Tongue Oil On Pine Floors
Another person said water based polyurethane and you recommend oil based polyurethane.
Tongue oil on pine floors. I have recently looked at a pine floor in a new house and the home owner asked if i could put tung oil on pine floors instead of poly she told me that she had read it in a magazine and that it said to wipe the tung oil on then wipe it off. Over time this new tung oil will dull down and start to blend in to the original flooring surface. We will be installing pine floors in our new house. The 3 4 in thick solid plank flooring shown is milled with a tongue and groove.
This process is no different than that outlined above for spot repair other than the. Someone recommended just tung oil. He advised us tung oil would be better than urethane because we have dogs and the scratches their nails leave and i clip the nails regularly i m a dog groomer could be erased by rubbing the scratch with a cloth dipped in tung oil. Pure tung oil oil varnish blends and wiping varnish.
Then wait for a while and repeat it again. This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors. I don t want the floors to turn yellow as they age. Are we satisfied with the pine floors finished with tung oil after two years.
Eventually you will most likely find it necessary to recoat your entire floor. Tung oil when initially applied is shinier than the tung oil around it. To keep the wide boards from cupping you ll face nail them with cut nails driven through the subfloor and into the joists photo 18. How to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial.
They all share the benefits that tung oil imparts to a finish durability water resistance resilient hardness and color stability depending on how much of the oil they actually contain and what form it takes. I am really confused about the finish. If you are looking for the cliff s notes version then the answer is yes. The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists.
We still love the flooring and think it was the best choice for our home and budget.