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Ernie-NH

Good morning all and Happy Easter....

For those who have used the protective "bed liner" on their body parts etc.: How did you apply it ? Spray, roller, ???? What are the preps required ? I see some materials are paintable and some are not, which did you use ??

Thanks in advance for any tips you have to offer...// Ernie in NH
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RAL88 · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

Hey Ernie,

How are you doing? I used the Rustoleum spray on bed liner on the belly pan of the R1100RT that I had. It went on easy and seemed pretty tough.
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jpberens1994K1100RS · Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:14 pm Post subject: Bed liner

The local shops wanted too much, or I just suck at negotiating.
Had one guy say $100.00. I said good bye.

I used teh Rustoleum product from Wall Mart. $7.85 a can.
Remove the belly pan & was well inside & out.
I used a medium grit sanding sponge, I think it was 130 grit.
Since I was doing this myself and I did not want to coat the entire belly pan I used blue painters tape to mask off the upper part.
I used an auto based wax remover & sanded the painted area's I wanted to apply the liner too.
Really rough it up, pull the color off. Then use the wax remover again. You can use a high ether based auto product here for what you are doing.
I used Brake Clean prior to painting to get a good chemical bite.
Spray thin coatings, allow to dry & recoat.

Once you have reached the coverage wanted, let it dry over night & remove the tape & install.
I waited a week and added pin stripes, stick on ones from Farm & Fleet.

Now and again I wipe it down with Turtla wax ICE liquid.
This stuff still chips from rocks though, so at the end of the year it needs touch up again. Easy to do, just wipe it down to remove anything on there , let dry & re-spray. Works easy.

Mine looks like the below now. The PO of my bike removed the stickers, probably with a re-paint as the belly pan was really nice when I got it. The road debris chewed it up in short order.

So I ordered some from a place on the internet in black reflective tape.
Looks cool as you can barely see it till the light hits it.

Good luck!

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Ernie-NH · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:21 am Post subject:

Thanks guys !! Now to get on with it..

Regards all...........// Ernie in NH
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drikko · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:24 am Post subject:

If you stopped posting 'now to get on with it' and actually got on with it, you would have got on with it!!!
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drikko · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:25 am Post subject:

Ernie-NH · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject:

Drikko....

You're correct as usual... I'd have it done already !

Have fun 'down under'.......// Ernie in NH
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