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Default questions about waterlox tung oil for old oak floors


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I'd like to rejuvenate and protect our floors with Waterlox tung oil. I
would prefer not to sand the floors. I've been told that just rubbing
the Waterlox tung oil with a fine steel wool pad should work miracles
on our floors.


There are some pretty strong opinions on this group about not using
straight oil (tung or boiled linseed) on wood floors without some other
film-forming finish on top, usually polyurethane.

That being said, I have heard of it being done over in Europe. Ping
Andy Dingley on this group...he's got the queen's English and he might
be able to verify that. (Or shoot it down, too...)

I've never tried it, so I can't comment on that part. But what I
_will_ comment on is the steel wool part. Never, not for any reason,
love or money God or country, use steel wool to refinish a wooden
floor. Tiny shards of wool will catch in the wood and get left behind,
where they will rust and stain. Only use steel wool where you have a
perfectly seemed, perfectly smooth surface. A wooden floor is not this
type of surface.

Good luck with whatever you choose!