We moved into a house that has old oak floors, in good shape. The floors have some water stains, mainly white, but some black ones too.
The previous owner covered the floors with carpets, but the owner before may have applied wax to the floor. I'm no sure. In any case, no wax has been applied for at least nine years. I don't think there is any kind of finish on the floors, but being completely ignorant about wood, I might be wrong.
I'd like to rejuvenate and protect our floors with Waterlox tung oil. I would prefer not to sand the floors. I've been told that just rubbing the Waterlox tung oil with a fine steel wool pad should work miracles on our floors.
I've taken some pics of our floors and have put them at:
3) What should we clean the floors with before applying tung oil? They haven't been cleaned in nine years having been covered up most of that time. I don't want to do further water damage to the floors.
Thanks for any advice.