Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Dec 26, 2014 6:58 pm Hi all I know it isn't a nice floorboard but hubby and I are doing an extensive Reno & to keep costs down we want to keep the existing flooring in the old part of the house. Some if it is stained with a mahogany type if colour the rest is polished and has that yellowy Cyprus pine look. Our new extension will be polished concrete. Can anyone recommend a treatment on the existing Cyprus which won't be to dark or yellowy. Appreciate thd help. Re: Sanding & polishing existing Cyprus pine floorboards 2Dec 27, 2014 10:40 am You can go the traditional polyurethane finish but quite a few new floors are coated with Tung Oil which is better for maintenance. Both give a pretty clear finish and it will be the colour of the timber itself that shines through rather than the sealer that you use. Stewie DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Are you going to have the frame exposed or are you cladding it with something. Usually if you are making an exposed frame you would use solid legs around 100x100 or… 3 4612 Iām just in the process of replacing 2 stud walls that have been severely damaged by termites and am planning to use h2 blue pine. I just wanted to if anyone can advise… 0 51950 Hi, as per the subject. Does anyone have any recommendations for the best value decking oil (Bunning is close to where I live) for a treated pine deck? Thanks 0 1247 |