Raptor Bed Liner Follow Up

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Here’s a short story regarding the durability of U-Pol Raptor Bedliner. The simple 3 step process that led up to this revelation is in these photos:

I sprayed my firewall with Raptor, including both factory original heater block off plates that came with the truck:



I subsequently added a mechanical fuel pressure gauge in the cab, and mounted the isolator on the square heater plate, knowing I could easily remove it if I ever changed my mind:



I changed my mind. The pressure gauge never lived up to expectations, and may permanently go away. In the meantime the isolator was removed and the holes eliminated in the plate. I attempted blotching more catalyzed Raptor on the repaired area with a sponge brush, and it came out looking terrible. So - here’s the plate after all the Raptor was removed, and the plate repainted in rattle can Blitz Black:



The Raptor testimonial starts right before the plate was painted Blitz Black. Over the years I’ve used 3M Body Schutz, several types of rattle can undercoater, and wrinkle finish enamel. Every one I’ve experienced could easily be removed with a new single edge razor blade mounted in a scraper.

Attempting to remove the Raptor with a new razor blade, I screwed the plate to the bench and gave a good shove on the scraper. The blade skipped across the textured surface and snapped off several shards of razor blade. I thought that was odd, and replaced the broken blade with a new one. Same result. I couldn’t dig into the Raptor surface. The blade simply snagged on the texture and snapped off chunks of blade. I tried a 3rd time attempting to apply all the pressure I could. The blade got stuck in the Raptor, but didn’t move forward and didn’t reach the metal underneath.

I finally gave up and switched to an angle grinder with a twister wire cup. Nothing can withstand that, not even Raptor. It finally came off, but took almost 30 minutes to strip that one little plate.

That’s all I have to offer. Don’t apply this stuff to anything you may want to remove it from later. And if you want a permanent water proof textured product that’s impervious to razor blades, this stuff is really durable!