Our downstairs area is a wood floor and i have used Osmo clear oil on it in the past. I have just done it again as it needed redoing. I will also have a whole new load of flooring to oil when my extension is finished.
Anyway i was talking to the oak framer about oiling the oak frame and floors and he said don't buy the expensive wax oils, just use a basic linseed oil from somewhere like tool station. He seemed to think the oak needed oiling every so often for the floor (say 2 yrs) and so it was more cost effective to use the linseed oil.
What do you reckon. Has anyone used a simple oil to see how long it lasts compared to the wax oils ?
I have just run out doing my floor today and i had the area under the sofa to do only. So i just bought a small bottle of linseed oil and have finished it off that way. It looks exactly the same as the Osmo oil. I will wait to see how it dries. It won't get any wear in this area as it will be covered over, but i may just go for the new area of flooring in this linseed oil later in the spring when the extension floor is down.
I am assuming the wax oil is a tougher oil than the linseed, but it would be good to see first hand the difference because longer term you could save a lot of money. We have mostly wood floors downstairs and the big bedroom is now wood floor. I am going to do my office in wood flooring as well. So oiling all this is going to be pricey at £75 a 2.5l tub of Osmo oil. Prob need 3 tubs every 2 years. 5l linseed oil at toolsation is £28. So £225 v £56 every 2 years.
Anyway i was talking to the oak framer about oiling the oak frame and floors and he said don't buy the expensive wax oils, just use a basic linseed oil from somewhere like tool station. He seemed to think the oak needed oiling every so often for the floor (say 2 yrs) and so it was more cost effective to use the linseed oil.
What do you reckon. Has anyone used a simple oil to see how long it lasts compared to the wax oils ?
I have just run out doing my floor today and i had the area under the sofa to do only. So i just bought a small bottle of linseed oil and have finished it off that way. It looks exactly the same as the Osmo oil. I will wait to see how it dries. It won't get any wear in this area as it will be covered over, but i may just go for the new area of flooring in this linseed oil later in the spring when the extension floor is down.
I am assuming the wax oil is a tougher oil than the linseed, but it would be good to see first hand the difference because longer term you could save a lot of money. We have mostly wood floors downstairs and the big bedroom is now wood floor. I am going to do my office in wood flooring as well. So oiling all this is going to be pricey at £75 a 2.5l tub of Osmo oil. Prob need 3 tubs every 2 years. 5l linseed oil at toolsation is £28. So £225 v £56 every 2 years.
