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Originally Posted by HenrytheWound
Many thanks for the details. I think your bed wood still looks great. My 60 is all patina'd and has lots of dings in the inner bed so I don't need my bed wood to stay looking pristine. I got red oak because that's one of the common options in the bed wood kits, I hope it lasts a while. Anything will be better than the rotted and missing (original) wood the truck came with. You also did the bottom in the same oil?
I bought steel bed strips from Mar-K, they need to be painted. What did you paint yours with? I can't decide what color I want to go with since the truck was blue but is now mostly rust-colored. Anything new and shiny looks out of place on this truck.
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Bottom was initially treated with same number of coats as the top... I think six or seven, but that's propably in my first couple posts. Anyhow I've never done anything to the bottom since, the bottom looks perfect, still nice and yellow.
I did my bed strips with spray on white rustoleum I do belive I primmed them first. I did the whole innner bed with regular canned rustoleum and an, I think a used a combination foam roller and foam applicator for tight spots. Again probably stated in one of the top posts. I think I did a bed touch up with an applicator a couple times when I did oil maiint.
I also did i write-up here about installing replacing bed wood as a one man job. How I painted is in this thread link below.
https://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vbo...d.php?t=712823
getting new bedwood installed is a happy day if yours is rotted out.
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