[Second Series]

I put 2 coats of stain on all surfaces, and 2 more on the top surface. Finally 1 coat of polyurethane on the top surface, mainly to keep any pigment from leaching onto anything I put in the bed. I don’t know if that could happen, but I did that anyway. Reason for not covering all surfaces with polyurethane, the wood needs to breathe. The original design of wood planks and bed strips accouted for the expansion and contraction of the wood from humidity. I probably should have just used plywood since this is a panel truck. Plywood was used in suburbans to keep road dust out of the passenger area. I read about the 1 Qt. Boiled Linseed oil and 1 oz. Lampblack mixture, but looking at the original wood that is still black, I think there was a lot more lampblack, it is a solid black.