Tongue Oil On Pine Floors

How to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial.

Tongue oil on pine floors.

If you are looking for the cliff s notes version then the answer is yes. We will be installing pine floors in our new house. Pure tung oil oil varnish blends and wiping varnish. 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.

Another person said water based polyurethane and you recommend oil based polyurethane. This process is no different than that outlined above for spot repair other than the. Someone recommended just tung oil. When the installer installed our oak hardwood floor he put several coats of tung oil on it.

Are we satisfied with the pine floors finished with tung oil after two years. We did all the work ourselves and the unfinished pine floors and tung oil were very affordable. 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. Over time this new tung oil will dull down and start to blend in to the original flooring surface.

The tongue and groove pine flooring must run perpendicular to the floor joists. This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors. I am really confused about the finish. The 3 4 in thick solid plank flooring shown is milled with a tongue and groove.

Tung oil when initially applied is shinier than the tung oil around it. I don t want the floors to turn yellow as they age. We still love the flooring and think it was the best choice for our home and budget. 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.

Eventually you will most likely find it necessary to recoat your entire floor.