Guest guest Posted January 1, 2002 Report Share Posted January 1, 2002 Happy New Year! I forgot to mention that i use cold pressed tung oil- not the petro-extracted stuff available at the hardware store! This stuff is amazing and doesnt have a label on it that says " harmful or fatal if swallowed " Eeeek. Enjoying a quiet, white, new years day in Vermont... Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2002 Report Share Posted January 1, 2002 me again - with a question again! What's 'tung oil'? Thanks Thanks also for telling me about the 'ball' - unfortunately I don't have access to New York TV but it sounds an amazing idea. Happy New Year from Bright and sunny (and freezing) Scotland Ann - Michelle Morton-niyama Tuesday, January 01, 2002 1:35 PM Re: tung oil Happy New Year! I forgot to mention that i use cold pressed tung oil- not the petro-extracted stuff available at the hardware store! This stuff is amazing and doesnt have a label on it that says " harmful or fatal if swallowed " Eeeek. Enjoying a quiet, white, new years day in Vermont... Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2002 Report Share Posted January 1, 2002 We once used tung oil on our newly sanded oak flooring. Looked wonderful. The only problem was we also had a wood stove and it was our living room and we were constantly getting water on it and we really used that room. Found out later that it isnt' good to use straight tung oil on wood unless it's in a less used room. Prolly if we had waxed over it perhaps it would have held up better. We didnt' know. We resanded and used a polyurethane. Once that baby was dry(2 or 3 coats I think)we never had to worry about waxing it again. Just kept the sand off it and made sure we didnt scrape it. Cleaned like a dream. I know you are looking for natural but you will be putting a lot of work in it to keep it natural. I had a little one at the time and didnt' have the time to mess with it. Just some thoughts. -Ilene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2002 Report Share Posted January 1, 2002 howdy There are natural alternatives to polyurethane- which is very toxic... Livos makes a floor varnish called " kunos " which is a polyurethane alternative- very expensive- but works beautifully and smells good. Adding a natural wax to the tung oil will give it a more durable finish, as well- we used tung oil/beeswax/orange EO on the exterior wood of our yurt floor and piers- and it stood up to rainy northern california winters... Michelle - Ilene <soapworks Tuesday, January 01, 2002 10:00 AM Re: tung oil > We once used tung oil on our newly sanded oak flooring. Looked > wonderful. The only problem was we also had a wood stove and it was our > living room and we were constantly getting water on it and we really > used that room. Found out later that it isnt' good to use straight tung > oil on wood unless it's in a less used room. Prolly if we had waxed over > it perhaps it would have held up better. We didnt' know. We resanded and > used a polyurethane. Once that baby was dry(2 or 3 coats I think)we > never had to worry about waxing it again. Just kept the sand off it and > made sure we didnt scrape it. Cleaned like a dream. I know you are > looking for natural but you will be putting a lot of work in it to keep > it natural. I had a little one at the time and didnt' have the time to > mess with it. > Just some thoughts. > -Ilene > > > My Pictures of Aromatic Plants and Exotic Places In Turkey > http://members.home.net/chrisziggy1/triptoturkey.html > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2002 Report Share Posted January 1, 2002 Hi, We searched for an alternative at the time. Not much to be found 20+ years ago. We were at a loss what to do without recovering the floor with carpeting. We felt the polyurethane was the lesser evil both for the chemicals and for keeping it clean. We're stuck in a mobile home at this time,(fortunately it was 7 yrs old when we got it, can barely walk thru a new one) if we ever get in a real house again we will likely go that route. Thanks for the info. Can you tell the ratios to mix the tung/beeswax/orange eo? and how to mx it? I would like to get soem unfinished furniture and finish it in somethign other than petroleum based products. -Ilene Michelle Morton-niyama wrote: > > howdy > There are natural alternatives to polyurethane- which is very toxic... > Livos makes a floor varnish called " kunos " which is a polyurethane > alternative- very expensive- but works beautifully and smells good. > Adding a natural wax to the tung oil will give it a more durable > finish, as > well- we used tung oil/beeswax/orange EO on the exterior wood of our > yurt > floor and piers- and it stood up to rainy northern california > winters... > > Michelle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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