Making the Pinch-Weld ‘disappear’

[Cfield90]

Love the idea

I’m doing it as we speak…

how many coats of the bed liner did you use?

I bought the same can you did

OP has VB and used blue painter’s tape…you have EG and use green frog tape Both finished products look great; just thought the choice in color of tape to match body was a bit

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[Tarheel_Wes]

OP has VB and used blue painter’s tape…you have EG and use green frog tape Both finished products look great; just thought the choice in color of tape to match body was a bit

yea if you don’t use tape to match your rig it won’t work.

 

[mattymik]

I think that’s prob fine too.
The truck bed liner just gives it a more textured look and i guess it doesn’t require that prep…like priming and sanding.
Just clean it and spray it on

Ok got it. I'll probably do this to mine when it arrives (since I won't be unable to see the pinch weld now), so just making sure there wasn't some other rationale I was missing.

 

[Cat]

Just to make people aware of the long-term look of this product. Not to say it's bad or good.... It is what it is so if you're good with it then cool!

Bed liner will just overall have a dull finish and hold onto dirt like this person's results show.

http://trucks.pcwize.com/herculiner.php


This is a 2-year update photo, but he indicates it started looking like this 6-8 months in.

Not Wurth-y. Thanks for the advice.

 

[MVBB]

...or you could just buy this Pinch Weld cover, from JCR OFFROAD!

This is my plan. Those "bed liners" tend to get moisture caught inside and speed the rusting process. My only fear with this weld cover is that the same will happen. Trapped moisture in the weld. Gonna look into it more. If I go with the weld cover I will definitely woolwax the area before installation.

 

[MVBB]

Looking closer at the JCR- it doesn't wrap the weld. It's simply a black strip on the outside of the weld.
https://www.jcroffroad.com/product/...VjW8uJiYnJYdd59E1cm1jsxQ3PRpYQ2hoCLC8QAvD_BwE

 

[MVBB]

planning to "wurth" paint the weld- wollwax the underside

 

[Kekov721]

Looking closer at the JCR- it doesn't wrap the weld. It's simply a black strip on the outside of the weld.
https://www.jcroffroad.com/product/...VjW8uJiYnJYdd59E1cm1jsxQ3PRpYQ2hoCLC8QAvD_BwE

Also $100 for JCR vs $15 for a can of bed liner lol no brainer

 

[Kekov721]

Worked like a charm!

 

[Roll Sound]

Nice! I Wurth coated mine a little while ago.

 

[MnLakeBum]

Wurth makes good products but aren’t always easy to find. 3M is the most widely used undercoating in professional body shops and their aerosol can version is easy to find., part # 3584 or 8883. It’s recommended to lightly Scotchbrite the area and use a wax and grease remover before application.

 

[Roll Sound]

Wurth makes good products but aren’t always easy to find. 3M is the most widely used undercoating in professional body shops and their aerosol can version is easy to find., part # 3584 or 8883. It’s recommended to lightly Scotchbrite the area and use a wax and grease remover before application.

In California, It's even harder to get industrial chemicals than most places. I had to buy mine on eBay.

 

[MnLakeBum]

In California, It's even harder to get industrial chemicals than most places. I had to buy mine on eBay.

We make a California compliant undercoating but I wasn’t going to give you that part number as I assume you want something that works well.


I lived in NorCal for 20 years selling for 3M into the collision market. California laws constantly changed and each year or two eliminated some of the products such as adhesive remover from our line and my customers had no decent alternatives sometimes for years until we could develop a compliant product that was always inferior. I had distributors bringing products down from Reno or Las Vegas in their own personal vehicles so their customers would have something that worked, lol.

 

[Dad life]

You guys really want to prep and scuff the surface or these cheap bedliner options WILL flake and peel pretty soon. There’s nothing wrong with the cheap bedliners but just like anything, prep is everything. And most don’t have any UV protection built in so if exposed to sun, they fade. Not a huge deal here, and very easy to touch up.

 

[MnLakeBum]

You guys really want to prep and scuff the surface or these cheap bedliner options WILL flake and peel pretty soon. There’s nothing wrong with the cheap bedliners but just like anything, prep is everything. And most don’t have any UV protection built in so if exposed to sun, they fade. Not a huge deal here, and very easy to touch up.

Yep, prepping and cleaning the surface is key. A quality rubberized undercoating the recommended product for this application. A high rubber content makes it more chip resistant than an aerosol bedliner. Don’t try to save money buying a lesser undercoating, they have less rubber and don’t bond as well. The good stuff is only about $20 per can and that covers more than the rocker area we are talking about.

I’d use these steps:

Wash with soap and water, clean with 3M #8987 general purpose adhesive cleaner, scuff with maroon or grey scotchbrite, clean with #8987, mask adjacent panels, spray with 3M #8883 with 5 minutes of dry time between coats under normal 70º temps. Double that dry time if it’s below 60º. Here a video where they are using the professional product sprayed from a PPS pressurized cup but the 8883 is basically the same product.

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