Re: Bed lining the side or rocker panels.
Another possibility might be some of the new wood/concrete deck paints. They are flexible, tintable in a range of colors, pretty inexpensive and give good coverage. The stuff I got for another project was about $35/gal, color tint included. Got to be tough as hell too if it is designed to be used on decks and in full sun.
I want to cover the 80's graphics on my van and after seeing how well it worked on wood, I sanded a small section of the van with 220 grit and rolled on a sample of the 2x. Looks pretty good and is surprisingly smooth though it did not cover as well as I was expecting. I'll try some of the 4x next time. I suspect the 10x would look a lot like a full Line-X paint job, it has a pretty coarse surface texture.
Incidentally I did try adding some sand to a small sample as well. Poured sand onto a wet first coat, let it dry, brushed off the excess then did a second coat, all to see if it would also give a good non-skid surface for the PH top. Seems to work really well, so well you don't want to kneel on it in shorts!
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