well non came with the roll on kit but i bought a one quart can i believe, however i would definitely suggest two to make sure you get it thick enough and didn't come up reallly close like i did

 

I'll get two quarts to be safe. I gotta push that project back now since I need an alternator haha

 

hah yea i think i ended up spending about $50 but with another quart i would guess it would be closer to $70, so whenever you get the money haha

 

First I would like to say that your Blazer looks sweet! Great work!

Could you please explain the process of applying bedliner to areas such as the rocker panels, fender flares, roof rack and bumpers? I have read two opinions - one where you scuff with a scotch pad and don't use primer, and then one where you scuff and use some primer.

I have never tried anything like that before, but I am curious to see if I can. I have a 2000 Black ZR2, and the paint is actually in real nice shape with no rust - and I would like to keep it that way. I have a Line-X shop nearby and may get a price from them on the rocker panels, flares and bumpers, but I think I would like to try it myself.

I am definately going to do my side-window trim by myself, but I've yet to decide if I will paint it with regular paint or spray-on bedliner. There again, should I prime if I use bedliner? It's pretty sun-scorched in some places and rough to the touch, but isn't too deeply pitted.

I suppose my questions would be:
- What is the best way to scuff it? (There are countless Scotch pads)
- What is the best bedliner to use? (Herculiner, etc?)
- Should I prime? (would it depend if it's trim plastic or painted metal?)
- Should I apply UV Protection? (I understand certain products degrade in the sun)

Thanks so much for any insight on this!

 

to answer your questions I used 60 grit sand paper and a power sander, and sanded the paint off. Herculiner doesn't require you prime, unfortunately it was on sale at advance auto for $80 but that was only good up until yesterday so now its back up to $100. I had enough to do my rockers, flares, frame, grill, front and rear bumper, and my mirrors. Make sure you sand it down really good and then clean all of the shavings off really good. I used TSP to clean it up after sanding.

 

Thanks for that info! Could you recommend an affordable power sander?

I am going to do my side-window trim soon, but I think I need to hand sand that because of how thin some of the areas are - then again I am so new to this I could be wrong. I may go to the junkyard and get something to practice on. I want to see if I like the way the spray-on bedliner looks before I put that on the window trim.

I can see using a power sander on larger items such as the flares, bumpers, etc. But surely hand sanding has to be the only efficient way to do items like the roof rack and grill, right?

 

yea all of the weird angles and small areas is done best hand sanding but sanding the rockers, flares, and most of the frame by hand takes foreverrrrrr and your hand gets hot really fast... I have some black and decker rectangular sander I think those are pretty dated, I think you can pick up like a ryobi for pretty cheap at home dept I think most sanders are circular now, they both just vibrate really fast so you don't have to work so hard. and spray on bed liner works ok... its a little stronger than regular spray paint but it does chip when stuff hits it. I need to redo my lights soon..

 

Good stuff, thank you again! Any thoughts on adding UV Topcoat Protectant on top of the bedliner spray or is that overkill?

 

maybe on the roof rack... other than that I wouldn't worry about it. tire foam works well to keep is shiny just an fyi