Truck Bed Divider Art

[Old_Norm]

Wow that is really nice, If only I could draw, my stickmen are ashamed of me lol

Agreed.

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[24MavPuy]

Thought I would share the 2”x10” I stained and painted as my truck bed divider. There’s plenty of functional, sleek and barebones versions out there but I decided to make mine a touch more feminine. I did a charcoal stain, sketched out peonies (mom’s favorite flower), etched out (with Dremel), hand-painted the gold color inlay and then satin clear coated the board. 🤍

That's a lot of Dremel time. The results are truly striking. Kudos!

 

[SleepySin]

That's a lot of Dremel time. The results are truly striking. Kudos!

Thanks for the kind words!!

 

[24MavPuy]

Agreed.

Art is in the eye of the beholder.
I like.

 

[Dad]

Never ceases to amaze me the lengths people go to in customizing their Maverick! Fantastic!

 

[Guardian]

I wish I was as creative as the folks on this forum!! But I am not so I bought a Last Boks Truck organizer off ebay. It is designed to stay near the tailgate opening and can hold a variety items. Check it out. www.Last-Boks.com

 

[sprubs]

really nice work there.

do you sand the board down really well first? it looks like there are some rough spots not near your art. I understand these boards are ultimately going to get beat up anyway but if you were interested in at least initially having the stain go on a little more evenly you might have to do some serious sanding on home depot type 2 bys. Ask me how I know

 

[kjammer]

Thought I would share the 2”x10” I stained and painted as my truck bed divider. There’s plenty of functional, sleek and barebones versions out there but I decided to make mine a touch more feminine. I did a charcoal stain, sketched out peonies (mom’s favorite flower), etched out (with Dremel), hand-painted the gold color inlay and then satin clear coated the board. 🤍

I’m sure your artistic accomplishment would be in demand from other Mavericks if you offered them for sale. Very tasteful.

 

[SleepySin]

really nice work there.

do you sand the board down really well first? it looks like there are some rough spots not near your art. I understand these boards are ultimately going to get beat up anyway but if you were interested in at least initially having the stain go on a little more evenly you might have to do some serious sanding on home depot type 2 bys. Ask me how I know

Thank you!

I sanded it from 120 down to 220 grit with an orbital palm sander and freehanded the curved corners before moving to dremel work. doing multiple coats of stain. I wanted to retain some transparency as I love the wood grain and wanted to highlight the textures and knots so I didn’t want a heavy deep stain.

The dremel work was done with a common dremel (would love to get the narrower attachment so it’s not so cumbersome) and experimented with a couple bits that my husband had in the kit. It was my first time using it so there was a tony bit of trial and error but I think it came out ok. The negative (dremeled out) spaces were painted gold with a paintbrush, surface re-sanded to remove any over spill of gold and then doing multiple coats of stain. I wanted to retain some transparency as I love the wood grain and wanted to highlight the textures and knots. A few coats of satin clear to seal it in and voila!

 

[SleepySin]

I wish I was as creative as the folks on this forum!! But I am not so I bought a Last Boks Truck organizer off ebay. It is designed to stay near the tailgate opening and can hold a variety items. Check it out. www.Last-Boks.com

Oo.. nifty idea! I probably would’ve made it from wood and made the bottom glide across the truck bed. The possibilities are endless!

 

[SleepySin]

Never ceases to amaze me the lengths people go to in customizing their Maverick! Fantastic!

Thank you sir

 

[SleepySin]

Art is in the eye of the beholder.
I like.

I love that!

 

[sprubs]

Thank you!

I sanded it from 120 down to 220 grit with an orbital palm sander and freehanded the curved corners before moving to dremel work. doing multiple coats of stain. I wanted to retain some transparency as I love the wood grain and wanted to highlight the textures and knots so I didn’t want a heavy deep stain.

The dremel work was done with a common dremel (would love to get the narrower attachment so it’s not so cumbersome) and experimented with a couple bits that my husband had in the kit. It was my first time using it so there was a tony bit of trial and error but I think it came out ok. The negative (dremeled out) spaces were painted gold with a paintbrush, surface re-sanded to remove any over spill of gold and then doing multiple coats of stain. I wanted to retain some transparency as I love the wood grain and wanted to highlight the textures and knots. A few coats of satin clear to seal it in and voila!

Makes sense. I just like to complain about home Depot lol!

 

[Luthinator]

I love what you did as well. I'm not much of an artist. You got me thinking. I may just do regular boss but burn them and seal it.

 

[Old Ford Guy]

I wish I was as creative as the folks on this forum!! But I am not so I bought a Last Boks Truck organizer off ebay. It is designed to stay near the tailgate opening and can hold a variety items. Check it out. www.Last-Boks.com

thanks for posting this, it is a good looking elagant solution to stuff sliding around in the bed.

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