This isn't really a DIY but it's more of a "lessons learned report". I have a 1990 yj red. About a year ago I put some rattle can "bedliner" in. That was my first mistake. But I'll get to those later. I might as well start with some pics to keep you all interested.
Day 1 this is what I started with, a sponge scratchy thing and carb cleaner, and a whole lot of black stuff.
the spong thing didn't last long as you can see it was like 100 grit
So I upgraded and made a little more progress.
This was after day 2
I still had a long way to go.
This was the end of day 3. Now it was ready for the Herculiner
You get a gallon with the kit and that was more than enough to do 3 coats and then some.
coat # 1
After coat # 2 and 3
The rollbars were pretty scratched up so I thought you could use a coat.
The next day the front was still a little tacky but I put it on pretty thick in the high traffic areas.
Now on to the lessons learned. First don't ever put rattle can bedliner on anything. BIG MISTAKE. But if you do and decide to take it off. You'll need to know a few things first.
1. 40 grit sand paper is you good friend as well as carb cleaner.
2. Carb cleaner truns the spray on bedliner to goo, its kinda cool.
3. Herculiner says on the instructions to wear glovers. Go one further and wear glovers and long sleaves. That crap gets everywhere and is impossible to get off.
4. Get lots of acetone.
5. Roll bars are heavy for one person to manipulate, ask a buddy or the wife other wise you could scratch the crap out of it. No sense taking chances.
6. Stay away from 100 grit sand paper unless you are just wanting to smooth things out.
7. After you take everything out don't forget to save alittle bedlining to coat the bolt tops after you put everything back in or you'll just have to hit them with some spraypaint.
8. If the wife want to help let her. Even if she just kind scratches on stuff to a little while, that work you didn't have to do and will greatly save some abuse on your body.
9. Blue 3M type is the greatest type ever invented. I love that stuff.
10. If you're going to use a drill use one that you plug in the damn wall not a battery powered one. Unfortunatlly I wasn't able to use my cord drill because of the communist bastards the run my apatrment complex decided to install no outlet plugs outside. So I was going through batteries pretty quick.
11. Herculiner says to not use the rollers they give you more than once but you can just give them a good rinse with Acetone and your g2g.
12. Herculiner stinks liks a$$ if your sensitive to strong smells don't go near it but if your not a chick you should be ok.
13. Be prepaired to talk to everyone that walks by because you'll attract alot of attention with your jeep all torn apart. (Old women will probably tell you that you Jeep is "Cute" be prepaired)
14. A shop vac and a power washer would have been great. Instead I had to put a seat back in and drive down the street to the car wash. Unfortunatlly there's also a police station down the same street so the roll bars had to go back in and then out again and then back in and out so I could have a seat belt.
15. When you first open Herculiner stur the crap out of it. The little rubber bits settle some I guess.
16. Above all take your time and try not to set a time hack for yourself because you won't make I promise.
In conclusion Herculiner looks great but only time will tell if it will hold up to the abuse of day to day wear. Take your time and be smart about what you put on your Jeep. Do the research and TRY not to make snap decisions about something with you rig. Good luck I hope this helped some of you and would love to see some of your pic of your bedliners. Cheers.
