Prepping A Floor For Tung Oil

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.

Prepping a floor for tung oil. Thinking of using pure tung oil for your next project. My youtube library. This will help with your diy project with hardwood floors. Chemical strippers vs heat gun.

This process is no different than that outlined above for spot repair other than the. Tung oil dries in a few days and can be put in moderate service. Cut the pure tung oil with mineral spirits paint thinner citrus solvent or turpentine. 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.

Learn how to use and apply half half pure tung oil and citrus solvent to your wood floors. Follow this easy beginner s guide from real milk paint and start your new project today. Tung oil when initially applied is shinier than the tung oil around it. Haven t been tortured enough.

How to finish a floor with pure tung oil tutorial. Start with a ratio of one to one. Including tips for application number of coats to use what not. Tung oil does not fully cure or harden dry all the way through for 30 45 days.

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. Rub on a generous portion of thinned tung oil in an out of the way area. It s okay to put your project in service once dry but you should refrain from heavy use until hardened. When the installer installed our oak hardwood floor he put several coats of tung oil on it.

Tung oil as a woodworking finish what it is. Eventually you will most likely find it necessary to recoat your entire floor.