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.
Tongue oil on pine floors.
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.
Over time this new tung oil will dull down and start to blend in to the original flooring surface.
The 3 4 in thick solid plank flooring shown is milled with a tongue and groove.
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.
Are we satisfied with the pine floors finished with tung oil after two years.
When the installer installed our oak hardwood floor he put several coats of tung oil on it.
This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors.
Pure tung oil oil varnish blends and wiping varnish.
Tung oil when initially applied is shinier than the tung oil around it.
Then wait for a while and repeat it again.
Penetrating tung oil finishes come in three varieties.
This process is no different than that outlined above for spot repair other than the.
I am really confused about the finish.
Eventually you will most likely find it necessary to recoat your entire floor.
We still love the flooring and think it was the best choice for our home and budget.
Another person said water based polyurethane and you recommend oil based polyurethane.
I don t want the floors to turn yellow as they age.
The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists.
We did all the work ourselves and the unfinished pine floors and tung oil were very affordable.
We will be installing pine floors in our new house.