How to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial.
How to finish pine floors with tung oil.
Because the tung oil is absorbed into the wood you aren t chipping or scratching a finish so it s not as noticeable to begin with.
Linseed oil which is tarry and so brings out the grain of the pine.
The beauty of finishing floors with tung oil is that those scratches and dents seem to recede into the imperfections and variations of the wood.
Both darken the wood somewhat and impart a rich tone that looks especially attractive on yellow pine.
This leaves the pine with a more natural appearance.
Choose either tung oil or boiled linseed oil.
One goes on first and.
Through the process i found out there were two types of oil.
We used 6 coats and its super smooth soft matte finish.
We finished our wide pine floor boards that were from a mill same pine we installed on the walls with dark tung oil.
Tung oil which has a relatively low level of sheen.
Pure tung oil finish.
We have an old home that needed new floors.
Types of oil commonly used to finish pine floors include.
This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors.
The oil and its use are believed to have originated in ancient china and appear in the writings of confucius from about 400 bc.
Lines and streaks in tung oil finish.
They are very beautiful but the manufacturer had us use tung oil on them.
Tung oil or china wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree vernicia fordii.