Fresh pine skirting that I don't want to paint with gloss, but also don't want dark wood, nor them turning orange, but want them light and the wood grain showing through. Need to be protected, since it's skirting. Was thinking liming wax after a previous post, chippy then recommended instead an oil. For either, would they then need varnishing? Or any other suggestions?
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In my experience they will go "orange" if you use any transparent coating. I am not aware of any clear coatings that have sufficient UV inhibitors to prevent the oranging.
I don't think that liming wax will work very well with pine. The grain isn't deep enough to hold the liming wax. You might want to consider applying a white colour wash (eg, really diluted white emulsion) and then applying a clear varnish over the top.
I don't think that liming wax will work very well with pine. The grain isn't deep enough to hold the liming wax. You might want to consider applying a white colour wash (eg, really diluted white emulsion) and then applying a clear varnish over the top.
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