Deck treatment

[smoothie17]

Just curious what most people use to treat the wood decking on their equipment trailers? Used wood stain last time on mine and was thinking about just using used motor oil.

Thanks !!!

 

[GBeck]

just using used motor oil

well no S*** ... that works?

 

[KeithInSpace]

I've put on water seal with a roller. Could use a sprayer, too.

I'd hate to get the oil all over my shoes. And then there's the times you need to haul something home from IKEA...cardboard has a way of sucking up oil like quik-dri. I use my tractor to unload mulch/dirt from my trailer and have traction problems as it is. Don't think the oil would help.

Personally, I wouldn't do the oil thing. Good thought, but lots of drawbacks.

 

[john_bud]

well no S*** ... that works?

Yeah, it works great. Been used by farmers and equipment operators since equipment first started dripping! Mix used motor oil or used hydraulic fluid with diesel (25% or so) and it will penetrate into the wood nicely. It goes in deep and doesn't cause an issue with oily transfer (but I don't transport boxes or other non-equipment things!). Your only cost is for a low nap roller.

jb

 

[Highbeam]

I used woodstain last time left over from a fence project and it looks very nice. It is also an oil though and was slippery at first. I have also added a significant dose of hydraulilc oil to the middle of my wood deck due to an accidental rapid filter removal and after the initial week or so, the oil mess was not slippery.

Perhaps I will try the used engine oil trick. That's a 75% oil to 25% diesel mix, correct? Also the red dye in my off road diesel should add some color! Any harm in using a good ol' paint brush?

 

[Bentwrench]

I have an old trailer I built in '87 and it still has the original wood floor. The only thing I have ever used is used diesel motor oil. This trailer sits outside 95% of the time. Usually give it a good soaking in the late fall since it isn't used as much in the winter and it is soaked into the wood real good by spring.
I just pour alittle on at a time and spread it around with an old push broom.

 

[MarkLeininger]

You can apply whatever you're using with a garden sprayer. I worked for a concrete contractor for awhile, we took all the used motor oil from the trucks and strained it through cheesecloth, then sprayed it on concrete forms as a release agent. Can't see why it wouldn't work on a deck, better at getting in nooks and crannies.

 

[bigdad]

We sprayed our old motor oil on our trencher chains and switch plates on the railroad. We had to stop as the oil is full of carsnagens. We could pour all of the new oil we wanted but the used stuff was forbidden.

 

[Iowachild]

Just curious what most people use to treat the wood decking on their equipment trailers? Used wood stain last time on mine and was thinking about just using used motor oil.

Thanks !!!

Pennsylvania crude oil works great, but it's hard to get outside PA!

 

[treefarmer391]

Just picked up a new CAM Superline 18' Warrior with hemlock deck. Used some old Cupernol clear #20 and topped it off with a thinned out leftover Cabot grey deckstain.