Just bought a property with a solid wooden floor.

the condition of the wood is great however the finish is tired and worn

without doing a full re-sanding job is there anything I can do short-term?

any wax etc?

ideas welcome

this is the floor a few years ago.

Light Wire wool then osmo oil. Mine (18 mm oak) looked unbelievable after it was done. Still the best money we spent in the house.

Hard to tell what finish is on there. Any idea whether it’s a water based lacquer or an oil-based finish? (This is very important for what you can do next.)

Mine was originally a uv oil (?) finish dd. Is that a standard finish? It took the osmo well, obviously wouldn’t have if it was a varnish or similar?

A UV cured oil is just an oiled finish (usually lots of very thin coats sprayed on) that’s cured quickly using UV in a factory wrightyson. It’s a pretty standard finish and should take any other oil, including a Hardwax Oil such as the Osmo that you used. A water based finish will not take an oil coated on top. Nor will an oil based finish take a water based top coat (a potential horror story there 🙂 ). If the OP has any idea which he has, I can suggest a way for him to tart up what he has now.

no idea…I will ask the previous owner if he knows.

thanks

Is that a solid wood floor that fits together in a similar way to laminate (I.e. each piece interlocks)? Looks similar to ours which also has wear in the finish but is otherwise fine. Would be great if I could tart it up without sanding.

Same question to you then nixie. 🙂 Water or oil based finish?

No idea, how do you tell (is there a way to tell). I didn’t put the floor down unfortunately (in a house we just bought).

Spent all yesterday restoring our solid Beech kitchen floor. I’ve been very lazy and not re-treated it in 12+ years and it was looking very dirty in the high wear areas:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/oj7YA4]12 years worth of dirt[/url] by brf, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/o2Cwg6]Sanding the floor[/url] by brf, on Flickr

Completely dust free sanding with the Festool system:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/oj7XQr]Festool Rotek 125 Sander[/url] by brf, on Flickr

And after 3 coats of varnish:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/o2CdCm]Restored floor[/url] by brf, on Flickr