Truck bed wood grain.

[freerobert]

Just watched a YouTube vid, a fellow used wood grain tape and Bare metal chrome. I found a good deal at Walmart, in several colors of wood grain. Will be using on my soon to come 1950 Chevy P.U.

[freerobert]

Ofr course in the bed of said P.U., just in case you did'nt finger it out.

[stavanzer]

Dang!

I was hoping to see photos of the woodgrain on the cab and doors!

 

[NOBLNG]

I am using real walnut wood edging veneer for a truck bed.

Edited September 3 by NOBLNG

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just my personal opinion: I think very fine close-grained wood like basswood makes for a more scale-correct appearance than balsa or some veneers.

For a free source, coffee stir sticks are often made from close-grained wood that looks great for pickup-bed planks, but they have some thickness that may be a deal-breaker for some modelers.

I think it was Sig that used to make beautiful 1/32" close-grained plywood, but I haven't seen it in a long time.

CORRECTION: Apparently it's still available       https://sigmfg.com/products/sigpw001-plywood-1-32-x-6-x-12-3-ply

               1/64" too:    https://sigmfg.com/products/sigpw035-plywood-wingskins-1-64x12x12

Edited August 22 by Ace-Garageguy
punctiliousness

[Deathgoblin]

Done this on my 55 Chevy stepside.    Used Washi woodgrain tape and BMF.  Came out awesome!  

[Straightliner59]

18 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I think it was Sig that used to make beautiful 1/32" close-grained plywood, but I haven't seen it in a long time.

Yes. Midwest makes it, too.

[stitchdup]

starbucks stirrers work great. it only takes a soggy teabag to stain them darker and a soak in white vinegar to age them. this is just duplicolour clear over mud stained stirrers

 

[johnyrotten]

I used coffee stirrers for this bed floor. The fact that some of them are warped and irregular worked out perfectly since this truck is well worn. Light acrylic washes for the staining. 

[Bugatti Fan]

A very fine grained veneer made from Pear Wood is one I have used when I built a model of the wood planked Hispano Suiza H6C.

I think there may be one of two pictures of my model in the thread ' Lets see some scratch built things'. It will give an idea what the pear wood veneer looks like coated with a little button polish. Button polish is a form of Shellac with a slightly golden tint to it, normally used for French Polishing furniture.

[Big John]

Ah, for the days when cigars were wrapped in thin veneers

[maxwell48098]

20 hours ago, Big John said:

Ah, for the days when cigars were wrapped in thin veneers

My uncle Henry was a cigar smoker and I had him save the wrappers for me.  I used them for bed floors, and even the side panels on the original MPC woody kit.

 

A.J.

[my66s55]

I did this very simply. Go on the internet and find wood samples of what you want.Scale them down to what you need. Print them out, glue them in and trim off the excess.

 

[Volzfan59]

What department is the wood grain tape in at Walmart? Hardware, crafts?

[Big John]

Edge banding wood veneers usually have a hot melt backing so they can be ironed on to the side of shelves etc.  Wood working section, probably hardware.

Edited Friday at 07:25 PM by Big John

[Bugatti Fan]

Edge banding wood veneers from the various ones I have seen all have one problem. Wood grain that is way oversized for scale appearance. In 1/25th/1/24th scale 

The wood grain needs to be ultra fine to this type of application. Extremely close grained woods like Pear and Holly for example in veneers would be more to scale in appearance.

[Mattblack]

I used Obeche wood strips on this '40 Ford.

 

[Can-Con]

On 9/4/2025 at 1:27 PM, my66s55 said:

I did this very simply. Go on the internet and find wood samples of what you want.Scale them down to what you need. Print them out, glue them in and trim off the excess.

 

Check this site out. Multiple pics of pretty well every type of wood in every variation available. Pics are of the actual boards and sheets they sell, not just random examples. 

I've been planning to use the pics to print out on decal sheet but my sheets are too old, need new ones before I can do this.

https://certainlywood.com/index.php

A couple example pics, and they have hundreds, if not thousands.

oak,

maple

They even have exotic woods,,

goncalo

paduk

monkey

[Can-Con]

20 hours ago, Big John said:

Edge banding wood veneers usually have a hot melt backing so they can be ironed on to the side of shelves etc.  Wood working section, probably hardware.

I have a couple rolls of that. The glue is almost as thick as the wood itself making it almost useless as is.

SO, how do I get the glue off so I can use it, any ideas to get it off simply and cleanly?

Edited Saturday at 03:52 PM by Can-Con

[peteski]

23 hours ago, Can-Con said:

I have a couple rolls of that. The glue is almost as thick as the wood itself making it almost useless as is.

SO, how do I get the glue off so I can use it, any ideas to get it off simply and cleanly?

I have not tried this but I know that hot glue (one you use in craft glue guns will quickly come of any smooth surfaces after applying some 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to the glue joint. Maybe that will work on the edging, but since the wood is porous, it might not work as well. Then you could try stronger solvents like lacquer thinner or acetone. None of them should affect the wood itself (unless the wood surface has a clear coat). Try it out.

[Big John]

I somewhat withdraw my suggestion, however it is possible to place two strips together back to back and fuse them with a ht iron.

[NOBLNG]

I made a pattern of the bed floor with masking tape, trimmed it and stuck it on some regular paper. Then I colored the paper black with a felt pen and photocopied it. Then I ironed the edge banding onto the paper (black side down) and trimmed it to shape.

[Can-Con]

8 hours ago, peteski said:

I have not tried this but I know that hot glue (one you use in craft glue guns will quickly come of any smooth surfaces after applying some 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to the glue joint. Maybe that will work on the edging, but since the wood is porous, it might not work as well. Then you could try stronger solvents like lacquer thinner or acetone. None of them should affect the wood itself (unless the wood surface has a clear coat). Try it out.

I did try lacquer thinner, didn't go too well.

Didn't think of the alcohol. I have a bottle of 99%, I'll have to give it a try.👍

[oldcarfan]

On 9/3/2025 at 2:04 AM, Bugatti Fan said:

A very fine grained veneer made from Pear Wood is one I have used when I built a model of the wood planked Hispano Suiza H6C.

I think there may be one of two pictures of my model in the thread ' Lets see some scratch built things'. It will give an idea what the pear wood veneer looks like coated with a little button polish. Button polish is a form of Shellac with a slightly golden tint to it, normally used for French Polishing furniture.

You reminded me of something I need to look for! A few years ago I bought some 'Cigar wrapping wood' from Amazon. It was 25 sheets about 3" X 6" and I think they were cedar but they might have been pear wood. Anyway, I packed them away for later and promptly forgot about it. I need to see what happened to them. 

[NOBLNG]

I dug this pic up off a thread here…it looks pretty good to me.😎