Cypress Pine Floors - Dream of natural, matt floors but what to use??

[jessytiger]

Hiii

Sorry if i'm posting in the wrong place, my first hour on the forum. I'm trying to upload some photos of our floors to show you...

Please help. I can't sleep I'm going crazy dreaming, researching, obsessed with what to do with our blooo&&&& floors!

Currently - very burnt orangey colour in high gloss poly finish - gross. Looks plastic and shiny. They are being sanded on monday and we are on a budget so have decided to finish the floors ourselves, but we can't decide what to do.

I would like: totally matt, natural looking floor. Don't mind scratches/ aged look/ wear and tear. Like it to be a bit rustic and lived in looking. We have kids and dog.

I don't love cypress pine, can anyone please try and change my mind because we'll be living with it for the rest of our lives.

I've narrowed down the choices to;

-Tung Oil - but which one, there seem to be a million types

- Treatex Hardwax oil matt

-Synteko rub in hardwax oil in matt

- Trek Plus 15

- Osmo oil

- Or paint the whole house white/ or bleach/ gentle limewash/ pickle

- Or stain the floors slightly darker to hide the knotty look (then worry about our golden retriever who sheds a whole duvet full of fluff every day)

Can anybody helelllllllllpppp me?

Can anyone show me cypress pine floors like ours in various different finishes so I can really see what they will be like? All the floor people I've called don't seem to be able to do this?????

Thank you so much in advance :))))

[watson]

G'day to you Jessytiger,
I reckon you would be better served on our sister forum Renovate Forums (http://www.renovateforum.com)
We have a specific FLOORING forum over there with working floor tradies giving specific advice on problems like yours.
You'll have to register again there, but once you have, just copy and paste your query over there.