Duratex, or something else?

[gearhead1972]

I have an swr 2x12 I got sprayed with line-x. Its really tough. Light and strong

Just out of curiosity, what did it cost you?

 

[Basshappi]

Looks great!
I have a couple of GB cabs I need to do that to.

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

I have used duratex on 3 cabs. Its good but not outstanding. I have quite a few ding that need fixing and I know the duratex will work well for that. However, the one good thing about carpet is that a ding will not show up. However from my experience duratex does NOT adhere that well to polly-filla. My 12sub had casters on the bottom which I removed. I glued sized pieces of ply in the big holes with PL. Then covered the entire area including little screw holes, with poly-filla. A year later and I am finding dime sized chunks of duratex missing where it did not adhere well to the poly-filla.

Next time I might try spraypaint/polyureathane/spraypaint.

 

[jjk2007]

Here's another look, with the cab completely finished except for the logo.

 

[Kmonk]

Several years ago, I refinished two cabs with Duplicolor truck bad liner. They looked great and the finish was virtually indestructible.

 

[Mike Arnopol]

I use Duratex on my cabs. It's ok. The best thing about it is that it's easy to touch up. It offers pretty good protection.

I'd be curious to see how much weight the truck liner coatings add. They really are way superior as far as durability but costly and I worry about weight. I think that Duratex might add about a pound to a small to medium cab and maybe two to a bigger cab.

Penn Elcom of England makes what I hear is a killer coating but the sprayer to apply it is $10k!

 

[Mike Arnopol]

It's not the raw weight---it's how much used. I assume that the truck bed liners go on A LOT thicker.

In my experience any catalyzed finish is more durable than a simple water based acrylic. Even the catalyzed water-based floor finish Street Shoe (two parts) is tons more durable than a single can solution.

 

[Chuck King]

Well, I have ordered the Duratex sample kit. This cab doesn't get banged around that much, so hopefully the difference in toughness compared to bed liner won't make a difference, and if it's touch-up-able, it should be fine.

Freed from my cat's depredations, it should look good for the foreseeable future.

Thanks again to everyone for their advice and comments, and thanks to jjk2007 for the photos---I hope mine ends up looking that good.

 

[jjk2007]

Hey Chuck, it's really easy. Just roll it on and when you're making your final pass, roll it lightly and in one direction. It'll turn out fine.

 

[Doug Parent]

Might be late but my two cents. Take a few new shaving razors and "shave" all the scruffies off. After a half hour and 3 razors later you won't believe you are looking at the same cab.

Here's the finished version of mine.

Edit: For some reason, the pics make the finish look a lot more 'rough' than it really is. I'll try and get some different ones up later. Overall I'm very impressed with how it turned out.

 

[Bass-4-God]

I did my first cab this weekend using Duratex I think it came out pretty nice. It is a GK Neo 115 I have 2 of them I will start on the other one this weekend. I will post pictures a litt later on.

 

[Bass-4-God]

Here are a few pictures as promised.

http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/Bass-4-God/media/20140303_1957311_zps6813351b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2

http://s1363.photobucket.com/user/Bass-4-God/media/20140303_1957141_zps2c6966c6.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3

http://i1363.photobucket.com/albums/r716/Bass-4-God/20140303_1957311_zps6813351b.jpg