Tung Oil Over Stain Floor

Tutorial on how to use 100 pure tung oil wood finish the right way.

Tung oil over stain floor. This is mainly pointed toward staining before finishing with pure tung oil but will work for other finishes as well. You can use tung oil as a sealer prior to applying the wood stain and as a topcoat. Wipe clean and buff with a soft buffing cloth. Then you will want to use a tung oil based topcoat applied over an oil based stain when you are staining or refinishing your special piece of furniture.

When choosing a tung oil finish versus a polyurethane one consider both the nature of and intended use for the piece. If you want to create a high shine buff the last coat with a fine steel wool pad. There are many ways to stain wood but i am only going to address two in this article. Polyurethane varnish is a film finish that wont allow tung oil to penetrate into the wood the way its supposed to.

Polyurethane offers superior waterproofing and is best for high traffic areas. Tung oil creates a more natural finish and showcases details in and the grain of the wood much better. I have seen several videos showing how to do it the so many ways. Penetrating oil lends the wood a more natural appearance than polyurethane.

When applying tung oil finish you should never do it on a piece of wood to which youve already applied polyurethane even if the product you applied was tung oil polyurethane. Wait at least 12 hours after you apply the oil based wood stain before applying a tung oil topcoat. The most common stain people reach for are products like minwax oil base stain and other over the counter oil stains. Apply stain to the floor with a floor finish applicator as per prooftint instructions.

See list of tung oils that are not 100 pure tung oil below. It was a popular substance that was used to seal hardwood floors before the 1930s but has since been replaced by polyurethane and other more durable sealants. Tung oil is an easy to use transparent finish that is resistant to water most liquids and mildew. Tung oil is a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seeds of the tung tree.

With penetrating oils most hardwood floor repairs simply require an application of a cleaning solution and simply re oil the problem area. He advised us tung oil would be better than urethane because we have dogs and the scratches their nails leave and i clip the nails regularly im a dog groomercould be erased by rubbing the scratch with a cloth dipped in tung oil. Some floors sealed with tung oil still exist in older homes. To tint tung oil add up to 10 prooftint and apply as per the application directions outlined above.