Sand Off The Liner.....

[jrrod2004]

As most of ya'll know, my bed liner sucks and is not too hard to sand off (i could probably get a sample of the Line-X stuff and use that ), but I have decided to remove it myself and then take it to line-X for a redo. before I go buying power tools and supplies, does anybody have any recommendations as to what to use to remove the old liner?

[pm26]

The problem is that in the process of sanding the liner off, you'll remove the paint with it down to bare metal. It is practically impossible to avoid that. Isn't there some chemical way to remove this without destroying the paint? What about heating it - does it become soft and gooey?

 

As for sanding, an agle sander with a coarse grit disc whould do the job. And wear a good dust mask to avoid breathing the dust.

[broys]

The problem is that in the process of sanding the liner off, you'll remove the paint with it down to bare metal. It is practically impossible to avoid that. Isn't there some chemical way to remove this without destroying the paint? What about heating it - does it become soft and gooey?

 

As for sanding, an agle sander with a coarse grit disc whould do the job. And wear a good dust mask to avoid breathing the dust.

 

If he plans on taking it to Line-x for a redo then it won't really matter if the paint gets taken off. When I got my Rhino several years ago they sanded most of the paint off. I'm willing to bet that any paint underneath his current liner is probably ruined anyway.

[jrrod2004]

no actually the paint survived the original liner, here is a pic (i will take a few more to show the clarity of the paint)

 

 

 

 

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff89/jr...os/64f0e7d8.jpg

[mini1]

Victim on Rhino are you?

[Silverado4x4]

It looks like who ever did the liner install didnt know what he was doing, all the paint has to be sanded down so the spray in will stick, it wont stick if there is paint still on there, not saying the paint has to be removed just sanded down.

[Zembonez]

Got any dumb friends that will work for beer?

 

Hammer and very sharp 1 inch wood chisel. Peel it off in long strips. Be prepared to sharpen it 20 times. You can even cut it with a razor knife the length of the bed. It works but it takes some time to do. Sanding just gums up expensive sanding disk after disk.

 

The chisel will leave scratches but nothing like trying to grind it iff... plus they are going to roughen up the metal for the new liner anyway.

 

Lastly, If you are going to wait a few days after removal to reinstall, I'd use a rattlecan primer over the bare spots.

[badmeds]

go to your local equipment rental and pick up a vibrating scraper, something along the lines that is used to remove vinyl flooring. I have a Fein tool: http://www.fein.de/fein-multimaster/us/en/main/ Mine is an older version but basically it is the same type of tool used to remove casts from patients but with different blade attachments. Really, a marvelous investment. (any excuse for a power tool)

 

I doubt that chemical removers would be very effective but a high heat gun and a hand held scarper should work also. Sanders, as mentioned would be difficult at best but perhaps a wire wheel and a drill might be another option.

 

Best of luck,

 

Kevin

[jrrod2004]

yea from the pic above, we got a wood chisel and that sucker dulled out quick. when it heats up in the Texas sun, it softens up and does become spongy. The paint was not even grinded down because when I removed chunks of the liner, under was a perfectly preserved patch of deep blue paint. Thanks for the info thus far.....

[jrrod2004]

no not a victim of Rhino, but a comparable brand - Toff . This is going to be a long tedious process.

[pottercon]

Scrape off what you can with a gasket scrapper or a razor blade, what ever will work for you. Then grind it all down with 36 grit grinding disc, completely all over. leave as much paint as you can, but it doesn't matter. My buddy sprayes Superliner and that is how he preps them. Then your bed will already be prepped for the new liner, you should be able to get a better deal from your shop, with it all prepped.

[pm26]

A large jackhammer and a 100 CFM air compressor? That way you'll remove the bed along with the liner!

 

But seriously, I would try a good heat gun and a stiff plastic scraper. For a liner, the paint is supposed to be roughened up, not sanded off. You do not want to remove the paint.

[jrrod2004]

 

[ThoseDarnKids]

 

You need to try dry ice.

 

Just take a brick of dry ice, break it up into smaller bits (maybe a little smaller than ice cube size) and focus it on an area. Let it sit for a few minutes. It super cools the sound deadening and makes it very brittle. Then, you just smack it with a hammer and screwdriver and it cracks right off in manageable pieces. Once you get an edge going, you can just use a screw driver like a chisel, which won't gouge into the bed. We all do this to our cars and you can make a game out of it. "Who can break off the single largest chunk?"

 

Try a little bit in a small area first, to see if it works. I imagine the sound deadening is very similar to a bed liner.

 

Here's a detailed thread about how one guy did it...

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=525936

A lot of people have done this. It's really easy.

[jrrod2004]

Dry Ice????? where the heck can I get some of that in austin texas? I will entertain it if it A) Saves me time and B) is cost effective.......