Truck Owners... What do you do with the bed of your truck?

[gb387]

Truck Owners... What do you do with the bed of your truck?

Do you wash the inside of it with every wash? Do you wax/detail it when you detail the outside of your truck?

In my case I have a bed cover and my tailgate is sealed so it says dry, just gets dusty. I have not washed it since I waxed the bed over a year ago now, mainly just dusty now but I think its due for a good cleaning.

[Hannibal]

I have a spray in bedliner, so I just leave it alone. I noticed today though that it is losing its "black" and is kinda dry looking. I wonder if there is something that would restore its luster and its "rubbery" properties.

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by Hannibal
I have a spray in bedliner, so I just leave it alone. I noticed today though that it is losing its "black" and is kinda dry looking. I wonder if there is something that would restore its luster and its "rubbery" properties.

On my Hand Ridgeline I have a Composite Bed. I generally wash it out about every other wash or so. I have a dedicated scrub brush for this.

About a month ago I got it the with a can of NEW Exterior Trim Detailer and just spayed down everything. Worked like a champ.

[kpagel]

Originally posted by Jeff Smith
On my Hand Ridgeline I have a Composite Bed. I generally washit out about every other wash or so. I have a dedicated scrub brush for this.

About a month ago I got i the with a can of NEW Exterior Trim Detailer and just spayed down everything. Worked like a champ.

I have a composite bed as well in my 2005 Toyota Tacoma. I wash it out with a hose and and that gets it clean enough. Every couple of weeks I dress it with Hyper Dressing. I spray down the entire bed with the HD, then let it sit for a few minutes, then i get a large beach towel and I wipe it down to remove the excess. It comes out OK, but the bed is already scuffed up from use.

My plan is to get a tonneau cover and then I'm getting a bed rug. Then I'll get a Meg's trunk organizer and carry all my detail supplies

[LiquidBlack]

Spray-in bedliners are the way to go I think. That way the bed of your truck looks good, and hauling stuff in it wont mar the inside of it.

[Brian Catalano]

I always used to use a competitor's product (before I worked at Meguiar's) to do the bed..... Mother's Preserves Protectant. I would always keep my fingers crossed that it wouldn't rain because it would always leave a greasy mess down the side of my truck.

I then discovered the Exterior Trim Detailer which is an amazing product. Shiny black goodness without the greasy mess. I really like the way it leaves the plastic bed liner on my Tacoma looking.

Brian

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by Brian Catalano
I always used to use a competitor's product (before I worked at Meguiar's) to do the bed..... Mother's Preserves Protectant. I would always keep my fingers crossed that it wouldn't rain because it would always leave a greasy mess down the side of my truck.

I then discovered the Exterior Trim Detailer which is an amazing product. Shiny black goodness without the greasy mess. I really like the way it leaves the plastic bed liner on my Tacoma looking.

Brian

Same here Brian. I did not know what I was going to do with the Exterior Trim Detailer at first because I was leary about spraying anything toward my truck. Ss, I started using the Gold Class Trim Detailer for my Trim. I then had 3/4 of a can of the Exterior Trim Detailer around and it finally dawned on me that I could use it in the bed. I went spray happy in there. Worked extremely well.

[kpagel]

How much of the can is used for your bed? How long does the dressing last?

[barrman]

i still have the paint, and i generally will wash it out and dry it, but i havent ever waxed it... maybe i should ;o) i plan on getting a tonneau or bedliner sometime in the future though...

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by kpagel
How much of the can is used for your bed? How long does the dressing last?

I went a little haywire and used up about 1/2 a can. Once I got started and saw what it could do I went spray happy. It hid alot of the white marks I get on my Black COmposit bed from scratches. Once I saw this I did it up. I just walked out and looked at it. It has gone through several washes and a few rains in the past month. For appearance purposes like what you might expect from a dressing, it is pretty much gone. But it still seems to be providing somewhat of a covering effect to the minor scratches I mentioned.

But, keep in mind that I "use" my truckbed. So detailing it on a regular basis is not worth it for me. Personnaly, if I were going to detail out a truckbed on a regular basis, I would use Hyper-Dressing and dillute it. Your probably going to use quite a bit detailing that much surface area regularly.

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by barrman
i still have the paint, and i generally will wash it out and dry it, but i havent ever waxed it... maybe i should ;o) i plan on getting a tonneau or bedliner sometime in the future though...

In the meantime hitting it with a cleaner wax every once in a while might be a good idea. Just something to keep the paint from fading out on you. Likely will assist in protecting the metal exposed by scratches a bit as well.

[Ranger72]

I have a toneau (sp) cover one mine, but a couple of times a year, I open the cover from both ends, (its cool like that haha) wash it, dry it then apply some sort of dressing. I like the way the #40 feels on the beadliner and since its covered it doesnt get exposed to the elements...

[barrman]

Originally posted by Jeff Smith
In the meantime hitting it with a cleaner wax every once in a while might be a good idea. Just something to keep the paint from fading out on you. Likely will assist in protecting the metal exposed by scratches a bit as well.

good idea... something like #6 should do?

[gb387]

Originally posted by barrman
good idea... something like #6 should do?

Like I said I wax it BUT... keep in mind wax is slick! If you don't have a bed mat and haul stuff it will be all over the bed. A bed mat prevents this problem. I have learned on my first truck, bent tail gate and bent front wall of the bed from frozen sand bags sliding around.

[Pete-FWA]

My pickup bed gets washed along with the rest of the vehicle. It's just the factory painted color, including scratches and small dings from being used as a truck. When I detail the beast, it gets #66 Quick Detailer by hand inside the bed.