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Posted by chriscase on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 09:42:06 :
In Reply to: what was the finish on bed of the truck posted by Ed Bevis on Friday, October 10, 2008 at 22:32:57 :
It'll minimize the warpage caused by one side changing moisture content faster than the other.
Wood was white oak,, or yellow pine later?
Under bed parts were black, I think the straight bed strips were too. Angle strips
were painted with the sides.
That all said, I used poly spar varnish in semi-gloss, on red oak that I filled, top only, with tinted bondo. Spar varnish is made for exterior wood- softer, so won't crack, but will scratch easier. A good black can be made by adding black pigment to the spar varnish.
I bought a gallon and sprayed it. A quart or so would have done it. If you blow propane from an un-lit torch bottle into the can before closing it, you won't get any skin forming- I'm still using that gallon on miscellaneous projects a year and a half later.