bedliner here too, i used undercoating on the valiant thinking it might be stronger but got nic'ed up easyly even after cleaning and wire brush aspen i used dupli-color bedliner roll and brush on in a qrt can works waaaay better its got nic's too but nothling like the undercoating.
awnsering ur other question the bedliner leaves a good texture like stock when u put on think with the rubber texture roller