Teak Oil On Pine Floors

Twelve of the finishes labeled teak oil and sold as uv resistant are oil that is mineral oil linseed oil tung oil or oil varnish blend.

Teak oil on pine floors. The problem with oil and wax finishes is that they can t be built up thick enough to be effective. Besides tung and linseed oil it often contains a resin which might be alkyd derived from plants or a synthetic plastic such as polyurethane. How to apply teak oil. The wood can be re oiled.

Dust and grit are the worst on oil coated wood floors as they act as an abrasive serving to remove the oil coating and leave your wood flooring exposed. I have recently looked at a pine floor in a new house and the home owner asked if i could put tung oil on pine floors instead of poly she told me that she had read it in a magazine and that it said to wipe the tung oil on then wipe it off. As is always the case it is important to make sure that the surface you will be treating is free of any dust and debris. It is not an ideal choice for certain types of wood.

Then wait for a while and repeat it again. It can make gluing together wood difficult. Besides its oil to solvent ratio and the composition of its oils teak oil differs from danish oil and other compound oil finishes. There is a chance that it can affect the wood s color.

One briwax is wiping varnish. Technically teak oil isn t a true finishing oil but a wiping varnish. One first mate marine is wax.