Hey everyone,
We are in the process of renovating our victorian terraced house and have sanded the floors on the ground floor which are old pine boards. We obviously need to seal them but i order to keep them light we would like a completely clear varnish/laquer/oil in order not to colour the boards at all. We have tried Osmo Clear Matt Oil which turns them quite orange, Bona Mega Clear with Primer which makes them look quite yellow and dulux diamond glaze clear with primer which also turns it quite yellow. Both the bona and the dulux say you can use them without the prmer and just do 3 coats in which case it colours it far less but everyone i have spoken to says this is a bad idea and you should always use primer, which makes sense as it seems to be much better sealed when you do.
I appreciate there is going to be a certain amount of colouration when you seal the floor but all of the options we have tried make it very yellow or orange neither of which look very nice. We could obviously stain it darker but would prefer to keep it as light as possible. Can anyone recommend any products that we could try to keep the lightest, most natural matt finish or is this just not possible if you want to seal it properly?
Thanks so much,
Dave
We are in the process of renovating our victorian terraced house and have sanded the floors on the ground floor which are old pine boards. We obviously need to seal them but i order to keep them light we would like a completely clear varnish/laquer/oil in order not to colour the boards at all. We have tried Osmo Clear Matt Oil which turns them quite orange, Bona Mega Clear with Primer which makes them look quite yellow and dulux diamond glaze clear with primer which also turns it quite yellow. Both the bona and the dulux say you can use them without the prmer and just do 3 coats in which case it colours it far less but everyone i have spoken to says this is a bad idea and you should always use primer, which makes sense as it seems to be much better sealed when you do.
I appreciate there is going to be a certain amount of colouration when you seal the floor but all of the options we have tried make it very yellow or orange neither of which look very nice. We could obviously stain it darker but would prefer to keep it as light as possible. Can anyone recommend any products that we could try to keep the lightest, most natural matt finish or is this just not possible if you want to seal it properly?
Thanks so much,
Dave