Hello all,
I am putting down 200 sq feet of 1/2″ “antique blue pine” flooring.
(purchased from mountian lumber $3.49 sq foot)
I was going to use poly on it, but my wife is talking about a wax finish.
never done wax before.
what about waterlox?
any ideas?
Thanks
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I personally prefer a finish on pine that breathes... but that is me. I absolutely am gung-ho about poly on oak... but on pine... your wife's thinking is more along my line.
Tung oil might me OK on pine (quite frankly, never done it... but on principle I see no problem)... but I would still lean toward a wax. With either finish, the maintenance will be higher. But if you keep up with any trouble spots as they occur... and do a refinish every year... should be able to have a beautiful floor for a long long time.
Depends on the look you want or DW wants, oil and wax give you a more inviting feeling IMHO.
Besides, I'd prefer the smell of wax than poly anytime.
Recently did about 3000+ sq ft of wide plank pine flooring. One room I did (the living room) withTung oil made by Waterlox and it looked good the first day or so but wasn't very durable IMO...The floor got so banged up so easily I was pissed that I used it.
I used a Satin Poly in the kitch and family rooms which is where I'm working now and it sure seems much more durable...and I've been working in there with ladders etc etc.....and barely was in the living room where I used the T.O.
I put down two coats and when I'm done working I'll have the floor screeded and last coated.
The entire upstairs I'm doing the same because I like all the factors and to be quite honest it doesnt look all that different then the tung oil so.........
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Waterlox is great on pine and it would be a good compromise between you and you r wife. [is she a masochist, btw? wax must be renewed every six months or more, depending on use and i assume that she will be the one doing it. if she plans on you rewaxing, adjust me first Q to say is she a saadist?]
The waterlox will give the antigue look you both want
BTW the product name soundslike marketing to me. the blue stains occour in pine killed by the mountain pine beetle. It is arelated to bacterial infection the beetle introduces to the tree. I like it, but many people see it as a flaw. When extreme, it has weakened the structure of the wood, which would render it unsuitable for flooring and unsaleable otherwise, so be sure that you only have light stain streaking and not mottled strong stains.
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Yes my wife is a bit of a masochist, she will be doing the touch ups.
Is applying wax basically pouring and buffing?
thanks
-JWS
Think again -- and then again -- before you go with wax on pine, especially in an area like a kitchen. It will 'white spot' with water and the floor will still stain from things like mud, red wine, blood, Coke, etc. because the wax is only water-resistant, not waterproof.
The biggest problem with wax -- especially on a soft timber like pine -- is that it is very difficult remove every last trace of the wax if you decide to re-coat with anything else.
If you want the look of a waxed floor then use a satin waterbase poly and after it has cured for 10-14 days, rent a buffer and go over the floor with a soft nylon pad [white or brown] to give it the buffed-wax look.
Waterlox is a better alternative, although I wouldn't recommend that in a kitchen either because it also will stain.
IanDG
Edited 3/5/2005 9:07 am ET by IanDG
You don't wax a wood floor with liquid wax. You get cans of butcher's paste wax, get down on hands and knwess and rubbbbbb it in, then buiff.Then becauyse it collestsdirt, you have to get stripper and strip it off eery six months and then wax it again. Touch ups? Don't waste your time.Don't forget that wax is slippery to the point of danger too. Just right for sado-masochists, LOL
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Don't forget that wax is slippery to the point of danger too. Just right for sado-masochists, LOL>>>>I seem to remember something about you and wax and stairs......hmmmm...lol....wasn't it wax?
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