Dave Walsh wrote:
Howdy all,
Just moved into a new house, gotta love it.
Anyway theres alot of the old style floorboards in the house. I dont
know
what varnish/finish the previous owner used but it scratches very
easily.
I'm looking for advice on what would the best thing be to do with
them.?.
Are there any industrial strenght finishes I can put on the boards?.
Someone
mentioned yacht varnish to me...
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
Dave W.

either wax or floor varnish, but never use tinted varnish. Ever.

NT

Are there any industrial strenght finishes I can put on the boards?.
Someone
mentioned yacht varnish to me...

If you want a hard wearing surface and don't mind varnish, use a "diamond"
hard floor varnish. Dulux and Ronseal do versions. They are really very
expensive, but do work. You'll need to remove the existing finish first.
Don't even think about using anything other than "clear". Coloured varnish
looks awful.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:
Are there any industrial strenght finishes I can put on the boards?.

Someone

mentioned yacht varnish to me...


If you want a hard wearing surface and don't mind varnish, use a "diamond"
hard floor varnish. Dulux and Ronseal do versions. They are really very
expensive, but do work. You'll need to remove the existing finish first.
Don't even think about using anything other than "clear". Coloured varnish
looks awful.

Christian.


I'll echo that, we went over out parquet floor with the Dulux Diamond
varnish and it looks great and is still as good now.

Christian McArdle wrote in message
et...
Are there any industrial strenght finishes I can put on the boards?.
Someone
mentioned yacht varnish to me...

If you want a hard wearing surface and don't mind varnish,
use a "diamond" hard floor varnish. Dulux and Ronseal do
versions. They are really very expensive, but do work.

Seconded.

You'll need to remove the existing finish first.
Don't even think about using anything other than "clear".
Coloured varnish looks awful.

You can get a good colour by mixing coloured versions with clear. The
antique pine (which someone said is no longer available?) was a dreadful
orange used neat but good if used well 'diluted'. I tried the same thing
with 'oak' colour once though, and that really was awful, sort of
greenish, you have to experiment. IMO it is an easier way to get an even
colour than staining.

--
Holly, in France.
Holiday home in the Dordogne,
website: http://la-plaine.chez.tiscali.fr

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:01:46 -0000, "Dave Walsh"
wrote:

Howdy all,
Just moved into a new house, gotta love it.
Anyway theres alot of the old style floorboards in the house. I dont know
what varnish/finish the previous owner used but it scratches very easily.
I'm looking for advice on what would the best thing be to do with them.?.
Are there any industrial strenght finishes I can put on the boards?. Someone
mentioned yacht varnish to me...
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

Hi,

'Acid cure' floor varnishes are supposed to be quite good.

cheers,
Pete.

Have a look at the range from Rustins.

http://www.rustins.co.uk/

All good stuff.

BTW - I agree, never use coloured varnish!

Dave

Coloured varnish looks awful.

Holly, in France wrote:
You can get a good colour by mixing coloured versions with clear. The
antique pine (which someone said is no longer available?) was a
dreadful
orange used neat but good if used well 'diluted'. I tried the same
thing
with 'oak' colour once though, and that really was awful, sort of
greenish, you have to experiment. IMO it is an easier way to get an
even
colour than staining.


You can get ok light colours, if not good, and yes its easier than
staining with some woods. The problem is it chips off as it wears and
reveals bright whitish patches, and soon looks truly awful. And getting
every last scrap off before recoating is a whole lotta extra work. Dont
touch it.


NT

wrote in message
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Coloured varnish looks awful.

Holly, in France wrote:
You can get a good colour by mixing coloured versions with clear.
The
antique pine (which someone said is no longer available?) was a
dreadful
orange used neat but good if used well 'diluted'. I tried the same
thing
with 'oak' colour once though, and that really was awful, sort of
greenish, you have to experiment. IMO it is an easier way to get an
even
colour than staining.


You can get ok light colours, if not good, and yes its easier than
staining with some woods. The problem is it chips off as it wears and
reveals bright whitish patches, and soon looks truly awful. And
getting
every last scrap off before recoating is a whole lotta extra work.
Dont
touch it.

I have only used this method with Diamond Coat, putting the 'tinted'
stain on for the first coat, going over it with the clear for the
remaining coats. I can't see why it would perform any differently than a
clear or factory tinted product. Don't know how it performs in the long
run, but it was fine after 3 years in the bedrooms, living room and
upstairs corridor in our last house, with four children running up and
down.

--
Holly, in France.
Holiday home in the Dordogne,
website: http://la-plaine.chez.tiscali.fr