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Old 04-25-2018, 10:37 PM   #3
mr48chev
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Re: Watco Exterior Oil Finish

Never heard of it before but there is a first time for everything.

All I can say about oiled finishes is that my 9th grade wood shop teacher talked me into putting an oil finish on the stock of my Winchester single shot (i only took the bare stock to school) and that was in about 1961 and it still looks great, I wanted to varnish it and he said no you don't and he was right.

Only thing is that if you use a truck as a truck the bed gets skinned up. I think I would do the oil finish and get a mat to put on top of it when you use it as a real truck. Maybe just a piece of used carpet that you can throw in and use and throw away when it starts looking nasty.
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