Thread: Rhino Liner (or similar) as exterior "paint"

Is this like the stuff that used to be sprayed inside the Holden utes (brown/white flecked stuff) coming out from a 1L can with a screw in gun known as a schlitz gun? Comes out splattery and textured. If so it's great stuff for inside the back of utes, rangies and discos etc, Especially if painted over with an enamel based paint afterwards. I did inside the back of my 2dr RRC and turned out a treat. Textured but painted the whole interior to match so it didn't stand out.

Needs a while to dry properly and harden. And need to before you paint over otherwise the moisture (it's water based) effects the top coat. I don't know if I'd go a full exterior coat though (at least with the stuff I've used) as a hard rub would just as likely tear it. But it's really easy to repaint. The texture just blends together.

Might be more efficient too, all rough and dimpled like a golf ball.

Endrust (remember them?) also offered a bituminous coating on the OUTsides of vehicles, mainly aimed at mining or other similar H/D applications. Their underbody stuff was a thick black gunge which dried to a flexible coating, never 100% solid right inside.
Lots of underbody coatings are applied with a schlitz (?) gun which sprays blobs .

Yes I've used " Line X " same as " Rhino Liner " in the back of my Lada Niva ute. Spray on ute liners LINE-X Sprayon Bedliners, Protective Coatings, Truck Bed Coating, Floor Coating, Industrial Flooring & http://www.rhinolinings.com.au/.

" Line X " Was available before " Rhino Liner " but " Rhino Liner " has now taken over the market. Haven't seen " Line X " for years

My Lada Niva had the spray on specaldy stuff when bought 20 years ago. Spray on uteliner a 1000% better. Ive had mine for the last 10-12 years in what is a farm ute with very little damage to liner. Starting to look a bit second hand now but then the ute in rusting out around it. If I had known about spray on ute liners at the time I bought my Lada it would have been the first thing I would have done to it. From memory it cost me ~$400.

I throw axes, crowbars, barbed wire etc in the back of my ute with no damage to liner. Super tough. Thats what sold me on the product. Agents demo was to hit a bumber bar sprayed with the stuff a glancing blow with a ballpen hammer. Didn't chip or leave any marks at all. I tried too, nothing.

Again from memory mine is sprayed on about 1 mm + thick but depending on application up to 10mm I think. So maybe not suitable for an all over spray as it not light. Heaps of colours & 2-3 different products now. As for what your after in not sure. Would do inside and outside at lower levels( wear areas ). Not sure if I would do whole car but each to their own.

Gary

P. S. If your down this way your welcome to have a look at the Lada

Would I recomend it. YES YES YES

Gary

thanks guys - I know all about what it is, its just the potential application of it on removable panels like the floor pans that has me wondering a touch... That and the insurance question... my vehicle was originally white according to the compliance plate and is now grey (a poorly applied home spray job by a prior owner) the thought is to strip the grey off (maybe bead blast it? not sure how this would go on aluminium!), repair anything/everything that needs it and do the interior to the window sills in black spray on polyurethane and apply soundproofing afterwards. areas such as the inside of the doors, door jams, sills etc would also cop a dose of it...

Then on the outside it would also be white ute liner for the bottom 20cm along the sides (possibly, not sure how it would look so would do some test pieces first!) and normal white auto paint for the rest... hence there is this insurance question.... but could be talked into checker plate too...

Mythbusters Bedlam-Proof Bedliner - YouTube

ha! nuts... if it works for mythbusters, its good enough for me ;-)

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Then on the outside it would also be white ute liner for the bottom 20cm along the sides QUOTE]

Sound like a plan. Just be careful around anything that opens and shuts as it will need to be trimmed due to its thickness

Gary

The schlits applied liner/stone guard comes in white, black and grey. Also can be tinted even though they say you can't.