Recently bought a house with a set of untreated stairs (I think they are oak, but not sure). They were left untreated for a long time and therefore suffered at the feet of tradesmen etc which left a coat if very light scratches/dust on top. I cleaned off with meths and gave them a light sand and now we ate at the stage of treating them. We have tried (on someone's advice) to use beeswax on a few steps but it isn't coming out well in that it's leaving a white residue after application & buffing and isn't bringing out the grain very well. The photo below should hopefully show what i mean. Now we are thinking of treating it in some other way (2 part varnish or similar), anyone got any tips? I did treat an oak sleeper table I built with Danish oil but not sure about using it in this situation. Any help much appreciated!?
Oh yeah and anyone know how to clean beeswax from lint free cloths?
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Hi mate
That's not oak 1st thing?
I like osmo oil on any interior joinery, have never looked though if they do one for stairs ie an anti-slip?
Cheers jonny - what type of wood is it you recon? w'll be putting a runner down the middle but still want the sides to look good...
Looks like American Cherry
I would recommend the [url= http://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/bona-traffic-hd?gclid=COnBnez9-rcCFWzItAod1jUAGQ ]Bona Kemi Traffic[/url]
Is that the same of deal as the sadolin pv67 stuff? It onle comes in 5 litre bottles and I amen't going to need that but I did use another type of 2 part primer for an oak worktop lately...
