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Many thanks for quick replies. Here are a couple of photos: I'd like to restore them completely. Any suggestions as to how to strip them - at the moment I'm scraping them but its fairly slow and very dusty - and what to finish them with. Thanks for all help.

Forgive if this is the wrong forum. I have a few structural timber beams outside about 8"x8" in cross section. They've been gunged up with some sort of black matt paint which is now flaking off and looking really tatty. Most seems easy to remove but as I scrape it off I'm finding some...

thewheelybin, I'd be very grateful to know your experiences. I too had exactly the same problems. Would be interested to know if the "director" Alistair, said he was away on business and that is why communication was a bit stilted. When he acknowledged that he would not be able to deliver by...

Oh "£$%, I've also got an order in with them and have been most un-impressed with their communications. Loads of emails back and forth many of which I've had to chase up. I'm due delivery this week! But just in case, did you get your money back thewheelybin?

Bit perplexed. The buffing block is 7kg. The Victor Europa 400 for example weighs 33kg and has an operating downforce of 32kg (whatever that is ... I assume something like the effective weight in use) with a speed of 230 to 400rpm. Why is the 7kg hand worked buffer more effective in your opinion.

Well, it's been a year and the whole ground floor has been restored. Pine boards in some rooms, parquet in the hall. All sanded and renovated/restored and finished with HWO. Would it be best to clean floors with a barely damp mop using, eg Osmo wash and care or the Blanchon equivalent...

Thanks so much for the time you're taking to help out. Before I saw you'd replied I was on the phone to my sander hire regarding buffers and at their suggestion phoned Bona. I spoke to technical support and they suggested giving it a go with their scrad system and then redo the second layer...

I'm so mad at myself. Spent ages repairing and replacing boards and sanding them really well only to ruin it all with the second coat of HWO. Here's a few pictures. It's worse in reality I think Can I do anything with a buffing machine to even things out and if so which pad.

Thanks for the speedy response, as ever, WYL. If I do remove the offending parts with a bit of white spirit how do I reapply the coloured oil and get it to merge with its surroundings. I'm also wondering whether to apply a final (third) clear coat as strangely the floor seems to have dried...

Having done so well on so many floors I've now messed up and need some urgent help. I did a great job repairing, sanding and filling my living room floor made of pine square edged boards. Yesterday (Tuesday) I applied a first layer of Blanchon golden oak HWO and it looked great. Completely...

Moving on from my succesful parquet restoration .... I'm tackling original floorboards in an Edwardian property. Some of the worst cracked and chopped up boards have been replaced by boards from un-needed but identical boards from upstairs. The ground floor is a suspended timber floor. The...

Many thanks to all for your help over what was a difficult project. When we removed the cheap 80s laminate of our new home we discovered a rather badly maintained and damaged parquet floor, only about 3-4mm thick. Getting hold of wenge strips to replace the worst affected areas was the most...

I'm not sure I'm understanding the Blanchon datasheet for their HWO or the advice on this board properly. I've decided on Blanchon HWO and in particular want to apply golden oak to old oak parquet which we have finished repairing and sanding. Do I simply apply two coats of the golden oak...

Many thanks. That seems to be it. Is there any advantage in going over the floor with a buffer or even burnisher. My whole downstairs will be wood flooring and I was thinking of getting a machine on ebay. Something like a Victor sprite buffer or excel burnisher. Any views if I use the Saicos...