Browse Forums General Discussion Re: cracking between floor boards- is this normal 36Jul 24, 2011 9:59 am donnam Southies- can you tell me more about tung oil. The floor guy the other day was not giving it a good rap at all. How did it hold up and how was the maintainance? Well I am soooo surprised by his comment ! We loved it. Maybe he should have been more specific about why he wasn't happy with it We opted against p/u because of the 'splitting' issue & particularly because of the need to RE-SAND & RE-POLISH after a few years $$$$$ We had the flooring in our family room which was under daily attack by 3 primary-aged kidlets. We certainly wanted something that would withstand that kind of punishment. With tung oil, the high traffic areas just got duller & duller over time, though no scratches. It meant that we needed to apply tung oil to those areas every year to bring out the shine, again. But this was a matter of only dipping a string mop in a bucket of tung oil & slopping it on the required areas - 1 hour to dry & VOILA! a new floor. Just like washing the floor. We certainly did not need to do the entire floored area, just where it was required. Very easy process & certainly cheaper a totally stressless as opposed to re-sanding & re-polishing the entire area I would DEFINITELY use tung oil again, if given the choice. Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: cracking between floor boards- is this normal 37Jul 24, 2011 12:28 pm Wow, that's certainly good to hear, Southies!! We were strongly swayed away from using oil-type of coatings. We were told that they will show your foot prints (I guess if you walked bare-foot, which we actually never do), and that it would remain oily for quite some time and a nuisance to upkeep as every year we'd have to remove all the furiture in order to re-apply it, etc, etc, heaps of negative stuff. Obviously, solvent-based P/U is a no-no for new floors ... so we went with water based ... Anyway, my stairs are nothing like these guys told me it would be. In fact, they look as if there is a shiny thick coat of P/U!! But I'm pretty sure that it is indeed tung oil. Which would be great so that I can rejuvenate them where needed (although with stairs, it would be easier to re-apply to the whole step, not just where it's worn out). My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: cracking between floor boards- is this normal 38Jul 24, 2011 1:02 pm Lex We were told that they will show your foot prints (I guess if you walked bare-foot, which we actually never do), and that it would remain oily for quite some time and a nuisance to upkeep as every year we'd have to remove all the furiture in order to re-apply it, etc, etc, heaps of negative stuff. Quote: Anyway, my stairs are nothing like these guys told me it would be. In fact, they look as if there is a shiny thick coat of P/U!! Quote: Which would be great so that I can rejuvenate them where needed Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 1105 Yes, get a builder, make sure he is experienced and a registered building practitioner 5 9312 |