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I have chosen a similar route to bed wood preservation. I painted the bottoms and sides with POR-15 like the Mar-K tests and gave two coats of an oil based "antique" stain to the tops. It merely has some gray to it that soaks into the coarser grains and gives it a little bit of an aged look. Form here, I hope that the occasional reapplication of some sort of oil will be all it takes. My truck will always be garaged when not being driven to work and such, and I bet this will last my lifetime with a little elbow grease every year or two. I have treated quite a few wood trailer beds with used motor oil and the owners of the trailers that I bowered them from were always appreciative and said that it helps especially when the trailers are in constant use and/or stored outside.

I think we are onto something here considering that we do not require that glossy show quality bed wood.