Fred, just a piece of friendly advise. It’s almost always better to start your own thread instead of dredging up an old one. Use the magnifying glass in the upper right corner to do a search on “Refinishing a Stovebolt bed”. Hundreds of threads on that subject.

Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
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USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)