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04-19-2023, 11:30 PM
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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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04-20-2023, 09:02 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
Yep, nothing wrong with painting black with a good enamel. Helps keep moisture/rain from doing its dirty-work.
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04-20-2023, 09:40 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
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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04-20-2023, 09:45 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
Used engine oil works great and offers the added bonus as a air freshener.
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04-20-2023, 10:11 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
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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04-20-2023, 10:48 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
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Not sure floorboards were treated with that …..just painted |
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04-20-2023, 12:44 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Arentino - Before coating the floorboards with used crankcase oil should I add some Marvel Mystery Oil? If so, how much?
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04-20-2023, 02:01 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
I've wondered about using some of the newer heat reflective coatings.
https://insulationcoatings.com.au/wh...ation-coating/ |
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04-20-2023, 02:54 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
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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04-20-2023, 03:18 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Looks like this thread on the information super-highway has taken a dirt road!
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04-20-2023, 03:46 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Used engine oil always contains PCBs and is therefore carcinogenic!
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04-20-2023, 06:46 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Well they used to put waste oil on dirt roads…..before EPA
Does that count?? |
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04-20-2023, 08:32 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Crude oil is still used on roads but in asphalt. Go figure.
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04-20-2023, 11:43 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
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Interesting.... I did all of that with mine! Exactly. |
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04-21-2023, 10:13 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
I used Minwax, stain, True Black. It allows the grain to show, simulating the original look.
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04-21-2023, 12:39 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Ditto recommending Minwax...
Stain is best approach. "Wood Hates Paint"! |
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04-25-2023, 01:44 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
A little late on the uptake, but I too do a black wood stain followed by clear top coat.
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04-25-2023, 04:20 PM
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Re: painting floorboard
Minwax Spanish Brown and top coated with spray Helmsman Spar Varnish. Spanish Brown is basically black. Came out nice.
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04-26-2023, 11:20 AM
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Re: painting floorboard
Use marine board, and a sealing stain of your choice...done and done
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