Trailer deck staining

[bbqfan5909]

Power washed decking and applied some used motor oil with a roller. Thought it turned out well.


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[gonehuntin]

Nothing like used motor oil to preserve the wood on trailer boards . Been using it for years.

[Beargrizzly90]

How well does that hold up? I’m about to replace the boards on my trailer.

[cashcropper]

Sweet!

[gonehuntin]

How well does that hold up? I’m about to replace the boards on my trailer.

Have a Gooseneck trailer that I bought in 2001 still with the original, non treated pine 2x8s. Boards still in great shape. I have rolled on at least 10 gallons of old diesel oil on the boards over the years.

[Beargrizzly90]

Thanks. Going to give this a try.

[Big_gun]

does the oil on it make it slick when wet?

[Acameron52]

Never heard of this before but going to give it a try On one of my flat beds soon

[Cru80]

guess I have never thought about that!

[gonehuntin]

does the oil on it make it slick when wet?

It can be a little slick in spots until all the oil is absorbed into the wood or on a very hot day some off the oil may leach out of the wood a little. It takes a lot of oil to saturate a pine board. I retreated my deck boards last year and very little oil would soak in.

[Quackerbox]

I always apply on a hot day when it stays sunny for a few.

We have a treated floor trailer that's easily 15 years old that's had oil poured into it

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[WTucker]

I know a couple guys in the oilfield that do it with crude oil cut with diesel. They swear by it.

[Dale Moser]

Regular pine, pressure treated, or does it matter?


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[Ouch]

Man, this is good info. Seems like my Depression-era granddad would have taught me this little gem, but it's news to me.

[gonehuntin]

Man, this is good info. Seems like my Depression-era granddad would have taught me this little gem, but it's news to me.

This is where I learned this from, Grandpa used to make us brush that stinking oil on all his trailers ever summer when I came to visit. Never realized he was teaching me something useful.