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dubman67
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 Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:20 am Post subject: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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Installing the hoops and wood slats in my double cab for the canvas bed cover. Do you guys stain the slats? What color? Was thinking just natural.
Thanks
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Braukuche
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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| dubman67 wrote: |
Installing the hoops and wood slats in my double cab for the canvas bed cover. Do you guys stain the slats? What color? Was thinking just natural.
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I just rubbed mine with teak oil.
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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The Bus enthusiast and professional woodworker who made my bed slats for my '59 DC pressure treated the cut/shaped slats in a tank and suggested an occasional run with a rag soaked in tung oil.
Bill Bowman
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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I had some hoop slats made from local English Oak. I used a satin Decking Oil.
I chose it because it's for outdoor flooring, so copes with some wear and resists water sitting on a horizontal surface. The brand was Barrettine, but I'm in the UK - not sure if that brand is available in the US.
Most of the outdoor weatherproofing oils that I looked at were only designed for vertical surfaces where the water will run off, rather than sit on the surface.
I also filled any knot-holes in the timber with epoxy resin to stop water getting inside the timber. I stained it with a black dye that enhances the knots. The resin flowed in to the knots that ran through the timber and filled them.
This is what it looked like before I sanded it back and applied the decking oil...
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dubman67
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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| The Bus enthusiast and professional woodworker who made my bed slats for my '59 DC pressure treated the cut/shaped slats in a tank and suggested an occasional run with a rag soaked in tung |
Your double cab is beautiful!
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dubman67
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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I had some hoop slats made from local English Oak. I used a satin Decking Oil.
I chose it because it's for outdoor flooring, so copes with some wear and resists water sitting on a horizontal surface. The brand was Barrettine, but I'm in the UK - not sure if that brand is available in the US.
Most of the outdoor weatherproofing oils that I looked at were only designed for vertical surfaces where the water will run off, rather than sit on the surface.
I also filled any knot-holes in the timber with epoxy resin to stop water getting inside the timber. I stained it with a black dye that enhances the knots. The resin flowed in to the knots that ran through the timber and filled them.
This is what it looked like before I sanded it back and applied the decking oil...
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Never heard of Barrettine in the US, but we'll have an equivalent (Thompsons water seal). Thanks for the tip!
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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| BulliBill wrote: |
| The Bus enthusiast and professional woodworker who made my bed slats for my '59 DC pressure treated the cut/shaped slats in a tank and suggested an occasional run with a rag soaked in tung |
Your double cab is beautiful! |
Hi dubman67,
Thanks for the compliment! If you want to see the build thread, click here:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=545000&start=0
My bed slats are holding up nicely, although when I haul a load it sits atop a few inexpensive Harbor Freight quilted shipping blankets just to be safe. And pretty much every Spring I give the tops of those slats a light wipe with a small rag full of Tung oil. I have a low profile all-metal Brazilian tilt and cover that I can drive into my garage without removal from the DC, but I have the factory bows and a tilt/cover. I'll need to get wood slats made for those factory bows someday, anyone have the correct dimensions of a slat handy (length, width, thickness)?
Bill Bowman
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I'm looking for these license plate frames from old Volkswagen dealerships for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
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hitest
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Wood slats for double cab canvas bed cover - what color stain? |
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I was mostly concerned with what might leach out and stain my (future) canopy- so I went with Minwax Polyurethane (2 coats).
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