Herculiner question

brianjronk · Aug 21, 2007

I'm starting to prep inside my xj to put in herculiner, but after looking at a bunch of threads, everyone seems to just roll it on. If I bought a paint sprayer for my air compressor, would this work and would i need a special kind for the thickness of the herculiner. Or is it even worth it?

pokey · Aug 21, 2007

its too thick to spray with a regular paint gun and you wont be able to clean it when finished. They do make special guns for it. I believe eastwood has them.

xjoffroad · Aug 21, 2007

i sprayed mine on with a cheap harbor freight gun. nothing special. used some acetone to thin it out a bit

skrause · Aug 21, 2007

Just remember to clean your hands thoroughly before answering nature's call.

skrause · Aug 21, 2007

pokey said:
its too thick to spray with a regular paint gun and you wont be able to clean it when finished. They do make special guns for it. I believe eastwood has them.

Undercoating gun might work?

TrikeKid · Aug 22, 2007

Everything I've seen is that an undercoating gun is the hot ticket for Hurculiner. I'll probably be picking one up when I do the bed of my truck.

pokey · Aug 22, 2007

skrause said:
Undercoating gun might work?

I would think so since its made to spray the same type of product.

Totalled · Aug 22, 2007

Undercoating gun is the only good way to spray non heated application liner.

Dubshot · Aug 22, 2007

I rolled mine personally.. That way you can get a good coverage regardless.. I did my floors,dash,and door panels on my 79 blazer.. I used a gallon and a quart to lay it on thick and it still was not as thick as I wanted it..

Ranger James · Aug 22, 2007

What kinda prep did you do? I am going to be doing some liner stuff to my truck at some point and ive also been doing a lot of reading up. Did you just use a wirewheel on a angle grinder and clean off all the dust? or did u also strip it with some kind of paint striper? Or a other method?

when ur done pls post some pics

and good luck!

Snowrunner · Aug 22, 2007

anyone got link to herculiner stuff im thinkin bout doin this too but havnt read up on it.

Dubshot · Aug 22, 2007

What I did was wire wheel the piss out of it.. Then I grinded the rust spots back to metal. I then blew all the **** out with air nozzle and followed that with cleaning with xylene (I think thats what its called) acetone should work decent as well. blew it out one more time before I got started.. Ohh yeah I masked what I didnt want to get lined brake,gas, etc.. do a google search for herculiner...

angelfly · Aug 23, 2007

Its super easy i've done 4 rigs no i love the stuff. I roll it on just because i was told i can get a huge $fine$ for spraying with out a both or filtration system. According to a neighbor who sprayed his on he said he would never spray it again!

I guess over spray is a problem and everything else that goes alongh with painting with a gun. As far as prep goes, sand everything you want coated down to bare metal or atleast through a few layers. I used like a 36grit soft pad i believe after i sanded to go back and really scuff up the surface. I blew it out then why it all down with final klean(body shop product) and then taped and rolled on. I dont have the best pics but heres a few to give you an idea