Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Mar 26, 2013 8:52 pm Hi I have just purchased an older house with Cypress Pine Floorboards. Most of the house has never being polished.. only the kitchen and sunroom. I'm looking at polishing all of them in a satin finish... though have had different opinions on the water or oilbased products. I do have a small dog (10kilos) I don't like the orange/yellow look.. I would like them as natural looking as possible. Thoughts....??? Evy Re: Cypress Pine Floorboards - Waterbase Satin Or Oil based 2Apr 11, 2013 8:46 am The floor polisher we used to use recommended Tung Oil for all the floors we sent his way. It lets the timber breathe and if you do scratch the floor a simple mop over with the sealer is all it took to bring the floor back to looking good. Poly you generally have to sand the whole floor and re-coat again. Stewie Re: Cypress Pine Floorboards - Waterbase Satin Or Oil based 3Apr 11, 2013 10:28 pm Both Water based and Hardwax Oils are non-toxic and non-yellowing. Personally on Cypress I prefer the hardwax oils as they are very warm look and compliment the knotty look of the boards quite well. Having said that the lightness of the water-based finish is quite a feature with Cypress Re: Cypress Pine Floorboards - Waterbase Satin Or Oil based 4Apr 12, 2013 7:09 pm Most of the polishes dont recommend the Water based or tung oil and they aren't hard wearing and they state that the water base will still yellow over years Its really confusing... I think I may be doing Poly in a satin Re: Cypress Pine Floorboards - Waterbase Satin Or Oil based 5May 06, 2013 10:29 am Well I've been back to some of the jobs we installed 12-15 years ago that had Tung Oil used on them and they haven't yellowed or discoloured at all. Brushbox for two of them, two that were Spotted Gum and one that was mixed hardwood. The owners all loved the Tung Oil. Stewie Re: Cypress Pine Floorboards - Waterbase Satin Or Oil based sati 6May 06, 2013 1:51 pm I used to use a beeswax base polish. Remember though, that pine naturally yellows/darkens/gets more orange with age; you need to use a finish with a uv-blocker to retain the lighter blond tone if you are getting a reasonable level of natural light on the floor. Edit: the colour change is a slow process. It takes years. HD Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ 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 10970 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1921 Hi We are building in the Hunter Valley, our soil test is H1, our builder has advised us they need to have a letter signed for Fair Trading as the new drainage standard… 0 3540 |