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<blockquote data-quote="DrDave" data-source="post: 303450" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>I redid our smaller trailer a few years ago, both dealing with rust issues and replacing the factory floor in it. I used a do-it-yerself bedliner kit for the interior of the trailer and the exterior surfaces that were getting rock-chip from the truck. I used a rust-prep on the rust-pocked metal that converts iron-oxide (rust) into a zinc-oxide coating (galvinization) before covering it. I also coated the supporting angle iron. I used 2x8 green doug fir. I was told that one of the best ways to keep the floor from rotting out was to NOT butt the boards up to each other, so that moisture wouldn't be held in those spaces....air flow was important to allow for drying. After the wood had been in the trailer for a couple of months, and summer heat had hit, I cleaned the trailer out, let it dry for a few days, and used an oil-based deck stain to treat the wood. I've got my mats screwed down to the floor with lag-screws to prevent slippage</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDave, post: 303450, member: 5096"] I redid our smaller trailer a few years ago, both dealing with rust issues and replacing the factory floor in it. I used a do-it-yerself bedliner kit for the interior of the trailer and the exterior surfaces that were getting rock-chip from the truck. I used a rust-prep on the rust-pocked metal that converts iron-oxide (rust) into a zinc-oxide coating (galvinization) before covering it. I also coated the supporting angle iron. I used 2x8 green doug fir. I was told that one of the best ways to keep the floor from rotting out was to NOT butt the boards up to each other, so that moisture wouldn't be held in those spaces....air flow was important to allow for drying. After the wood had been in the trailer for a couple of months, and summer heat had hit, I cleaned the trailer out, let it dry for a few days, and used an oil-based deck stain to treat the wood. I've got my mats screwed down to the floor with lag-screws to prevent slippage [/QUOTE]
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