Toughening up reclaimed pine flooring

[CharlesLevy]

Hi,

Hope you can help. We stripped back the floors upstairs and coated them with a hard wax oil. It looks great, and the colour is developing nicely, but it dents and scratches easily. We're now working on downstairs and have ordered some reclaimed pine to match, but wonder if it is possible to toughen up the finish?

Does something like ronseal diamond hard work?
We were looking at Bona Traffic HD but have now been told that this won't make much difference. Is that right?

If possible we would like a Matt finish, but would a gloss finish be stronger, or just show up the dents more and be harder to repair?

Suggestions would be very gratefully received. I feel a bit lost on this one.

Thanks!

 

[Chri5]

Pine is a soft wood.

Hence why hardwood flooring sells. You have to accept a certain amount of the distressed look when living with pine.

I seen some turned over and relaid pine it looked beautiful, but three years down the line it looks tatty in my eyes.

I'd suggest runners and mats of high foot traffic areas like the hall way and as for the general floors buy a rotary floor polisher and just accept that bi yearly you will need to top up the finish with a decent wax.

Varnish and top coats do work, but they get damaged and are not as easy to repair as a wax coat.