This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors.
How to finish wood floors with tung oil.
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.
When applied to a raw surface the oil hardens to protect and add luster to the wood.
After sanding and cleaning the wood surface to remove any previous finish spread the oil along the grain pattern using a clean lint free rag.
Oiled floors are very easy to take care of as when scratched all you need is to reapply the tung oil.
Penetrating tung oil finishes come in three varieties.
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.
But tung oil is the.
There are a few downsides to tung oil.
There are definitely spots where there is more wear.
And the waterlox brand have finishes that are more like varnishes than oils but are suitable for floors.
Lastly while all finishes can be damaged with tung oil any damage is easily repaired.
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.
Cleaning it requires a solvent which can partially dissolve the wax layer.
You should not use a pure oil finish on a floor as it will have no water resistance.
Avoid walking on your newly finished floor for at least a week.
Tung oil has been used on boat decks for years and is now becoming a popular wood floor finish.
Danish oil is a mixture of tung oil and varnish which though considered a penetrating oil sealer has many different properties from natural and hard wax oil finishes.
The tried and true true oil varnish is really meant for furniture but is truly non toxic.
A natural glow one of the outstanding qualities of natural oil and though to a slightly lesser degree hard wax oil finishes is their ability to enhance the natural.
Pure tung oil oil varnish blends and wiping varnish.
Remember however tung oil will not shine like finishes that coat the wood.
If you must venture across it lay down paths of waxed.
Floors having tung oil finishing have a layer of wax which protects the finishing.