The bedliner material is part of a system. Following the directions
on the package yields just the look the sprayer seeks.At this point, the floor can be prepared for paint. Many restorers
choose the factory finish at this point, whether it be red-oxide primer,
body-color paint or another finish. Others simply spray the bottom of the
floor black. In this case, the owner chose to apply a black bedliner
material as used in truck beds to finish the bottom surface of the floors.
The bedliner material can be colored, and many restorers apply
colored bedliner material to replicate an original finish (inner areas of
Amphicars, under-hood areas of many American cars, etc.). Regardless of
the covering, the floor had to be wiped down with wax and grease
remover so the surface finish properly bonded.
Since the bedliner material is thick and textured and difficult to
remove, special care was taken to tape and cover areas where it was not
intended to cover. To apply the bedliner material, a standard spray gun
with a special coarse tip specifically for spraying bedliner material was