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I was wondering if anyone knew what GM used on the Southern White Pine and steel bed strips. It seemed to be black in color. Is it simply a paint or some kind of coating?
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I Don't know, but I'm using a standard black semi-gloss on the rails and inner bed sides and tubs.

Tell you what I did: Black rustoleum semi-gloss from a can with a roller on the wood and black semi-gloss from a spray can on the rails. I wanted it to look a factory effort. curt

Go to Mar-Ks website, they did testing on quite a few different combinations of stains, clear cote, black, clear, etc. The best results were 3 coats of POR-15 black with 3 coats of Baehr (UV inhibiting black enamel paint) After 3 years all of the clear coats were coming apart but the black combo was still going strong. I just did my pine with Chasis saver satin black 3 coats, and am getting ready to do the UV inhibiting baehr from home depot. Then install with polished Stainless steel hardware and rails. I think it is going to look great and hold up as well. Kieth

ps I bought my wood locally for $56.00, did the dido work myself, saved a lot of money...

originally norm before you were born they used pine tar and boiled linseed oil and in later years to black paint
pine tar should be avail at livestock supply dealers
ron

pine tar may have been used early on, but it won't result in the "jet black" finish seen on bedwood - the finish used on the post-war wood was lineseed with "lamp black", the same coloring pigment still used in rubber products

Bill

Did they do the same thing for GMC ?

which is basically the same as paint
ron