Herculine hood and insert

[Marlin]

If you were to just bring in the cladding, no prep (we want to prep the plastic), the price with LINE-X with black Xtra (prevents fading and loss of gloss, fortifed with DuPont Kevlar) is $500. In my opinion, the cladding MUST be encapsulated meaning both sides of the plastic should be coated with LINE-X although the backside does not need to be thick or have a texture.

Keep in mind that LINE-X is more durable than the DIY products and will also be a thicker coating.

I have pics, but don't have my camera with me today, I'll post a few pics tomorrow.

Do you want to do the whole piece to minimize the chance of peel off? Makes sense, more like a LineX shrink wrap

[LINE-X]

Do you want to do the whole piece to minimize the chance of peel off? Makes sense, more like a LineX shrink wrap

Yes, that's correct. We cut up a drop-in truck bedliner which also is made of polypropylene (although all polypropylene's are not necessarily the same) and tried all sorts of things to test for adhesion. None of our tests results were what I would consider outstanding, so encapsulation is a way to decrease the chance of delamination.

[LINE-X]

OK, here are some work-in-progress pictures. When were finished, we will take some better pictures out in the sun.











Here, you can see that we applied some non-textured LINE-X to backside of the cladding. It's just enough to encapsulate most of the cladding.

[LINE-X]

Unfortunately, it was a heavy overcast day when we finished. Perhaps the owner can take some pics in the sun and post them?!

[Marlin]

Looks good.