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Originally Posted by Seahawk
Ok, that's interesting.
Does it matter what the bed liner is made of, metal, plastic liner or the spray in stuff?
I set my plastic cans on the tail gate of my truck all the time.
Not no mo'.
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The movement of a liquid creates a static charge, just like shuffling your feet on a carpet. If the plastic can is not grounded, the charge can jump from the nozzle to the can, ba-woom.
If the can is on the ground, it's going to discharge that static energy before it has a chance to build up.
If it's in a truck bed that does not have a plastic liner, some of that energy will can be absorbed into the truck, even though it's sitting on 4 large insulators.
but if you have a plastic can sitting on a plastic bed liner, the charge will build. If you lose contact between the nozzle and the container for a split second, the spark MIGHT jump and your day is shot.
static energy is a beech.
That's why they put those warning labels on the bed liners.