How To Protect Wood Trailer Floor

Prepare the wood by dusting off any dirt or debris.

How to protect wood trailer floor.

Step 1 oil whenever the wood feels dry. To protect the trailer floor at the underside hardwood laminated floors are available with a black undercoating applied to the bottom side of boards. Diesel and hydraulic fluid really help preserve the wood but you might not like the initial smell once soaked into the boards it is not slippery. If a dab of oil is rapidly step 2 clean off dust and dirt.

A couple coats of oil can protect wood for years but this depends greatly on the oil and environment so check regularly. It features an open top cargo area typically lined with wooden floorboards and is pulled by a motorized vehicle. This will lead to worn out scratchy splinter giving and all round nasty enclosed trailer floors and walls. The right oil will soak into the wood s pores keeping the wood strong and slowing absorption of water that can cause rot.

This should steam the moisture out of the wood and leave the grain looking more even. Undercoating is a thin layer of latex paint that helps to avoid direct contact between water and wood surface. Look at any backhoe or equipment trailer for well preserved wood where the fluids drip. Seal the wooden floor on a utility trailer to protect it.

Cover the stain with a towel and and press an iron on low heat on top of the towel for a few seconds. I spray the deck and the underside twice a year. A 10 dollar pump sprayer and a gallon goes a long way. Remove the iron quickly to avoid burning.

The wooden surface is often susceptible to becoming marred or tarnished over time depending on the contents of a load. Think of it like flud flim on steroides. Using borax and diesel to treat wood allows do it yourselfers to protect their lumber with ingredients that are readily available and easy to use. Outside of industrial uses rubbing in oil is the most common way to preserve wood.

Add one and one third cups borax to one quart of water in a metal mixing container. This coating can degrade during the service life of the trailer. Protecting the wood the best way to protect the wood is to add a protective layer coating it in all areas where it will be hit.