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Raptor Liner Project
Just finished up putting Raptor Liner on my 99's roof. Thought I'd share a few pictures. It was a fun little project. I did the same thing on my 95 a few years ago and it still looks great. I saw it done a number of years ago on a guys XJ that I was buying an axle from and it looked really nice.
My 99 had some surface rust on the roof, and before it got too bad, I decided it was time to fix it.
Turning the garage into a spraybooth.
Masked it all off and hit it with some 80 grit on an orbital sander. A DA works better, but I don't have one. Make sure you sand it really well. Hit it with 100 grit by hand, and finished it up with some red scotchbrite to get in all the nooks and crannys. I went just under the gutter, too. I took off the roof racks and put the screws back with a little RTV on the threads. Gives it that Frankenstein look!
I then sprayed two coats of epoxy primer. I used black 2 stage from Axis coatings. After letting it dry overnight, I scuffed it a couple of times with red scotchbrite. The red scotchbrite scuffs the primer really well and you don't have to worry about sanding down to the metal. Raptor Liner needs to be applied to primer or paint, and not to bare metal. You don't have to worry too much about sanding scratches as the Raptor covers really well.
After scuffing, I blew off the top and wiped it down real good with acetone. Hit it with a tack cloth, and started to spray.
I opted for 3 lighter coats. You just shoot it with a Schutz gun. I set mine at about 50 psi and kept the gun at about 16-18 inches away. Let it flash about an hour between coats. I ended up using 3 bottles of Raptor. It's about 1 per coat. It takes a little less than a bottle per coat, but you waste the rest because it's 2 stage and the flash time between coats is longer that the pot life.
Wrapped it just under the gutter to protect it.
Took the windshield moulding off to get under it. I'm having the windshield replaced next week. Ordered new rubber from Team Cherokee.
All in all, it turned out great. The black on black looks really nice. Cost me about $300.00 in materials and took me parts of about 4 days to complete.
Just finished up putting Raptor Liner on my 99's roof. Thought I'd share a few pictures. It was a fun little project. I did the same thing on my 95 a few years ago and it still looks great. I saw it done a number of years ago on a guys XJ that I was buying an axle from and it looked really nice.
My 99 had some surface rust on the roof, and before it got too bad, I decided it was time to fix it.
Turning the garage into a spraybooth.
Masked it all off and hit it with some 80 grit on an orbital sander. A DA works better, but I don't have one. Make sure you sand it really well. Hit it with 100 grit by hand, and finished it up with some red scotchbrite to get in all the nooks and crannys. I went just under the gutter, too. I took off the roof racks and put the screws back with a little RTV on the threads. Gives it that Frankenstein look!
I then sprayed two coats of epoxy primer. I used black 2 stage from Axis coatings. After letting it dry overnight, I scuffed it a couple of times with red scotchbrite. The red scotchbrite scuffs the primer really well and you don't have to worry about sanding down to the metal. Raptor Liner needs to be applied to primer or paint, and not to bare metal. You don't have to worry too much about sanding scratches as the Raptor covers really well.
After scuffing, I blew off the top and wiped it down real good with acetone. Hit it with a tack cloth, and started to spray.
I opted for 3 lighter coats. You just shoot it with a Schutz gun. I set mine at about 50 psi and kept the gun at about 16-18 inches away. Let it flash about an hour between coats. I ended up using 3 bottles of Raptor. It's about 1 per coat. It takes a little less than a bottle per coat, but you waste the rest because it's 2 stage and the flash time between coats is longer that the pot life.
Wrapped it just under the gutter to protect it.
Took the windshield moulding off to get under it. I'm having the windshield replaced next week. Ordered new rubber from Team Cherokee.
All in all, it turned out great. The black on black looks really nice. Cost me about $300.00 in materials and took me parts of about 4 days to complete.
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