Hello all
After repairing our uncovered pitch pine parquet floor using reclaimed blocks I'm now at the sanding stage and thinking of the finish. I will fill with filler gel - is there any difference between the brands? (I'm thinking of using Jenkins.) Lacquer v hard wax oil has been debated on here many times and I think I'll go with hard wax oil. Again, is there a huge difference between brands as I was thinking of using Fiddes? For the hard wax oil I just need a clear finish i.e no colour stain.
I'm hoping to keep the wood as natural a colour as possible but someone else on here mentioned their pitch pine parquet had an orange tinge to it and were recommended to use softwood lye to lighten it. I think ours is the same but I have no knowledge on this product and how it is used - can anyone enlighten me? (sorry pun not intended.)
Finally, the room is approx 11m2 - so I think I'll need a 1L filler gel but what about the quantities of hard wax oil and the softwood lye?
Any advice/suggestions gratefully received.
Matthew
After repairing our uncovered pitch pine parquet floor using reclaimed blocks I'm now at the sanding stage and thinking of the finish. I will fill with filler gel - is there any difference between the brands? (I'm thinking of using Jenkins.) Lacquer v hard wax oil has been debated on here many times and I think I'll go with hard wax oil. Again, is there a huge difference between brands as I was thinking of using Fiddes? For the hard wax oil I just need a clear finish i.e no colour stain.
I'm hoping to keep the wood as natural a colour as possible but someone else on here mentioned their pitch pine parquet had an orange tinge to it and were recommended to use softwood lye to lighten it. I think ours is the same but I have no knowledge on this product and how it is used - can anyone enlighten me? (sorry pun not intended.)
Finally, the room is approx 11m2 - so I think I'll need a 1L filler gel but what about the quantities of hard wax oil and the softwood lye?
Any advice/suggestions gratefully received.
Matthew