Truck Bed Spray-On Lining Review

A lot of truck owners will tell you that a spray-on liner for your truck bed is a respectable alternative to a drop-in bed.  The reasons for wanting a liner for your truck bed are many, the most obvious being to protect it, and to stop your cargo from sliding around. In fact, one truck owner boasts about his new spray-on lining:  “I had a Rhino Lining put in my new truck about 4 months ago.  So far, I have carried firewood, Belgian Block (cobblestones), bulk sand, and various other materials.  Not one problem-- just take the hose and wash it out.  I am more than happy with it. I heartily recommend it.�  

 

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Rhino has a product called Tuff Stuff, according to its website, http://www.bedlinerfortrucks.com/rhinobedliner.html, which “evolved from mining car linings used in the South African mining industry. Rhino introduced a rubber-like two part polyurethane coating that can be sprayed very thick. The coating components, a catalyst and resin, are mixed as liquids but harden within seconds after mixing. Airless spray equipment is used to mix the materials as they are sprayed.�

LINE-X is another well-known company which offers a spray-on liner.

According to its website, LINE-X “specializes in spray elastomers polyurethanes and polyureas and has led the industry through many years of actual field testing.�   Like Rhino, LINE-X “uses two separate materials that are precisely dispensed through a high pressure, plural component internal mixing polyurethane spray machine,  . . . [which] are each heated. . . .  to 120-140 degrees with the temperature maintained through a heated hose. Using high pressure, the materials are mixed internally at a 1:1 ratio at the tip of the spray gun. As the material is applied it takes less than 5 seconds for it to harden. As soon as LINE-X lands on the surface, it's dry!�  http://www.linex.com

A Line-X Store Manager in New Orleans says that Rhino uses a cold process to spray on the liner.  Line-X, on the other hand, uses heat.  “Line-X is a heated HIGH pressure system; Rhino is a cold LOW pressure system.  What’s the difference, you ask?  The curing process!  The cold urethanes take from 24 to 72 hours to cure through…during this process, they swell slightly, making them slightly thicker but it leaves for a softer compound (lessdurable)."