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How to finish pine floors with tung oil.
They are very beautiful but the manufacturer had us use tung oil on them.
How to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial.
Tung oil which has a relatively low level of sheen.
Tung oil or china wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree vernicia fordii.
Through the process i found out there were two types of oil.
Both darken the wood somewhat and impart a rich tone that looks especially attractive on yellow pine.
This leaves the pine with a more natural appearance.
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.
Lemon or walnut oil which are considered specialty oils and may be more expensive.
Types of oil commonly used to finish pine floors include.
We have an old home that needed new floors.
Pure tung oil finish.
We decided to put down pine wide plank floors.
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 used 6 coats and its super smooth soft matte finish.
We finished our wide pine floor boards that were from a mill same pine we installed on the walls with dark tung oil.
This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors.
The oil and its use are believed to have originated in ancient china and appear in the writings of confucius from about 400 bc.
Lines and streaks in tung oil finish.