-- [ From: Ned Worcester * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
I know that several other people have responded with several ideas,
including Fiberglass and epoxy or other resins. They probably will not
adhere to the polystyrene which the bedliner is lilely made of.
A couple of ideas though. Some shops do what is known as plastic welding.
It is basically using a stick of the correct type of plastic, melting it
into the hole with a heat gun. If you want to try it yourself, the sticks
which are sold to repair the bottoms of downhill ski's ought to work.
The most common shop which does plastic welding are motorcycle shops where
it is used to repair damage to the plastic body parts and fairings of the
crotch-rocket bikes.
Any of the bedliner and canopy shops can also steer you in the direction of
someone who could proboly repair it, if they themselves don't do it.
I have not repaired a bed liner, but I have done some similar pieces, and I
used the ski-repair stick I mentioned above.
Hope all of this helps.
Ned Worcester
'95 SLT 4x4 CC 318
soon to be: '98 RAM Quad-Cab 2500 Cummins
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Date: Tuesday, 18-Nov-97 09:22 AM
From: Bruce Aaron Hefner \ Internet: (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
To: Dakota Mail List \ Internet: (dakota-truck@buffnet.net)
Subject: DML: Bedliner
Hi guys,
Was just wondering if any of you new the best way to repair a hole in a
bedliner. Somehow a nail (About the size of a railroad spike) ended up in
the bed of the truck and the other day someone pulled out in front of me and
I had to lock it down, noticed afterward that the nail was sticking out of
bedliner, I pulled it out and now have a 1/2" hole in the bedliner. Want to
know if anyone knows of a good material to fill in the hole with. Thanx-
Bruce
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