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OK Fellers where can I find past posts on finish of new wood.
Or what is the best finish to preserve the wood.This is a Hi buck job, with a beer pocketbook. New bolt pkg, wood and runners, I can salvage nearly everything.
Would you recomend painting the undersides of the runners with a por-15 type finish. How about the wood (pine)?
What is this country coming to, Its cheaper to buy a bottle of beer, than a bottle of water????
On the other hand who drinks water???

Wheezer, the answers depend on how you'll use the bed. If it's show only, never to see the light of day, nor raindrop or pillow feathers....... then perhaps a spar varnish will get that high dollar look. If it's originality you seek, Then your pickup actually would have used oak planks. Shortly thereafter the switch was on to to long leaf pine. If you wish to actually use the bed(Heresy!) then may I reccomend a stain paint from a company like Cabots. You will have the deep penetration of color and no future peeling issues. Then you could go with a varnish or poly in gloss or semi or whathaveyou. I have a 61 K10 in which I did exactly that-A green Cabot stain to match the exterior color-applied both sides and I'm happy with it.
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There's a touch of dust but mostly tailgate reflections in that shot. I would be reticent to apply a por 15 product on wood, as I am not familiar with any wood type products produced by Por 15. But that doesn't mean that they don't produce one.:)

K-T Thats beautiful, thats not what I am trying to accomplish, I have 2 show cars.
IT's a truck, and I treated it like a truck and it had been abused, so I have no illusions of judging, just pleasure. The poor thing was resurected from the junk yard over 40 years ago and has never had a full recovery.
The vendor recommended placing a sealer on the wood. The bottom is a one shot proposition, that is why I sought suggestions.
It will be covered most of the time with the cars. Thanks for your input.

"Don't ya go an worry about it, its a Cheevy and it will make you proud when I'm done."

Thanks, but it's a finish that can be used and then touched up with a roller or brush, and because it's soaked deep into the wood, you won't be touching it up much anyway! And NO peeeling. Period. Try that with varnish!