Protecting Floor Boards

[BigCal]

Hi everyone,

I'm putting down some recycled floor boards in our house, most of the floor is already boards but there is a section at the back of the house that is yellow tongue so I'm pulling this up and putting down recycled boards so they can all be polished...

Part of the area I'm doing is under the dishwasher and in front of the sink, someone has mentioned I should consider protecting these boards from water damage with something that doesn't have an affect on the finnish of the boards... So I'm just wondering what products would be suitable for this...?

Cheers

[astrid]

What are you intending to finish the boards in?
If your using a two pac this should be fine.

Astrid:)

[BigCal]

Hey Astrid, I hadn't really gotten that far yet either. The boards are cypress pine, My only real requirement in a finnish is something thats relatively easy to sand again and re apply a coat to freshen the floor somewhat, due to a couple of dogs and young children im not kiddin myself that the floors are not going to get scratched...

I was under the impression I should be using something to protect the boards anyway?

[astrid]

OK,
I have baltic pine boards in most of my place except the kitchen and sun room which are ash.
When we first started renovating 15 years ago, we wanted to be eco friendly
and used cabots water based on the 4 bedrooms, bear with me.
When we did the kitchen and sunroom we used Danish oil.10 YA
When we did the lounge and hall we got a pro who did it in a glassy two pac I assume that was 10 years ago.......................






!0 - 15 years later
The bedrooms are sort of OK they dont get a lot of wear.
The kitchen and sunroom are absolute cr ap.
they get heaps of wear
The lounge and hall are nearly new despite 10 years and 3 years of tennants (not brilliant ones either)

I am a traditionalist when it comes to furniture but on floors with dogs and kids, go fot the tuff stuff
This two pac whatever it is will withstand water from sink, dishwasher or even bathroom.
Go for It

Astrid

[Carry Pine]

BigCal,

The beauty of Tung Oil is that you can put as many coats on as you want to (as they did in the olden days with jewelry boxed) and sand back sections that get damaged and coat them again.

Keep away from anything that sets solid like 'E.........l'. Our neighbours did their cyprus floor in that and it split everywhere as the timber expanded and contracted.

Carry Pine

[BigCal]

Thanks guys, Been having a look around the internet this morning for 2 pac products, I don't seem to be able to find many/any on anyones websites...? anyone care to point me in the right direction?

The 2 pac will always be an oil based product not a water is that correct?

Cheers

[Toyboy]

For what it's worth, I always use 'penetrol', which after 3 days or so, can be painted, stained or whatever. This product protects the timber from water damage prior to finishing.
The stuff goes on like 'oil', but as I stated, after 3 days or so, finish how you wish. I use it on external window sills and wet areas and love the stuff. I have played with cypress, which as you know, if left on the ground will rot before your eyes, however with one application of 'penetrol', it didn't even look like it was ever going to rot.
I left 2 pieces, cut from the same plank, out in the yard on a patch of damp ground, and the untreated piece had started to become spongy after about 5 or 6 weeks and was absolutely useless. The treated piece was like new, and that was with one very light application.
The stuff brushes on easily and clean up is with turps.
I am in the process of trying it on fibro, just for the hell of it, which I will place in a bucket of water for a few weeks, so I'll let you know how that goes.....eventually.
The only thing I don't apply it to, is toast. The butter won't soak into the bread properly, and besides, it tastes funny.

[Harry72]

BigCal, your looking for stuff like Wattyl 7008

[BigCal]

Thats for the tips guys, at the moment I'm going to go with "Bona Traffic" 2 pac water based that is supposed to be very hard wearing and it comes in a matt finnish that is supposed to be a very natural look for the timber... sounds good... so that will be my choice unless I read or hear bad things about it in the next week or...

[rsser]

Post a pic or two when you're done BigCal. Be interested to see how it comes up.

[BigCal]

Post a pic or two when you're done BigCal. Be interested to see how it comes up.

Will do, I'll probably post them under another thread... this thread is about my whole project...

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=58984

[johnc]

The flooring at the back of our dishwasher doesn't quite butt up to the wall where the skirting would be if it had any. The gap is deliberate and allows any minor disaster to flood the stumps rather than the plaster and flooring. The rest is whatever the floor bloke put down, after 25 years we replaced the pine lounge floor with hardwood overlay, the finish although a bit marked was still pretty good after all that time. The family area had the same overlay put down ten years ago and still looks almost new, for that reason I've been happy to let a professional do the sealing, its been worth every cent.