonis]

yeah its the same stuff, but Rhino is VERY expensive and you can get a gallon can of generic liner at walmart for like $40. I painted my truck bed with it and I used a sandblaster gun and attached a hose to it and just ran the hose straight into the can. It has more texture that way. All you have to do is just clean the surface, ruff it up with some sand paper and go to town. Spray one coat and let it sit for a while then spray another before the first is totally dry. Since spraying my truck, I have used bedliner on all kinds of things.

[djturnz]

can you paint over the bedliner stuff. Like black bedliner and then some painted flames?

[soccersteve]

heres a little story about a friend of mine.....

he had an old pontiac tempest (GTO), and it was rowdy motor wise. well we were going to this party one night out in the country and we had a great idea to take everything out of the trunk and spray the bedliner in there. then we went to the gas station about bought about 6 bags of ice, and a couple cases of beer. we had a portable cooler. it was verrrrryyyyy nice. looked awsome too...

[WildKat]

Hey that would be a great idea for tailgating at games and stuff. hhhmm, interesting!!

[Waltari]

heres a little story about a friend of mine.....

he had an old pontiac tempest (GTO), and it was rowdy motor wise. well we were going to this party one night out in the country and we had a great idea to take everything out of the trunk and spray the bedliner in there. then we went to the gas station about bought about 6 bags of ice, and a couple cases of beer. we had a portable cooler. it was verrrrryyyyy nice. looked awsome too...

hope you guys had a drain hole somewhere

[soccersteve]

yea, we did! it was great fun

[SurfinCR]

i did part of my frame in the truck bed liner. easy to use.

[floxera]

I bought six rattle cans of black bedliner last november. I'm just waiting for the temps to warm-up so I can paint. Only a few more weeks I hope.

[paperairplane]

Forget who asked, but no you would not paint over this stuff.... the reasons it is good for this application:

1. Textured - this means you will not notice any underlying scratches, etc that would still be visible or require more prep prior to painting.
2. One step process - no primer, paint, clear, etc - just prep the surface and spray on
3. Cheap - buy a case of rattle cans for $20 - no equipment needed

I would not do this to a bike that did not need paint. If I had a drop and my fairings were a little shot, this might be a good, cheap fix. I would not consider this as an option for a bike I was restoring or looking to resell for much.

This stuff is real good for car frames, trunk liner, floor boards, etc. I have also seen it used on the bottom of jeep doors, fenders, etc... as it resists stone chips.