Bringing the shine back to truck liner?

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Has anyone got any experience bringing the shine back to a spray on bedliner?
I was thinking of hitting it with some 303 after a good cleaning.
I've read about some people using tire shine but I think that will make it pretty slippery.
Thanks in advance guys!
 
I used to work with a guy who would pre spray his with simple green and power wash and then after it dried he would sparingly brush on commercial grade floor wax (the liquid type) and after that stuff dried it looked better than brand new. As I recall once it dried it wasn't all too slippery either. If you know a janitor maybe you could get some and try a test spot. Just my 2 cents.
 
303 will also. They don't recommend using it anywhere on cycle tire surfaces that may contact the road or on foot controls. Had a friend go down because he cranked it in a turn and caught the sidewall where 303 was used. Just my knowledge of the stuff and what I've encountered. I do use it however.
 
You can always pick up some non-silicone engine dressing. I've used this on my previous truck and it worked pretty good with limited slippage. However, it typically doesn't last too long.
 
My detail shop is located in the same facility as a Spray-On bedliner business, so I get a lot of requests for this. I've been using VRP and it looks great. I've done a number of them when doing details and the clients love it. It doesn't make the surface too slippery at all.</p>
 
My detail shop is located in the same facility as a Spray-On bedliner business, so I get a lot of requests for this. I've been using VRP and it looks great. I've done a number of them when doing details and the clients love it. It doesn't make the surface too slippery at all.</p>

Think you meant Adam's VRT - I actually just picked up the new formula of this stuff. I just tested the other day on my bed cover of my Avalanche and the stuff works pretty well. Great beading and it's been raining for two days and it's still on there and beading well.

I actually did half Adam's VRT and half 303 and by far the VRT out performs the 303. I wish I had taken a picture of what they looked like after they got wet.
 
Thanks for all the feedback guys!
Looks like I have a few options to go with here. I'll start with something water based
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Has anyone got any experience bringing the shine back to a spray on bedliner?
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One vote for Poorboys Trim Restore. Works great and very durable on the plastic bed rails on my Tacoma which is similar to Line-X / Rhino AFIAK.

Pretty affordable too which helps...
 
I've found that bed liners can be restored by washing them first with APC and dressing them with Black Again. I usually don't care much for Black Again, but found that it works GREAT for spray in bed liners. I power rinse the bed liner, leaving some clean water in the bed. Then pour a couple of ounces of APC directly onto the bed liner and use a clean push broom to agitate the cleaner and scrub the bed liner. Then power rinse again. I let it dry overnight and then dress with Black Again on a MF applicator. Here's a couple of before/after pics. using this method (hope this helps):

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Meg's new Spray Ultimate Protectant - does dry greasy at all and forms a good bond
 
Great work on the truck bed Dark Horse.

I need to get mine looking like that.
 
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