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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tung oil is excellent for floors and as close as you can get (or better) to a polyurethane for durability and moisture resistance. Tung oil has good drying properties so can be used as a ‘raw’ oil – meaning not polymerized or treated with heavy metals (as ‘boiled’ linseed oil is typically). As a raw oil it needs to go in thin coats and numerous coats. As a raw product it will dry to a matte finish – as a polymerized product it will have a glossier finish. Once the coats have been built up (4-5) the topcoat can be buffed to a shinier finish (high speed buffer – generating a little heat to help oxidize the surface). You can create a polymerized top finish by simply putting tung oil in a glass jar and putting it in the sun. A thin coat is what can be put on sparingly, left to soak in for a bit and then wiped off. A nice thin thin coat can be recoated within 4-6 hours. Avoid heavy liquid coats as they will be a sticky ugly mess.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Initial coats can be cut with a solvent. Ironically turpentine (same basic solvent as citrus terpene) is a little more user friendly than citrus solvents (seems more people develop stronger contact sensitization and reactions to citrus). We use turpentine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tung oil is actually quite toxic as an uncured material and it takes about a week to fully cure (similar to polyurethanes). Linseed oil is added to commercial mixes of ‘tung type finishes’ but it for economy only. It would weaken the finish as make it more prone to discolouration (can blacken).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:80%'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BT","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#F79646'>___________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#66FFCC'>station design<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>&</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#F79646'>millwork</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#00CC99'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BlkEx BT","sans-serif";color:#F79646'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Swis721 BT","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>JOHN SALMEN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:80%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT Condensed","sans-serif";color:black'>4465 UPHILL RD DUNCAN BC V9L6M7 250-748-7672 C 250-246-8541 F 250-748-7612</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:80%;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe Killian<br><b>Sent:</b> November-03-11 9:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] tung oil<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Don't know about mixing with citrus or linseed, but I do know that Tung Oil itself gives a shinny finish like a varnish, not at all like an oil finish (discovered to my dismay after accepting an offer to refinish a good coffee table with Tung Oil).<br><br> Joe<br><br></span><br>On 11/3/2011 8:10 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm interested in your experience with mixing tung oil, citrus solvent and linseed oil for floors. My experience is that linseed leaves more of a shinny coating which sort of replicates typical varnish. Does anyone have suggestions on floor applications? Just tung and citrus? Or is putting a little linseed better?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks!<br clear=all>Gennaro Brooks-Church<br>Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.<br>Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA<br><a href="http://www.EcoBrooklyn.com" target="_blank">www.EcoBrooklyn.com</a><br>22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231<o:p></o:p></p></div><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Greenbuilding mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org">Greenbuilding@bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/greenbuilding_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>