Flooring - Oiled or Laquered?

to my eye oiled looks better but wears quicker, but is easier to patch up and dints etc add to the character, lacquer is harder, shinier, "moderner" and wears slower but could be a PITA to patch (as opposed to refinish) to get the same shiny crisp "aseptic" finish....

JimK

"JimK" wrote

Thanks Jim - just the feedback I was looking for

Phil

pleasure - indeed some friends had the bumpy "hand scraped" stuff in their lounge - IMHO it felt *very* odd under bare foot and looked a bit twee as well - too bumpy to be realistic somehow --- course they thought it was the dogs proverbials but I expect they couldn't accept something that cost them that much could be so ..erm.. unimpressive?.....

we have solid oak glued onto concrete then oiled with osmo hardwax oil

- doing OK considering what gets thrown at it - dogs, kids, etc and not that expensive compared to even some laminates - =A325/m2 incll VAT I paid last time (few years now)

cheers JimK

Yup, oiled is much easier to patch, no need to sand to obtain a key.

JimK wibbled on Friday 30 October 2009 16:38

Agree. I got the Kahrs Oiled and applying a coat of the oil is a piece of piss. It's so little effort that doing it a 6 monthly intervals for an initial period (recommended to build up the surface) is not a problem at all.

In my view, if it's likely to get knocked about, oil is best.

I conclude you have no dogs or kids (or a very large house!) :>))

JimK

JimK wibbled on Saturday 31 October 2009 08:02

Me or the OP?

Why?

you, just cos i've been meaning to chuck another coat of oil over our floors since I did them --several years ago -- but with constant use by untrained/untrainables there's never been a window of opp yet!

What oil do you use and how long to dry?

Cheers JimK

JimK wibbled on Saturday 31 October 2009 11:41

Ah. Yes I have sprogs - that's why I went for oil, like I wax my table. It won;t last as long, but whatever you do will sustain wear (it's impossible to avoid with kids and pets) and the oil as other's have said does rejuvinate well, and easiliy, unlike laquer.

As it's a Kahrs floor, I used the recommended stuff with is this:

You need one of these:

HTH

Tim

JimK wibbled on Saturday 31 October 2009 11:41

Yes I have sprogs. I went for oiled for the same reason I wax my dinig table. It won't last as well, but whatever you do they will sustain damage, so I'd rather have the easy to rejuvinate option :)

The proper stuff for Kahrs (which I have):

You'll need something like this to apply it:

HTH

Tim

Tim W wibbled on Saturday 31 October 2009 12:50

Woops - thought I'd lost the original reply, so did it again. Apparantly not.