Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Hi everybody: Tung oil is very good. I use it when I refinish furniture. It gives a real smooth, hard durable finish. My coffee table, which is maple, was used for some of the grandkids to eat on for Christmas. Nary a scar or any evidence--still shinny. Only had 16 on Sunday for dinner and 10 on Christmas. I sincerely wish all of you a prosperous, healthy, happy and blessed New Year. I may watch the 'ball' come down and on New Years day my family gets together and we have " speckin dickin " , an old family tradition that came over from Germany when my grandparents came to the US. Only now it isn't as happy an occasion as it used to be for me. My younger sis, that passed away a year ago, always hosted the big event. I miss her so very, very much. As has been said--there will always be happy memories and I have many pictures that I have taken for several years to remind all of us of the good times we had. Life does go on and I feel blessed for each and every day and a big thank you to all of you for all the help you have shared with me. Right now I think I will go get my 'calming spritz' and continue cleaning house. Blessings and lots of love, Effie Michele at Home <mbrantner Monday, December 31, 2001 11:46 AM Re: Carnuba Wax For Hardwood Floors ... >Tung oil does give a good finish, I just hate using it! It gets all sticky >all over your fingers/gloves/whatever you are using. But does give a nice >pretty shine when dry >-- > > > " Michelle Morton-niyama " <lakshmi > >Sun, 30 Dec 2001 22:31:35 -0500 > >Re: Carnuba Wax For Hardwood Floors ... > > >Hey >What fun! > >Most of the commercial waxes are solvent extracted and still stinky... > >When my husband and I built our yurt that we used to live in- we bought this >snazzy all natural stuff called livos to finish our floors with - it was >great but expensive... so for the other surfaces we experimented... >Tung oil is great- and we added orange and rosemary oils to thin it and add >to the protective qualities. >I have wood floors in our new(old) house and will soon be experimenting with >this very thing... >the livos stuff was linseed, beeswax rosemary and orange oil and some >minerals for hardening... >I will most likely do some tung oil(although it stinks a bit- at least it >isnt chemical..) Some other oil(even olive), beeswax, orange and rosemary >eos- these floors are maple and the oil on them makes them almost >iridescent! I was thinking of adding some other butter, too... >Have fun! >Michelle > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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