Advice needed on lounge floorboard colour
bebeblubelle
6 years ago
Major refurb nearing its end, the whole house has been whited out for convenience. I may add colour when I know how the light plays in the house. My dilemma is what colour to have on the new pine floor we laid? I don't really want to paint them and was initially thinking of a white wash to allow the grain to show through. The decorator mentioned that it may be too stark?
If it is a stain then I'd maybe like a mellow oak tint rather than anything with a reddish tone.
I'm open to suggestions on tints or products that may be good.
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6 years agoI ended up using Osmo Polyx Oil tint in Graphite 3074. It was pretty strait forward and used a plush pad to apply the two coats and used a polyurethane Matt varnish topcoat.
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