To properly finish a wooden truck bed, you need to use penetrating oil. A truck bed can get a real blow from humidity. Traditional wood finishes such as lacquer and lacquers do not penetrate wood and can erode in rough use. In addition, the surface layer is scratched and loses protection due to sun exposure. Penetrating oils like linseed oil are the best for truck beds. It penetrates deeply and other applications of flaxseed oil can be applied at any time with minimal effort.
The thing you need
1 gallon of boiled flaxseed oil
Orbital Electric Hand Sander
Sandpaper, 100 grits
Sandpaper, 180 grits
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Sand the tailgate using an orbital sander with 100 grit sandpaper. Sand with granules up hino dutro dealer and down the bed until the surface is free of splinters and rough spots. Place a 180 grit sandpaper over the sander and continue sanding until the wood surface sparkles dull.
Clean the bed with a soft cloth to remove residual dust. Or, you can use an air compressor or leaf blower to remove sanding dust.
Pour a little linseed oil directly into the truck bed. Let it spread to the size of a baseball. Begin rubbing flaxseed oil on wood with a soft cloth. When the wood has absorbed oil, pour more oil and continue to apply oil into the wood. Work your way up to the length of the bed until the wood has a dark color from absorbing oil. Wait one hour.
Pour more linseed oil on the bed. Swipe down. Continue the length of the bed until the bed looks wet. If the beds still don't look wet, continue to apply linseed oil and clean it until the wood doesn't absorb the oil anymore. Wait one week.
Pour more linseed oil into the truck bed. Wipe on a long bed. If it continues to soak into the wood, apply more flaxseed oil until the bed looks wet again. Wait two weeks to a month and apply more oil. After that apply linseed oil every six months to a year or hino dutro dump truck whenever you want to get deeper, richer results.
Hint:
Don't worry about the metal parts on the truck bed. Flaxseed oil will not harm them. Flaxseed oil will finish them off like wood. After the initial application of flaxseed oil, meanwhile it is no problem to use your truck.
Even though flaxseed oil is non-toxic, because you work with large volumes of oil, it's a good idea to wear respiratory protection when using it.
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