FuzzFace2 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n48914/flareside.jpg Ray I am a huge SW fan, yall are going to make me get another truck so I have a flare side and a styleside. I like the red poster but it is missing a little white and a rear fuel door Yes the black truck was stunning and I am sure the silver one will be even better. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 I like the red poster but it is missing a little white and a rear fuel door Yes the black truck was stunning and I am sure the silver one will be even better. Dave ---- That's why the poster looked familiar!!! LOL yes it needs to be two tone. Did I say yet this month that I love those turbine wheels on your truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 That's why the poster looked familiar!!! LOL yes it needs to be two tone. Did I say yet this month that I love those turbine wheels on your truck? Update: So the more I look at the original wood bed on this truck, the more I'm thinking of trying to save it. Maybe its ne, but - I think its awfully rare to see, and its hung in there this long. There is only one spot where its soft and rotted through: passenger rear by the tailgate. Maybe I can piece in a small section of plywood, or sandwich a small bit of 1/4 underneath and use an epoxy / wood restoration product. Could paint the rest of the truck shiny new, but treat the rust and leave the inside of the bed original to show the trucks journey. Appreciate any thoughts or brainstorms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Update: So the more I look at the original wood bed on this truck, the more I'm thinking of trying to save it. Maybe its ne, but - I think its awfully rare to see, and its hung in there this long. There is only one spot where its soft and rotted through: passenger rear by the tailgate. Maybe I can piece in a small section of plywood, or sandwich a small bit of 1/4 underneath and use an epoxy / wood restoration product. Could paint the rest of the truck shiny new, but treat the rust and leave the inside of the bed original to show the trucks journey. Appreciate any thoughts or brainstorms! It is your truck... do what you want and follow your dreams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 It is your truck... do what you want and follow your dreams! Will try working with the wood a bit. It shows all three layers: factory silver paint around the edges, primer and then worn down to wood in the middle. Could maybe send it just enough to clean it up and then try preserving with some tung oil. Hey I can always pull it out... cant put it back though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Will try working with the wood a bit. It shows all three layers: factory silver paint around the edges, primer and then worn down to wood in the middle. Could maybe send it just enough to clean it up and then try preserving with some tung oil. Hey I can always pull it out... cant put it back though Just going back to what it looks like currently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Just going back to what it looks like currently... This guy kept the patina on his Land Cruiser, by cleaning with with CLR... then treating with rust converter and boiled linseed oil. I'm thinking that I may try the same. The silver on the bed might contrast with the darker treated rust areas... bed strips will need to be treated, and then if I can preserve and oil the wood. Might look kind of cool and interesting, and be a bit of a time capsule. Then again maybe I shouldn't care about an original wood bed. Just seems like it may be one of the last dinosaurs :) https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachments/d6da03e0-58cc-4ed7-b2e0-8e7569163856-jpeg.1813249/ Preserved Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 This guy kept the patina on his Land Cruiser, by cleaning with with CLR... then treating with rust converter and boiled linseed oil. I'm thinking that I may try the same. The silver on the bed might contrast with the darker treated rust areas... bed strips will need to be treated, and then if I can preserve and oil the wood. Might look kind of cool and interesting, and be a bit of a time capsule. Then again maybe I shouldn't care about an original wood bed. Just seems like it may be one of the last dinosaurs :) https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachments/d6da03e0-58cc-4ed7-b2e0-8e7569163856-jpeg.1813249/ Preserved Cruiser Ken, I’m late to the party but I just wanted to say I think you are on the right track with the boiled linseed oil. My dad is a woodworker so I’ve been around that trade all of my life. Wood is a horribly wrong material to make a truck bed out of, ha ha, but that choice having been made 35 years ago by Ford.... let’s move on... linseed will soak into the wood and then polymerize which is about the best protection you are going to get. Anything that forms a film will wear off and crack as the wood shrinks and swells with humidity. Non polymerizing oils are not very durable and will remain oily and will rub off on whatever you haul. I would suggest leaving the finish as oiled wood so that you can periodically re coat it to maintain it. Naturally keeping the wood dry as much as possible will help it to last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFlareside Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Ken, I’m late to the party but I just wanted to say I think you are on the right track with the boiled linseed oil. My dad is a woodworker so I’ve been around that trade all of my life. Wood is a horribly wrong material to make a truck bed out of, ha ha, but that choice having been made 35 years ago by Ford.... let’s move on... linseed will soak into the wood and then polymerize which is about the best protection you are going to get. Anything that forms a film will wear off and crack as the wood shrinks and swells with humidity. Non polymerizing oils are not very durable and will remain oily and will rub off on whatever you haul. I would suggest leaving the finish as oiled wood so that you can periodically re coat it to maintain it. Naturally keeping the wood dry as much as possible will help it to last. Hey Jonathan! Thanks for weighing in on this. Just last night I was out puttering with a few small spots on the bed. CLR cleared up the inside really well, and it looks like there's could be an interesting color progression on the wood and bed strips from front to back. That said, I hit some spots on the wood with 0000 steel wool, and the colors that ARE left are pretty thin. I'll need to be careful. I did a spot near the tailgate, left of center with a little boiled linseed oil. Freaked out a bit at how dark it looked, but then i sanded on it with steel wool and it lightened up a lot, to a brown tone. Would like to try and keep the silver - primer - wood progression showing, wondering if I'd be better off trying something really clear? Thompsons water seal with no color? Will probably keep working with the BLO. Thanks for the wisdom. Doing my best but not sure what I'm doing :) will post pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Hey Jonathan! Thanks for weighing in on this. Just last night I was out puttering with a few small spots on the bed. CLR cleared up the inside really well, and it looks like there's could be an interesting color progression on the wood and bed strips from front to back. That said, I hit some spots on the wood with 0000 steel wool, and the colors that ARE left are pretty thin. I'll need to be careful. I did a spot near the tailgate, left of center with a little boiled linseed oil. Freaked out a bit at how dark it looked, but then i sanded on it with steel wool and it lightened up a lot, to a brown tone. Would like to try and keep the silver - primer - wood progression showing, wondering if I'd be better off trying something really clear? Thompsons water seal with no color? Will probably keep working with the BLO. Thanks for the wisdom. Doing my best but not sure what I'm doing :) will post pics Thompson's Water Seal is just parafin wax diluted in mineral spirits. It doesn't polymerize, and it doesn't offer much more protection than paste wax, other than being thinned out enough to soak in. Of course this means it won't fill pores to block ingress like Butcher's, Johnson or Liberon paste wax will either. Long term, what you need is something that offers UV protection. Ultraviolet breaks down the lignin that binds hemi-cellulose into wood. The silvery, stringy appearance of weathered wood is due to the lignin being gone, and the cell(ulose) structure being exposed. Often UV is shielded by non-organic pigments (stain), but there are transparent UV blockers available for wood finishing. Finding one that isn't film forming -like Spar Varnish- is a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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