best wood for wood floor

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by TomJohnston

I wouldn't recommend any evergreen types; spruce, fir, and pine are all soft and would get beat up in a big hurry. It makes beautiful sounding guitars though.

NM.

Walnut is spendy to.. dang.

[crakarjax]

Originally Posted by 68Stepbed

For a daily driver, I recommend either red or white oak. You could also use white pine like the factory used and just paint it. DO NOT use yellow pine! It's full of knots and resin.

Why would you not recommend Ash?

[Bubba4spd]

68 Step.....I still think you have one of the best looking steppers around. Great looking bed and good advice too.

[stepside fan]

Ash wood bed finished as original in black with powdercoated skid strips and stainless hardware.

[68Stepbed]

Originally Posted by crakarjax

Why would you not recommend Ash?

I really would recommend it, but he's looking for something economical. I still have the old oak I took out when I restored mine.

[68lwb292]

Anybody ever use cypress I know a guy that works at the sawmill near town and they mostly cut cypress. Just wondered how it would look. I know it holds up forever there are homes around here that are 100s of years old with unpainted and untreated cypress siding.

[68shortstep]

Originally Posted by gkesseru

P.S. : Mahogany is way too soft for a truck bed. All of the furniture woods will eventually rot. My favorite is white oak. They used to use it on docks in this area.
If this is a work truck, pressure treated deck lumber is also a choice. Make sure you have enough room for the boards to swell and contract. Also, make sure you use the same finish on the bottom as on the top. It will reduce cupping.

Been there before with this one. I built decks professionally for many years: Look at the tree's growth rings on the ends of the boards & put them down "bark side up" & they will never cup. Most people want them "prettiest side up" but that's the wrong thing to do.

Bark side up = water runs off.
Bark side down = holds water, because it "cups" with the rounded tree rings, & then it eventually rots.

Look at a deck sometime, ten minutes after it rains. Some boards will be holding water on top of them, and some will look like they're already drying off. Go to the end of the board & look at the tree growth rings.

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by stepside fan

Ash wood bed finished as original in black with powdercoated skid strips and stainless hardware.

OMG that is pure sex.. WOW> love that.

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by stepside fan

Ash wood bed finished as original in black with powdercoated skid strips and stainless hardware.

What did you do to the wood. Just black paint??? More info on that sexyness.

[68Stepbed]

Originally Posted by 68shortstep

Been there before with this one. I built decks professionally for many years: Look at the tree's growth rings on the ends of the boards & put them down "bark side up" & they will never cup. Most people want them "prettiest side up" but that's the wrong thing to do.

Bark side up = water runs off.
Bark side down = holds water, because it "cups" with the rounded tree rings, & then it eventually rots.

Look at a deck sometime, ten minutes after it rains. Some boards will be holding water on top of them, and some will look like they're already drying off. Go to the end of the board & look at the tree growth rings.

That's some good info. I'll be sure to check that from now on. Thanks for sharing that.

[ole red]

Great topic
I got some white oak and was wondering what to put on it to keep it from weathering?