Do I use primer before bedliner?

[claygs750]

I currently have the frame ready for bedliner paint, but do I need to spray on primer first? There's several areas that are bare metal from cutting off the tabs and other areas with just scuffed up paint. Do I prime the whole thing first before spraying the bedliner?

Also, its' around 50 degrees now so what would be the method for drying? I can heat the garage for about 30 mins with a heater to around 70, then shutdown the heater, spray on a coat and after the fumes are gone I can turn the heater on again. It doesn't matter how long it takes to dry since I'm in no hurry, but will the bedliner stick to the frame in this situation? Thanks

 

[VonYinzer]

What do the instructions on the can say?

 

[claygs750]

There's no mention of primer, but I didn't know if this was with the assumption there would be no bare metal.

 

[jsharpphoto]

hit the bare spots with some self-etching rattlecan primer, and you should be good. most good bedliners are designed to go on factory fresh paint jobs, ie. new trucks. I would just want to protect those spots.

 

[SONICJK]

I have used it a LOT
It does really well adhering to CLEAN bare metal.
No primer needed

I miss the old Duplicolor liner in the blue can. The new stuff looks terrible.

 

[claygs750]

I've sprayed the swingarm so far and it looks great. Taking forever to dry because its cold already, but looks great. It goes on pretty thick so getting it in all the corners of the frame without it running will be interesting. I'm going to paint the rims a matte black wheel spray paint and thought about using the bedliner too, but it may be too much with the frame.

 

[jsharpphoto]

the rattlecan bedliner i've used in the past was not gasoline proof. Test yours to see if it is, after if cures, obviously