The bed of your truck is exposed to many things — extreme weather conditions, a lot of sun/UV light, and the pressure of being filled with whatever you’re loading it with. All these elements can lead to corrosion, scratches, and overall wear and tear. To keep your truck bed looking properly maintained and as mint as possible, investing in a brush-on bed liner, sometimes called a roll-on truck bed line, is a great idea.
A brush-on bed liner is a heavy-duty polyurethane mixture that, when applied to your truck bed, hardens to protect it. While a brush-on bed liner may be the least expensive option to protect your truck bed, it doesn’t, by any means, equate to being less reliable. A brush-on liner provides long-lasting protection against skid marks, scratches, rust, and overall damage, thereby improving the longevity of your truck. Additionally, bed liners are often a nonslip texture, so your cargo isn’t getting bounced around all over the place either.
While there are spray and aerosol applications for bed liners as well, the brush-on option provides an ease of application. You don’t need any crazy expensive equipment to get the job done and you can do it by yourself. The brush-on bed liner will make it a little more difficult to get into tight spaces, but for the amount you’re saving, you won’t really complain. These are our favorite types of roll-on bed liners for you to check out.
Herculiner Brush-On Bed Liner Kit
This kit is a favorite among truck DIYers. The kit includes one gallon of the liner, a roller handle, two rollers for bigger areas, a brush for the smaller areas, and an abrasive pad to prepare the surface. While you may need to invest in additional materials for the paint application preparation, this kit handles all the essentials that you’ll need. The liner is an anti-skid layer made up of a tough and textured polyurethane protective coating and said to be five times thicker than most other brush-on liners.
RAPTOR Roll On Bed Liner
The RAPTOR brand is one of the best, but this kit is definitely more suited for people with a smaller truck bed as it only comes with 2 liters (roughly half a gallon) of bed liner. The kit also includes a hardener, a roller handle, two roller brushes, two liner trays, two abrasive pads, and four pairs of gloves. This liner is impact, scratch, and UV resistant; protects against corrosion, salt water, and chemicals; and creates a textured professional-looking black finish.
Speedokote T-Rex White Roll-On Truck Bed Liner
This is a good option for those looking for a white roll-on bed liner. This kit includes a roller, a brush, the urethane bed liner, and a hardening solution. Many people favor this kit for the fact that it does dry so quickly as the hardening solution gets mixed with the bed liner before application, considerably reducing drying time. This liner is UV and weather stable and protects against rust, corrosion, salt, and extreme temperatures.
Dupli-Color BAK2010 Bed Armor Truck Bed Kit
The Dupli-Color liner is a water-based rubberized polyurethane coating and is a good option if you’re looking for a textured liner that dries fast. The textured finish helps keep cargo in place during trips, and if you’re going to be walking around your flatbed, will keep you from falling. The liner also is comprised of Kevlar, which is resistant to gasoline and other harsh chemicals. This liner doesn’t easily fade, chip, or flake despite exposure to elements. The kit includes one gallon of the coating liner, a roller, liner tray, trim brush, stir stick, and a scuff pad.
RAPTOR 0820 U-Pol Bed Liner Kit
As stated earlier, the RAPTOR brand is one of the best, and this specific liner is said to be eight times tougher than other bed liners. This kit, which includes four one-quart cans of liner and a hardening solution, provides you the option of using either a roller brush or paint spraying nozzle/air compressor. Additionally, this liner is offered in a variety of finishes to choose from and leaves your liner resistant to UV, scratches, stains, rust, corrosion, salt, and extreme weather conditions. The flexibility of the liner also helps deaden sound and vibrations, so not only will you not have to worry about your cargo moving, you won’t have to worry about the noise if you hit a bump.
Duraback 18 Non-Slip Coating Bed Liner
One of the things that stands out most about the Duraback bed liner is the number of colors it’s available in. It can be difficult to find a strong liner that comes in colors aside from black, and the Duraback is available in black, beige, brown, white, dark blue, forest green, light gray, gray, medium blue, cream, brick red, olive green, orange, bright red, tan, and yellow. This liner is moisture-cured and polyurethane-based and is durable enough to be approved for use on United States Navy ships. This coating doesn’t require mixing and bonds to metal, fiberglass, wood, and concrete. It is highly durable and leaves your liner protected against weather, UV, and skids. Sometimes, people even choose to use this product for outdoor furniture or deck paint, as it’s that thick and durable.
Rust-Oleum Automotive Truck Bed Coating
This specific liner is formulated to prevent rust from forming on your truck bed. However, this coating also protects from scratches and weather conditions. While this product is not sold as a kit that includes tools, it’s an inexpensive option for those who already have the brushes and simply just need the can of coating liner. This American-made product can take up to four hours to dry and a few days to completely cure properly, so make sure you don’t need your truck bed immediately after applying the liner.
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