Painting entire unit with bedliner
Its used on roofs, so why not the sides? I'm talking about thinning it enough to have a smoother texture, not super thick like in a truck bed. Like the roof, it would add sealing properties, as well a...
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FwIW, I painted my old Starcraft (aluminum roof and siding), top sides--acrylic roof paint, siding---Acrylic latex exterior house paint. It is all easily repairable but I only have one small scratch in three years that I haven't touched up. I do have spray bedliner in a steel wheel well and that is holding up well too.
I wouldn't spray bedliner over the whole rig. It's costly and technologically challenging. Besides, there is little reason to do the siding like that. If you do the roof, the EPDM has to be removed and the wood prepped. If you do the sides, the best is to remove all paint. You then need to etch and prime the metal or spray on bare metal, depending on product. Paint, even bedliner, makes a poor sealer. The insulation value is nearly nil. It will offer some mass and that will help with sound deadening but I'm guessing your windows will still carry ambient noise.
If you want the bedliner for just the cosmetic appeal, using a dead flat paint will accomplish the same look. Leave the bed liner for West Coast Customs that can charge thousands for the application.
Here's how my DIY paint job turned out: (Edit--tried posting images again, today but no workee with RVnet.)
I wouldn't spray bedliner over the whole rig. It's costly and technologically challenging. Besides, there is little reason to do the siding like that. If you do the roof, the EPDM has to be removed and the wood prepped. If you do the sides, the best is to remove all paint. You then need to etch and prime the metal or spray on bare metal, depending on product. Paint, even bedliner, makes a poor sealer. The insulation value is nearly nil. It will offer some mass and that will help with sound deadening but I'm guessing your windows will still carry ambient noise.
If you want the bedliner for just the cosmetic appeal, using a dead flat paint will accomplish the same look. Leave the bed liner for West Coast Customs that can charge thousands for the application.
Here's how my DIY paint job turned out: (Edit--tried posting images again, today but no workee with RVnet.)
