Ruth was curious as to how well the oiling of my wood floors holds up. As I explained in my comment, I don't really have any "high traffic" areas. Being as I am always here alone, and especially since I no longer have a dog, my floorss are more gently used than most. Add to that is that I did the oiling after all the intense work on my house was done, my results may be vastly different from another's.
That being said, after I oiled my halway floor last weekend, I took comparison shots of the previously oiled rooms. Please not that the nly thing I have done to the oiled rooms is sweep (not even vacuum) and I haven't mopped at all, so dust is most likely present.
The most recently oiled floor was the craft room; that was done the weekend before Thanksgiving; about 3 weeks prior to oiling the hallway. The first picture is from the hallway into the room; the second pic is from the room to the hallway.
The bedroom floor was oiled a couple of months ago, and still looks pretty good - although it is evident where it joins the hallway. However, the flash makes it much more noticable than it is in reality. Pictures are in the same order.
For my lightly used floors, the oil is holding up well. The real test will be the living room and hallway as those floors see the most use.
It really does look nice. I'll have to remember it.....the additional plus being that you don't need all sorts of extra equipement to touch up an area if you need to with the oil, unlike a normal floor stain/sealent!
Posted by: Ruth | December 20, 2014 at 09:55 AM
I have since oiled the Office floor - that will be the real test - under my rolling chair anyway.
Posted by: bogie | December 25, 2014 at 08:25 AM