The pine will develop a slightly darker patina with age and exposure to light.
Tung oil pine floor.
Cut the pure tung oil with mineral spirits paint thinner citrus solvent or turpentine.
Instead of installing pre finished floors or using polyurethane we chose to finish unfinished yellow pine with pure tung oil.
Tung oil is a hard drying wood oil that provides a lustrous and beautiful finish.
Start with a ratio of one to one.
We finished our wide pine floor boards that were from a mill same pine we installed on the walls with dark tung oil.
And in the two years we ve been living with these floors we have received hundreds of questions about how they are holding up.
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.
Incredibly time cpnsuming compared to poly but non toxic and we can apply more as time goaes on or over scratches.
Rub on a generous portion of thinned tung oil in an out of the way area.
No sanding is required between coats either.
Apply the oil in several coats one after another till you get a uniformly glossy surface that stays glossy for 20 to 40 minutes.
Mar 3 2017 how to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial.
Using the 1 part pure tung oil to 1 part thinner apply the same way as the first application with a brush or sponge mop.
Stain it or leave it natural and topcoat it with an oil or varnish.
Most people prefer a clear oil finish.
Best of all tung oil and low voc finishes made from natural proteins can also be refreshed with new coats without stripping.
So always thin pure tung oil in floor applications and wipe off the excess.
Then wait for a while and repeat it again.
Our tung oil is 100 pure and of the highest quality you ll find.
While polymerized tung oils dry faster than pure ones a tung oil floor usually takes 30 days to fully cure and should be treated carefully for the first few months.
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We used 6 coats and its super smooth soft matte finish.
When the installer installed our oak hardwood floor he put several coats of tung oil on it.
It s all natural food safe and creates a matte finish.
It resists marring penetrates well and is environmentally friendly.