Linseed oil and polyurethane are each well-liked wooden finishes. Linseed oil is pressed from flax seeds, while polyurethane is a petroleum-based product. Each produce a high gloss finish on wood and are considerably porous. Boiled linseed oil is more usually used as an undercoat end on wooden because it circumstances the wooden while a high coat capabilities to seal within the moisture. Nevertheless, linseed oil can be used as a top coat with polyurethane in a course of often known as a “French Polish” where it capabilities as a padding lacquer to use a new finish over an old one.

Things You’ll Want
Rolled pad of cotton cloth

Examine that the polyurethane finish has not been heated and isn’t tacky to the touch.

Roll a smooth, clean cotton cloth right into a pad that can match into your fist. Take away any free threads or pilling from the pad.

Soak the underside a part of the pad in boiled linseed oil. Saturate pad with linseed oil but do not let it drip.

Apply the pad to the wood surface, utilizing a rocking movement of your hand and wrist. Apply more linseed oil to the pad, and stroke the wood floor till all the surface has been polished with the boiled linseed oil. Let the linseed oil dry for 24 hours.

Repeat the entire software process 4 extra instances, letting the wooden dry for 24 hours in between each boiled linseed oil utility. Polish the wooden floor to a high shine with a dry, cotton cloth.

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