new wood floor, but oiled or laqured?

[happyhero]

Hi i am very interested in laying a new wood floor in my house, so I went to a shop the other day and after thinking that the polyurathane laqured type looked nice, the guy in the shop showed me some oiled solid wood which got me all confused again.

He said he has oiled in his house and when I asked him why he chose that he said it looked classier to start with. He said that any marks are easyier to get rid of by re-oiling whereas laqured will show the scratches easier and be harder to get rid of.

I think I like the oiled now but putting oil on wood sort of makes it a little wet doesn't it? So wont it get dirty looking easier?

Then again the laqured wood will just slowly dry out in a centraly heated house whereas oiled should be in better condition being fed with oil from time to time wouldn't it?

Can someone guide me which is best, pro's and con's for each, your experiences, any help or guidance appreciated.

 

[noseall]

Hard Wax-Oil.

absolutely effing brilliant stuff. tough stuff, is not an oily finish and will not attract dust and does afford you an invisible repair or patch up where neccessary.

i am very impressed with the stuff.

this is what i used.

 

[Symptoms]

Happy - oil, easy to apply & maintain.

 

[WoodYouLike]

I think I like the oiled now but putting oil on wood sort of makes it a little wet doesn't it? So wont it get dirty looking easier?

Then again the laqured wood will just slowly dry out in a centraly heated house whereas oiled should be in better condition being fed with oil from time to time wouldn't it?

Can't really follow your line of thought? Oil makes the floor wet, lacquer will dry slowly?
HardWaxoil, as recommended by Noseall dries within 8 - 10 hours (lacquer I thought too?), second coat, applied within 48 hours, dries in the same time. Dirty looking? Depends on your preparations, both for oil or lacquer: clean room gives the cleanest finish result.

Give me an oiled floor every time! HardWaxOil is much easier to apply than lacquer - much more forgiving to minor application errors, small damages are much easier to repair - you can even sand locally and applying a new coat locally without ending up with a 'patchy' floor, and when applying maintenance on a regular base (lacquer floors do need maintenance too!) an oiled floor enhances in beauty

Just my 2p (personal and professional)