Re: [pyrnet] Flooring Problem

["Gordon Crump" <hermit@duo-county.com>]

   Jaimie, your husband is the expert here, but I disagree.  Color
added to linseed oil will produce as dark a shade as desired.
   The linseed oil shade is a good deal darker than the corn oil
stain, therefore it will cover it.  But to be sure, since we don't
know what kind of wood we are talking about, I would take a scrap
piece of wood,  douse it with corn oil, then apply one or two coats of
linseed oil.  That is the acid test.
   I am not convinced that corn oil spread over the entire floor
wouldn't attract wood
eating pests.  I agree the sealant would take care of the top,but what
about the bottom of the wood?  I don't know the answer here.  Maybe
your husband does.
   I would not use any kind of sealant on my floors for environmental
reasons.  But it is a choice many people make.
Hermit


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaimie Mathis" <jaimiemathis@hotmail.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Flooring Problem


>
> Actually, My husband is a Painter and Oils are his specialty. He
wanted me
> to jump in here and say that if you switch to linseed oil or
anything else,
> it will show the paw prints because the oils are different colors.
The best
> thing to do is seal it will a full coat of corn oil and finish it up
with
> some Thompsons Water Seal or other floor sealant. I would hate to
see your
> new floor have permanent paw prints in it.
> Just my Hubby's Professional opinion...
>
> Jaimie & Justin Mathis
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Gordon Crump" <hermit@duo-county.com>
> Reply-To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] outdid Newman I think
> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:34:29 -0600
>
>
>
>     Julie gives good advice.
>
>      There may be another option, though.
> If you like  'Amish floors' like those beautiful
> wood floors you find in their homes, I don't think the corn oil
would
> be noticeable, if you treated  the floors with boiled linseed
> oil (linseed oil and denatured alcohol).  It requires doing perhaps
> three times the first
> year, but is not much of a problem, because the best way to apply it
> is with a clean, mop.  Dip it in the stuff and then spread it with
> the mop.  I would talk with an Amishman or woman to get insider tips
> on applying it and maintaining it. But it would turn the bare wood
> into a work of beauty and solve your corn oil problem at the same
> time.
>
> Hermit in the Woods
>
>
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