Do I have to "prep" my truck? How long does it take to get a spray-on bedliner? How long does it take to dry? When can I use it for heavy duty? What do you recommend to clean the liner? Why don't you do colors? Why are there so many choices of spray-on bedliners with such a wide range of prices?  Are they really that much different? What is the difference between LINE-X and the others?  Q: Do I have to "prep" my truck?  Back to Top A: Just bring it to us clean and all the accessories removed from the bed. Tie-downs and factory installed rail caps can stay. Remove anything that wasn't factory installed like toolboxes, plastic bedliners, tonneau covers, ladder racks, metal rail bars, etc. If you're not sure, just call us and ask.  Q: How long does it take to get a spray-on bedliner?  Back to Top A: In about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.  Q: How long does it take to dry?  Back to Top A: The spray dries in 2-3 seconds. When you get your truck back, it will be ready for light duty use immediately.  Q: When can I use it for heavy duty?  Back to Top A: It takes about 24 hours to fully cure, anytime after that is fine.  Q: What do you recommend to clean the liner?   Back to Top A: To clean your bedliner, use high pressure washing with soap and water only is best.  Use a firm bristle brush to remove deep dirt if needed.  Also, see  Q: Why don't you do colors?  Back to Top A: Color matching is difficult and expensive, it ads a couple hundred dollars to the process. Colors will fade with time and will show wear spots in uneven colors. They just don't hold up to heavy use like a black liner does. They all start out looking nice, but within a few years they change colors. We don't feel comfortable selling you a liner that you may not be happy with in a few years. Black matches all your trim, tires and windows.  Q: Why are there so many choices of spray-on bedliners with such a wide range of prices?  Are they really that much different?   Back to Top A: This is probably my favorite question to answer as it allows me to teach the customer about the LINE-X material.  LINE-X is specifically manufactured solely for LINE-X and is not available to anyone other than a LINE-X Franchise.  In the early days of LINE-X, the material was made in smaller batches.  As time went on and the public was made aware of the LINE-X material, the demand for the product grew and the LINE-X Corporation made agreements with BASF Chemical Corporation (the worlds largest chemical manufacturer), as they could get larger amounts of raw materials at a lower price, to manufacture the LINE-X material for them.  The LINE-X material is extremely consistent from batch to batch due to the large amounts manufactured.      The problems you'll find with smaller manufacturers is an inconsistency from time to time due to substitutions and alterations as needed.  Not only that, but the chemical make-up of the materials have nowhere near the research nor constant improvement as the LINE-X material.      Now about the big Price differences:  Basically put, you can't expect to get a top notch product with much more experience for the same low price as a low quality product and little to no experience at all.  YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!  It may sound rude, but it is very true.  If you want a nose job you don't look through the yellow pages and call to get phone prices and go with the cheapest estimate...you shop around.  Same goes for Spray-On Bedliners.  A spray-on bedliner is a permanent application...once it's on it isn't coming off (unless the truck is prepared improperly).  You really need to go in and look, feel and learn what makes up the liner itself.  In fact, there are so many bedliner "brands" (see next question below), on  the market today that they are all trying to get their hands into your wallets that they are selling their cheap materials for a very cheap price.  For the price you would pay to get about 4-5 normal trucks sprayed, you could own your own Spray-On Bedliner system for yourself.  Now, honestly, how secure of a business do you think that would be; everyone and their brothers would be in the spray-on bedliner business.  LINE-X sets their standards much higher and are extremely cautious as to where to allow a LINE-X to operate.  You will NEVER see a LINE-X across from a LINE-X or even two in the same town.  This allows for a much more rigid quality control structure with fair and honest marketing.  Q: What is the difference between LINE-X and the others?   Back to Top A: Did you know that there are currently well over 30 different "brands" of Spray-On Bedliners saturating the market today?   Just remember one important thing.  Any good salesman can sell junk.  We let our liners sell themselves.  No sales pitches, gimmicks or nonsense.  We sell VALUE. First of all, all of the liners have the same basic warranty.  If applied properly you shouldn't have any problems with any of them for warranty work. All of these liners are a great way to seal out rust and corrosion your bed would end up getting down the road if you didn't protect it in the first place. This is where the other liners stop and LINE-X goes even further: LINE-X has constantly formulated and re-formulated its material to accommodate the ever changing world of trucks and their usage. LINE-X is a harder material than our competition yet is still is very flexible.  This means that the LINE-X material is less likely to gouge and tear as you throw, slide or use your bed. The spray system LINE-X uses is of the latest technology and allows us to achieve a more even thickness and more uniform texture as well. LINE-X has a UV Stabilizer in the material already.  This is a very important ingredient which is needed.  Our competition has to apply what they call a "UV Topcoat" to prevent fading of the pigments.  Being that the LINE-X UV Protectant is mixed thoroughly through our material, you get better UV protection up front every time without any extra steps.  Applying a "UV Topcoat" to your liner means that down the road you run the chance of having it peel away from your liner and you'll end up needing to have it re-applied again and again.  Make sure you ask them about UV Topcoating.  There is also usually a nominal fee for this process as well (otherwise a hidden fee). *All information was gathered after countless hours of searching unbiased consumer website forums and newsgroups in an effort to obtain the proper facts.