Rhino Liner

[greg755]

Has anybody ever used Rhino Liner as an undercoat, Floor cover or Roof cover before?

If not what are your favorite under-seals and roof covers?

[xrover]

I just did my utility trailer this weekend with a product called Dupli Colour which puts a black vinyl polymer coating on it. I planned on spraying, but even using a undercoat spray gun I could not get it to flow. I ended up painting it on. As a utility finish, it looks fine, but I would not want to have that finish in the back of my truck. For undercoating, I would recommend the rubberized spray bomb type.
The best product I have used is Waxoyl which you may have to look around for, but I find it is the best.

[kirkman]

I used Duraback/truck bed lining on the exterior of my tear. It will be on there 3 years this year I am very happy with it so far. I think If I had it to do over I would have gone to a rhino lining dealer and had them spray it. It would have been about the same price and saved me the work....

[bbarry]

I used spray undercoating on mine. It's certainly not as durable as rhino lining, but I think it will serve just fine as it is a rubberized asphalt product and the underside gets little to no direct physical wear. At less than $20, the price is right. I asked what people thought of it and got these responses:

http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=27418

Brad

[Jeeper92]

How about to cover the sides tops and bottom of a tear? Im sures its water proof. ANYONE?

[xrover]

I think it would look like crap. People would ask if you were following too close to a tar truck. The stuff works well in dark areas as it's finish is not perfect. So to have it out in the sun on the sides and tops, it would really look like a bad flat black paint job.

[greg755]

I brought this up for a couple of reasons.

#1 What kind of weight would this add?

#2 If you used it on a roof can it be painted or does it come in other colors or can you get a smooth finish?

#3 If you use it as undercoat will it actually stick hard enough to stay on?

I would not use it for the sides as I think it would look cheesy.

However I had a friend of mine go around the entire bottom eight inches (like an 8" stripe) of his Ford pickup, it looked pretty good.

I can tell you that after 7/8 years that he has had it on, there is no rust around the bottom of the doors, wheel wells, or anywhere else.

That is the only reason I considered this product.
Here is a van roof they show on their web site:



On his truck it looks pretty cool because it is more of an accent than a big black area sticking out like a sore thumb...

[DrCrash]

I am having mine done in Rhino lining. I have talked extensivly with a shop that does it.

Here is what they have said, give them a paint code and they can match it to any paint color. They can put it down semi smooth. It will not delam from the frame or plywood. They said it dosent need to be as thick as a truck bed so the weight was nominal..

There is a guy who done his whole tear in a blue color and it looks sharp, I will hunt for the pics of it.

[DrCrash]

I am having mine done in Rhino lining. I have talked extensivly with a shop that does it.

Here is what they have said, give them a paint code and they can match it to any paint color. They can put it down semi smooth. It will not delam from the frame or plywood. They said it dosent need to be as thick as a truck bed so the weight was nominal..

There is a guy who done his whole tear in a blue color and it looks sharp, I will hunt for the pics of it.

[greg755]

I got on their site and found you CAN NOT use it as undercoat, I wonder if that is because they are worried it would be burnt by the muffler????

Looking at that blue TD you have to say to yourself "I don't have to worry about it leaking"

According to the Rhino people it is good at 194 degrees down to -40.

I wonder if they have found a way to get out some of the bumps. Other than not having a smooth finish I cant see the downside, but even with the bumps that blue TD looks pretty good....

[xrover]

You know what, it does look good. So if professionally done, then it's a good, but somewhat expensive option over painting.
Puts my finish to shame that I did on my utility trailer.

[greg755]

A good paint job, with a couple of coats and sealer might run ya a couple of hundred bucks and lots of time.

Rhino liner 600 bucks? No time involved.

Not having to repaint (because I'm lazy) or worse yet to a total rip down because of leaks. Priceless?

[DrCrash]

That is what i was quoted 600$ they will color match to the tow , and add uv protectant to it. I want it done right the first time and not worry about maintnce or leaking..

[greg755]

Did you notice the beer siting on top of the blue TD.

I wonder what it cost him to have his beer coated in rhino lining with a white "R" tone color scheme

[KDOG]

WOW that does look good if done right! Hmmm, now you got me thinking!