Trailer Deck Waterproofing

[Old_Coot]

[size 2][font "Comic Sans MS"][black]I just finished coating the new wood in the bed of my new "Big Bubba's" trailer and it's 1/2 inch plywood side boards. I coated it with simple Thompson's wood preservant. I use the more expensive stuff with UV protection. Water on wood is bad over time but no where near as bad as sun. I put 2 coats on a week apart and plan to do a coat each year.

I use the stuff on the 3/8 inch wood seats of my Gregor boat and am getting absolutely No warping and ALWAYS beeds up water. I am very impressed with the stuff. I do the boat seats once or twice a year. They are pretty well saturated now.

What origanialy got me liking the stuff was from putting on an expensive intracite wooden bird feeder. I gave it a new coat each fall. 15 years later ... (almost) as good as new! [/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]My advice ... if you do plan to use Thompson's, cut your wood to fit, then seal the edges with a lot of coating, then attach your wood to the frame then coat the rest of the exposed wood.[/black][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black]It's easy and cheep (relativly).

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