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oldandtired · 09-18-2016, 07:05 AM

If you want to drive the vehicle and not have to worry when someone steps onto the running board and twists their foot as they enter the cab to sit down, I would recommend that you use one of the quality spray-on bed liners. They come in everything from the really rough texture Rhino to a relatively smooth finish like Linex. I do not know which year vehicle you are working on, but I believe the 35-37 pickups were pretty much just black running boards. POR is amazingly durable for a gloss black, but it seems like the early POR was not UV friendly...perhaps they make a UV resistant formula now. If you use POR, be careful because it is the Dickens to clean up if you spill some.

09-18-2016, 07:05 AM	#7
oldandtired Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edgefield, SC Posts: 829	Re: What to use for truck running board paint? If you want to drive the vehicle and not have to worry when someone steps onto the running board and twists their foot as they enter the cab to sit down, I would recommend that you use one of the quality spray-on bed liners. They come in everything from the really rough texture Rhino to a relatively smooth finish like Linex. I do not know which year vehicle you are working on, but I believe the 35-37 pickups were pretty much just black running boards. POR is amazingly durable for a gloss black, but it seems like the early POR was not UV friendly...perhaps they make a UV resistant formula now. If you use POR, be careful because it is the Dickens to clean up if you spill some.