david and Liz Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Good Morning All, and Happy New Year ! Does anybody have any advice on how best to treat our stone floors?We are planning to use 50/50 Linseed oil and turps when we come over in a couple of weeks but understand there is a possibility of aging linseed oil yellowing the stone? regardsDavid and Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Turps (not white spirit) and BOILED linseed oil will work and should not yellow. There are plenty of proprietry products available from all the Bricos (which are silicon? based) and work better(?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david and Liz Posted January 2, 2005 Author Share Posted January 2, 2005 Thanks Nick, there's a Bricolage near us, we'll have a look there - you don't know the name of any of these treatments do you ? I'm a little ashamed to report that our french isn't yet what it should be !! RegardsDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Errrrr, No, sorry. Although I have used one (bought from Mr Bricolage) - but I used it all & I have thrown the tin away. Do what I do, look at the pictures on the tin!TTFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted January 2, 2005 Share Posted January 2, 2005 Actually, if you are in the UK, you can get good treatment products from any of the professional decorating suppliers (Travis Perkins, Dixons etc etc). OK, now tell me you are flying over & I will shut up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david and Liz Posted January 3, 2005 Author Share Posted January 3, 2005 Wouldn';t dream of it. Thanks for the advice Nick, I'll have a look in Mr Bricolage next weekend.RegardsDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fen and Ian<P>Many thanks.<P><P>Fen<P> Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 we have recently purchased a cottage in the Orne area of Normandy...got a beautiful granite or French limestone floor throughout the downstairs. At present only using the house at weekends, and leaving the heating off...as primagaz is proving extortionately expensive...(or we have a leak...engineer coming to check next week!!!) When we returned a few weeks ago, the stunning floor was covered in patches of what looked like salt deposits...and after cleaning, appears to have scarred the floor in many areas. Anyone got any handy tips of sealing, or preventing this in future, or how to get rid of the marks please?Fen and Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 To those who are lucky enough to have stone floors I can offer only this advise. Don't use linseed or any other vegetable oil. The reason is that it never really gets hard. It polymerises yes but only to a sort of plastic state and you'll end up having to do it again. It will also leave a oily residue which will be slippery if the floor is wet. That all sounds not too catastrophic but you cant remove to old to put down the new which will lever you with a 'patchy' colour as parts where the oil has leeched out will look a different colour the the parts where the old oil remains. I would strongly recommend using Tung oil. Perhaps a mix with some Eucalyptus to aid penetration, perhaps some pine to speed up hardening but the major part is TUng oil. This mix will Harden and you should be set for life depending on how high the traffic is on the stone, it might wear it away in which case you have to do it again. Its been used by the chinese for many centuries and is head an shoulder above the vegetable oils for this purpose. It works well on timber and concrete floors as well. RegardsAndrew(I'm in the business to oil floors) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boiling a frog Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 I just wonder why anyone wants to put anything on a stone floor We have a flagstone floor and just wash it every so often or am I missing something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Hi Boiling a Frog (interesting Name)(do you subscribe to disaster theory?)No, your not missing anything.Stone is as stone always is - 'rock hard'But, some people don't like the idea of stains or dirt being ground into the service and therefore prefer to seal the surface of the stone with a waterproof sealer - I use Tung oil mainly because its a natural product and does a great job. The synthetic sealers us a hardener which is a know cause of Cancer.If the floor is in the Kitchen or bathroom its also more hygienic especially if there are baby's crawling around.Personally, I have a 2 year old and another on the way. I would not allow them to play or spend time on an unsealed stone floor. But like I said, Its a personal thing, I guess it also depends on the traffic and how often you wash it. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 [quote]Hi Boiling a Frog (interesting Name )(do you subscribe to disaster theory?) No, your not missing anything. Stone is as stone always is - 'rock hard' But, some people don't like the idea of stains ...[/quote]Hendo, somewhat off-topic I know, but the vision of your 2 year old crawling around the floor put me in mind of the agony-aunt reply to a worried 1st-time mum who wondered at what age she should stop sterilizing her toddler's things and received the reply, "when you find him in the bottom of the wardrobe chewing his father's shoes !"paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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