What Can UV Rays Do To A Bedliner?

The sun will come out. Sure there are times here in South Central Pennsylvania that we don’t think we will ever see it again but be assured the sun will come out again. When the sun comes out we humans protect our skin from ultraviolet rays with sunscreen, which can affect us even on cloudy days. The dangers to us are well known, from the temporarily painful like sunburns to more serious issues like skin cancer. UV rays can do a lot of damage to you and to your vehicle as well.

What are UV rays?

UV rays are invisible to the human eye. They are called ultraviolet because violet is the highest frequency of visible light and these rays go beyond that. Our eyes actually block the rays though it has been possible for some young children to be able to see some UV rays. Some animals, birds in particular, can also see them.  

While most UV rays come from the Sun humans are able to generate some of their own UV rays. Black lights are the most popular but they can also be found with incandescent lights and special UV LEDs as well as UV lasers.

What do UV rays do?

Every vehicle is susceptible to UV rays. Most of the time the damage is just a fading of the color over time. The bed of a pickup truck is probably the most used part of a vehicle to begin with and UV damage certainly does not help. These rays accelerate the damage to substandard bedliners decreasing their lifespan dramatically.

UV rays alone can cause bedliners to crack and warp over time. This is especially common with drop-in bedliners and mats. Once the bedliner begins to crack it is unable to provide the protections that you bought it for. Rain and moisture will penetrate the bedliner and rust begins to form.

How can you protect your vehicle from UV rays?

For the best protection from the elements a spray-on bedliner from LINE-X is the way to go. It’s specially designed formula is designed to protect your truck’s bed from not only dirt and damage but also from UV rays. In general spray-on bedliners protect from UV rays far better than drop-in liners do and with a premium UV upgrade your bedliner from LINE-X of South Central Pennsylvania will be able to withstand UV rays far better. It’s sunscreen for your bedliner.

With all of the protection that a bedliner from LINE-X brings it is a no-brainer but with added UV protection it is a must. LINE-X outshines all of its competitors when it comes to protection from harmful UV rays so if you have a cracking bedliner or are looking to apply a bedliner to a new truck stop in at LINE-X of South Central Pennsylvania now for a quote.

About LINE-X of South Central Pennsylvania

LINE-X of South Central Pennsylvania is the leader in vehicle undercoating protection using Krown products and truck bedliners using LINE-X spray-on bedliners. We serve York County to help maintain and extend the life of vehicles. If you are in Goldsboro or Grantley, Craley or along the Codorus, Spring Grove or South York or any point in between stop in at our Vogelsong Road location to see what we can do to protect your vehicle. No one knows protection better than LINE-X and the premium performance and exceptional value that it brings.

References:

https://www.speedliner.com/eight-benefits-of-a-spray-on-bed-liner-for-your-truck/
http://www.linex.com/bedliners/premium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet