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04-18-2013, 11:21 PM
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BlahBlahBlah
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Location: Wa.
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Bed floor repair?
So Im making a trailer out of an extra long bed. The bed floor isnt too bad but it does have a few smaller dents and dings. I will be having it Rhino lined eventually.
I have seen several trucks that have been Rhino lined, but the little dents and dings still show up through the lining. I was thinking of making a template of the bed groves out of a plastic bondo spreader so I could spread a thin layer of bondo over the offending dents and dings. Smooth em all up and THEN have the bed liner sprayed. This seems like a good way to me to make a nice straight floor and have a nice smooth liner coating. I dont think the bondo will chip out with the coating over it. I know it would chip out for sure without it. What do you guys think, good idea, or bad?
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04-19-2013, 11:01 AM
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BlahBlahBlah
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Re: Bed floor repair?
No thoughts from you guys that know more about this stuff than me? (which should be almost everyone heh)
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04-19-2013, 11:21 AM
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Re: Bed floor repair?
If you aren't going to use it as a truck, it should be ok. If you actually haul anything, I think it will crack underneath the lining and look like hell after a short period of time. Probably won't come out due to the toughness of the liner, but I think it will look bad after some use.
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04-19-2013, 11:28 AM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
 
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Re: Bed floor repair?
Is this going to be a painted up nice "show" trailer you use a little here and there and then pull it behind a truck to a show, or just a regular old utility trailer? If it's the latter I wouldn't even spend the $ for a lining, seems like a waste?
As for your question, as long as they're "dings" and not huge dents I think it would be fine. I acutally plan on doing the same to mine somday (thanks for the template idea) but mine won't see more than a bag of trash or two or a cooler.
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04-19-2013, 02:52 PM
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Re: Bed floor repair?
Only dings, nothing big. Not really a show trailer, but it will be finished up nice and have nice wheels and tires. Im probably going to build a canopy for it too.
It will be used for light hauling kind of stuff. And toss pit bikes etc for our trip to Bonneville every summer.
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04-19-2013, 03:07 PM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Re: Bed floor repair?
That sounds pretty cool. You should cut it down to a shortbed though so you piss off everyone who thinks you wasted a nice factory shortbed on a trailer
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04-19-2013, 05:53 PM
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Re: Bed floor repair?
I think you should do what you feel is right
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