[Greenbuilding] Need a Floor Refinishing Product Recommendation

[Frank Tettemer]

Hi Benjamin,

Sorry; I wasn't very clear.
To be clear, I wasn't referring to any urethane finish; neither water 
based nor oil base is suitable for my liking. Either one requires boxing 
up your goods and moving out of the house before sanding and refinishing.

I would prefer an oil finish, preferably tung based, that requires 
wiping onThin coats, building up the coats, and topping it with a 
carnauba/beeswax floor polish. Then the polish takes the wear, and can 
be re-applied periodically.

If it waxing maintenence gets away on you, and the wax and the oil wears 
through, on stairs and corridors, then it needs refinishing. No need to 
sand. This involves deep scrubbing, to remove all dirt, grease, etc.. 
Then the oil finish is reapplied, super thin coats. Many coats later, 
and you are ready to top coat with wax again.
Just as annoying, but at least you don't have to strip or sand before 
refinishing.
Same treatment for hardwood furniture, turned wooden bowls, jewelry boxes.

Here's a good quality wax finish: 
http://www.eco-house.com/product-category/natural-wood-finishes/wax-finishes/.

I have furniture that needs re-oiling every half dozen years or so. Our 
maple flooring has been re-coated with three coats once, since the first 
application of eight coats about twenty years ago.
Kitchen cabinets are cherry and maple, and have been wiped down and 
re-oiled a few times in two decades. Same goes for wooden bowls.

Reuben, I don't know Osmo. Product of USA?

Gennaro, tung oilships from Lee Valley Tools, 
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=20051&cat=1,190,42942 This 
has directions for controlling the gloss of the finish.
This is the Tung oil, to mix with the above tung oil sealer 
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=20050&cat=1,190,42942

Frank


On 13/05/2015 2:08 PM, Benjamin Pratt wrote:
> Frank's point about stripping is very interesting. I am surprised that 
> the water based products require this, since, at least on furniture, 
> you can lightly sand the urethane and it will take more coats easily.  
> If ore stan is required, wouldn't you have to sand off oil based poly 
> as well? Can you elaborate?
> Thanks
>
>
> b e n j a m i n p r a t t
>
> professor art+design
> the university of wisconsin stout
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com 
> <mailto:9watts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Osmo Hardwax Oil?
>
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