BLOODY stripped floors i could and will CRY !

[NotAnOtter]

DP has spent all weekend stripping floors
i have looked after 5 kids with a dump of a house and furniture all over the shop
they looked nice the floors UNTIL i waxed them with a 'natural' wax from ronseal and now they look yellow and hideous and i `hate them and dp is fuming with me nd i am snapping at the kids and i cant face going in the rooms cos they look so awful and and and and and

HELP!!! Any one have advice or know how to get me out of theis golden nightmare.......???

please!

ouch notanO

we had some of this. during the recently ended Longest Building Project in the World Ever.

the room with the orangey floor now sports a nice fitted carpet.

they were lovely wide original boards too

my stupid ex builder cocked many things up, but the floors is one thing i am really miffed about. ah well! like you say, lifes too short and all that!

triple ouch!
dp and i on very tetchy terms after 3rd solid day of stripping

anyway its done

the vile product removed - a boring but unobtrusive varnish half applied...

both rooms look better but witholding judgement till its complete

regretting having such big bedrooms....dp very stern

this is too late for you NAO but everyone

POLYX OIL

you never go back

link and pics of floor urgently needed cappacino

we got it from here

it is green so safe for kids

it does not colour floors just brings out natural loveliness slightly darkens them, it is an oil not varnish; dries overnight, 2 coats

you put it on wipe it off takes no time

when it starts wearing which floors tend to do you can just do a bit at a time ie you don't have to sand etc all over again

they use it a lot in shops apparently for just this reason

really really recommend it

no pics of floor however and camera is currently on charger sorry

How did you get the colour out in the end NAO, I am very interested.

I do hope that it's now the colour you would like.

I suspect it will last a lifetime so even a month spent stripping will reap rewards

rats rats rats!

is it good with liquid spills?

we stripped all dd2's bedroom skirtings/ door before reapplying danish oil after we hated the colour of varnish we'd applied

blardy hell think that was Ronseal as well

ucm RE HIRED and RE STRIPPED the buggers!

nao my kids throw milk on it 20 times a day

might try it in top floor bedrooms cappuccino...wonder about bathrooms????????

Can you rewax with an extra posh organic free range terra firma home farm cottage style range available only from online posh places?

What a nightmare for you. I thought you couldn't go wrong with stripping and waxing.
We stripped and varnished because of ease and durability, but I know I should really have waxed and I regret it, even though they look great and a massive improvement.

Remember when all the furniture is back they might look better.

we have a beech shelf above the bath in the bathroom and we did it with that, it gets wet and seems to have survived

I have to say to anyone thinking of waxing/ varnishing floors, oil is much much much easier and better

imho

We've just bought a place with v. orange floorboards (they have been tangoed). I plan to do what one of the UCM suggested and paint them all white. Love white painted floor boards. Although I am possibly mad with 2 cats (one v. prone to coughing up fur balls, t'other a v. messy eater) and baby and out-doorsie husband, plus live in muddy area between a river and a duck pond. Pass the mop.

spidermama the floors have been stripped then waxed - then stripped again 6 days later and now varnished with a colourless water based boring varnish
i wont LOVE them but i cannot bear a fake mellow golden look - at least they dont alter much with this varnish even if it does not exactly -enhance - them

in my daughters room i am whitewashing the boards ...might start a thread on how to do it as cannot find out online....any tips

It's such a horrible job too isn't it?

OSMO Satin Polyx Oil £60 for 2.5L

Actually compared with eg carpet or laminate that is cheap as chips but £60 for 2.5L of anything sounds shocking

See here for floor paint, otter.

(Is green)

They do Feng Shui paint too

With the white wash I would sand and use the bits to fill the gaps, then literally use some white paint thinned out with water and wipe it on, when you get the style you want, seal it.

I kid you not, this bedroom I had was gorgeous with the white painted floorboards. They were painted though, not washed IYKWIM.

yes spidey - i got sworn at today!!!

anyway - i just informed him may try the oil in top floor bedrooms and his response was 'thats good i can sand them all twice when you decide you dont like it'

nice paints wendy and good website - bit late but.......

need white WASH though...

or brush it on or roller etc

It will not matter as it will be absorbed so you might need a couple of coats until you get the desired effect.