painting floorboard
 

I did a search and found lots of different opinions on painting the floor boards. My car will never be judged but I do not want bare plywood either, so it will be painted black, since I have a reproduction rubber floor mat, it will not show anyway.

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Yep, nothing wrong with painting black with a good enamel. Helps keep moisture/rain from doing its dirty-work.

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There could be many suggestions on this topic. In the past I have used 2 coats of Ebony Stain and three coats of spar varnish (sanded between coats). While you are at it why not add a heat baffle to the underside of the floor board to keep the exhaust pipe heat out of the car. My heat baffle is a small sheet of aluminum from Home Depot and 1 in. stand offs to provide an air space between the aluminum sheet and the plywood. Have fun with it. Ed

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Used engine oil works great and offers the added bonus as a air freshener.

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Originals were treated with a black preservative. I don't think I ever saw this anywhere, but I think a common preservative back then was creosote.

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I think it was called Gilsonite which is a asphaltum product
Not sure floorboards were treated with that …..just painted

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Arentino - Before coating the floorboards with used crankcase oil should I add some Marvel Mystery Oil? If so, how much?

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I've wondered about using some of the newer heat reflective coatings.


https://insulationcoatings.com.au/wh...ation-coating/

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Sorry but used motor oil is not an “air freshener “ to me.
U must have some really bad stench in your car!!
Cadaver left there a few weeks?!!

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Looks like this thread on the information super-highway has taken a dirt road!:rolleyes:

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Used engine oil always contains PCBs and is therefore carcinogenic!

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Well they used to put waste oil on dirt roads…..before EPA
Does that count??

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Crude oil is still used on roads but in asphalt. Go figure.

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Interesting.... I did all of that with mine! Exactly.

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I used Minwax, stain, True Black. It allows the grain to show, simulating the original look.

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Ditto recommending Minwax...
Stain is best approach.
"Wood Hates Paint"!

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A little late on the uptake, but I too do a black wood stain followed by clear top coat.

JayJay

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Minwax Spanish Brown and top coated with spray Helmsman Spar Varnish. Spanish Brown is basically black. Came out nice.

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Use marine board, and a sealing stain of your choice...done and done