Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Hi all.
I have built 2 woodie teardrops, sold them and now I am planning on building abit larger TTT next spring.

I was wondering if those of you who have used sprayon bed liner as an external finish on your teardrops could chime in and tell me how its holding up. I see they have a rainbow of colours now.

How old is your TD and have you had any issues with the sprayon bedliner on your TD? Has your TD sat out exposed to the elements?

Thanks in advance.
rick

I have some thing similar to a spray on bed liner. It is called Duraback My tear is stored out side all year long. I do put a tarp on just the roof in the winter and its only there to make it easier to get the snow off when I go camping. So far 4 years and no problems at all! I love it. It did stain a little but what white surface doesn't. I do think if I build another one I would have it professionally sprayed on. Only because it was almost the same price as doing it my self. There are other brands of do-it your self products that might be cheaper. Hope this helps!

I just looked at that Durback site and WOW this looks like a real viable alternative for people wanting to paint their exteriors - now in 15 colors and a smooth finish!!! and only $130 ish for a gallon - might be worth looking into

Alex

http://tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=30597

Look at mine it was done in late May. It has over 8000 miles on it from this summer. And is stored outside. There is no cracks, fading, or chips. Looks like the day it was done.

It will be sitting outside this winter but will have a tarp covering it..

Yes I would do it again.

The "black part" of my tent trailer is Herculiner. (Same _exact_ product as Durabak)

Durability has been excellent. Prep was epoxy-sealing the wood, the steel was generally primered. I sprayed it on with an undercoat gun.


I think that with the "harder" liners (Durabak, line-x, etc) you need to have a pretty stable substrate. Rhino will flex quite a bit.

Herculiner IS Durabak. Same stuff, different can.

The black is not-uv protected so you need to topcoat it (or let it turn kindof ash-grey)

According to the other thread, DrChrash used Rhino Liner. This is a completely different product, much more rubbery than herc. It's got a much better 'feel' to the end product - kinda like covering the trailer (or truckbed) in a thick film rubber. It's professionally applied.

Herc/duraback is a thick polyurathane paint with chunks of rubber in it. It comes out much 'harder' than Rhino, and doesn't feel nearly as nice to the touch. Kinda looks and feels like 10-grit sandpaper, if that makes any sense. (You can get a pretty good scrape rubbing up against it).

Durabak says they now have a smooth formula.
A sample in on the way to my house.
It will be interesting stuff to look at.
They claim you can mix colors to get a custom color if so desired.

Wolfgang

I understand the way it's applied (ie: sprayed with spray texture gun vs paint roller) makes a huge difference in the final product.

For herc/durabak, the method of application does have some effect -- a spray-on application is more "uniform" in it's rubberchunk distrabution.

Roller/brush tends to not spread out the chunks evenly, so it looks more uneven. (Lot's of my jeepin buddies Rhino/herc/line-x thier tubs, that's why I've seen alot of bedliner products)

After doing 1 jeep tub with a brush/roller, and doing the trailer with a spraygun, I'd never brush this stuff on again. The sprayer is just too easy. (Messy, but easy)

I used a $6 undercoating gun (a shultz gun) with a 1quart gatorade container for the paint cup. (It screws right to the gun). Tool less than a half hour to shoot the entire trailer, with 2ish coats. That's a good thing as that's all the working time I had, it was a hot humid day so the herc set pretty dang quickly. There's also no cleanup, everything you use will be ruined and need to be thrown away. (Clothing, the spray equipment, etc.. I've _still_ got a herc covered air hose)

This stuff is legendary for 4x4 folks due to one particular thread. Google "herc on your hootus" for one of the funniest threads of all time. (You'll also note that 4x4 bboards are not nearly a civil as ths one)

Sorry it took me so long to get back..

Mine is "Rhino liner" professionaly sprayed on.. It is not UV proof so to counter this the Rhino has a top layer of paint aplyed to Uv proof it. The paint is a 3M automotive silver with Uv inhibiters added. And finaly 2 coats of clear coat.

I chose Rhino because it is flexable. Line-x is the hardest of the bunch.

It sticks ok to wood if it is very very very dry wood. If not it will seperate " bubble". To prevent this I aplyed one coat of CPS to seal the wood and give the Rhino somthing good to grab on to..

My cost with paint and clear coat was almost 800$ and that includes the bottom being coated.

Oh and the interior is almost done . When it is then pics :-)

I used a $6 undercoating gun (a shultz gun)

Can you tell me where you found that? THANKS!

I just googled around til I found em cheap.

This is essentially what I used, but I can't remember exactly where I ordered it from:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KW1LS2

Nice Doors, where did you get them?