Cleaning Danish Oil from wood floor

Ader1

I have this pine wood floor in the house which I had sanded and this going doing the sanding suggested putting Danish oil over it. He said it was widely used. However, it looks terrible in that it continuously looks dirty when walked over. I've been told it doesn't dry hard enough and not really suitable for floors. Does anybody here have any knowledge about this? I've been trying to clean it up using a paint stripper and white spirit and scotch brite cleaning pads but it's very difficult to totally clear. I am thinking that maybe I'll have to sand again but the Danish oil penetrated into the wood might be difficult to remove due to it clogging up the sand-paper. Does anybody have any advice? Thanks.

Ader1

Well it's obviously doing to be difficult.

Private_Church

Ader1 wrote: »

I have this pine wood floor in the house which I had sanded and this going doing the sanding suggested putting Danish oil over it. He said it was widely used. However, it looks terrible in that it continuously looks dirty when walked over. I've been told it doesn't dry hard enough and not really suitable for floors.

Danish oil is still used fairly widely for kitchen worktops but there are better products around.As for using it for floors well I've never known anyone use it and I've been in the industry for over 30yrs. You would never put it on pine anyway because it would soak in to the timber very quickly and would take numerous coats of oil to achieve a uniformed shine. Also with all the wear and tear on a floor it would wear through within no time.

There are some good products out and some of the OSMO ones are good and you could try Dulux Diamond Glaze which gives a really hardwearing finish . I'm not sure if they do a spirit based one but the water based on on a pine floor will make the floor feel slightly rougher so you would need to very lightly sand the floor after the first coat has dried .The first coat will seal the timber and the 2nd coat when applied will be the finish coat which you won't need to sand.

Does anybody here have any knowledge about this? I've been trying to clean it up using a paint stripper and white spirit and scotch brite cleaning pads but it's very difficult to totally clear. I am thinking that maybe I'll have to sand again but the Danish oil penetrated into the wood might be difficult to remove due to it clogging up the sand-paper. Does anybody have any advice? Thanks.

I would think it will need re-sanding after being left to fully dry but I would phone your local branch of Brewers , Trade Paints or similar and ask advice.

Ader1

Thanks for the advice.