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I've heard about a 50/50 mix of diesel and used or new motor oil. I'm going to try some on my flat bed trailer. I have 20ft Flatbed with 2ft dove tail. Last summer the wood was 3 yrs old and starting to check badly. I made a mix of used motor oil and diesel thin enough to spray out of a cheap 2gal sprayer. The first coat I put on, the wood was dry by the time I got from one end to the other. Over a couple of weeks, I put on approx 3 gal Contrary to belief, the deck is not slick.
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Used motor oil, sprayed or rolled. On anything other than new wood, haven't found it to be slick.
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Used motor oil or diesel fuel, or a combination of the two.
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Farmer I worked for in high school and college had us treating the boards on his semi scale and a few creek bridges with used motor oil at the end of every summer.
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Boiled Linseed Oil, allowed to though ally dry well, and if you want sprinkle some sand over the surface for non slip, helping to allow dry!
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Boiled Linseed Oil, allowed to though ally dry well, and if you want sprinkle some sand over the surface for non slip, helping to allow dry! $16/qt of BLO or 2gal of used motor oil and 1 gal of diesel, $5. It’s a trailer deck not a gunstock.
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hyd. oil works good also . I use a roller and do it once year. got 20 yr out of one trailer and still good
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hyd. oil works good also . I use a roller and do it once year. got 20 yr out of one trailer and still good Good lord. We go thru 1000’s of gal a year at work. Send it out by the 325gal totes. Never even crossed my mind.
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hyd. oil works good also . I use a roller and do it once year. got 20 yr out of one trailer and still good I hauled a small tractor with a broken hydraulic line on it for a neighbor. It leaked all over my flatbed so I went ahead and used it on the entire deck. It still looks good and was about 15 years ago. I have never touched it up but the trailer is stored in the barn so it is seldom outside in the elements.
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