How To Finish Pine Floors With Tung Oil
Tung oil which has a relatively low level of sheen.
How to finish pine floors with tung oil. Tung oil or china wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree vernicia fordii. Lines and streaks in tung oil finish. We have an old home that needed new floors. Incredibly time cpnsuming compared to poly but non toxic and we can apply more as time goaes on or over scratches.
We used 6 coats and its super smooth soft matte finish. Both darken the wood somewhat and impart a rich tone that looks especially attractive on yellow pine. Pure tung oil finish. Through the process i found out there were two types of oil.
We decided to put down pine wide plank floors. Choose either tung oil or boiled linseed 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. We finished our wide pine floor boards that were from a mill same pine we installed on the walls with dark tung oil.
Linseed oil which is tarry and so brings out the grain of the pine. Types of oil commonly used to finish pine floors include. One goes on first and. This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors.
They are very beautiful but the manufacturer had us use tung oil on them. 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. The oil and its use are believed to have originated in ancient china and appear in the writings of confucius from about 400 bc.