Hello, I am new to the forum, and would love some advice.
I am rejuvenating a house my dad built many years ago, so this project is close to my heart. My next project to tackle is the floors. They are wide plank pine floors from the property, that I am 97% sure were originally finished with boiled linseed oil. There is a 2% chance that Danish oil was used and a 1% chance thye just were waxed, but my dad used boiled linseed for everything inside and out. The floors were then waxed every few years with bowling ally paste wax.
Most places they are in pretyy good condition outside of a few high traffic areas. After redoing much of the drywall and 40 years of dust, I was looking for the best way to clean them up. My thought was to take off the top layer of wax and that would get any dirt/dust that stuck in it out too, maybe condition the floors with some linseed or danish oil, then rewax.
SO, my quetions:
-How do I remove some or most of the current wax, is doing a small rub of danish oil after a bad idea? I was thinking mineral spirits. (my dad used to just use this spinning brush tool)
-Is it a good/bad idea to rub some linseed oil or danish oil into the wood after removing some/most of the wax
-Is there a better way?
I am familiar with building and finishing floors with poly and finishing furniture with oils, but I am not used to the older style of waxed floors.
I am rejuvenating a house my dad built many years ago, so this project is close to my heart. My next project to tackle is the floors. They are wide plank pine floors from the property, that I am 97% sure were originally finished with boiled linseed oil. There is a 2% chance that Danish oil was used and a 1% chance thye just were waxed, but my dad used boiled linseed for everything inside and out. The floors were then waxed every few years with bowling ally paste wax.
Most places they are in pretyy good condition outside of a few high traffic areas. After redoing much of the drywall and 40 years of dust, I was looking for the best way to clean them up. My thought was to take off the top layer of wax and that would get any dirt/dust that stuck in it out too, maybe condition the floors with some linseed or danish oil, then rewax.
SO, my quetions:
-How do I remove some or most of the current wax, is doing a small rub of danish oil after a bad idea? I was thinking mineral spirits. (my dad used to just use this spinning brush tool)
-Is it a good/bad idea to rub some linseed oil or danish oil into the wood after removing some/most of the wax
-Is there a better way?
I am familiar with building and finishing floors with poly and finishing furniture with oils, but I am not used to the older style of waxed floors.
