Bed Wood question-Boiled Linseed Oil, Or?

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Originally Posted by jeffahart

You could probably put the wood(yellow pine) in unfinished and use it between 5-10 years based on your location and be fine. But who want's to look at ugly unfinished wood, or replace every 5-10 years. I just tossed out some OSB that was covering my rotted bed wood. It had been back there about 8 years, was still in pretty good shape. Lots of abuse and no finish... looked like crap, but was still sturdy(a testament to the glue in OSB). It's why I don't get to hung up. But I do want it to look decent and last a bit.

I agree. It did last a long time originally. Most of my original boards are serviceable except for rot on the rear ends. So I guess for a truck that is actually going to be used for a truck a good sealer with UV protection that could be recoated annually, like I do my deck, would give a lot of years of service to my bed. The truck lives inside most of the time anyway.

Tom