Oil/wax or varnish on stripped original floorboards?

[lolalotta]

Hello, we are hoping to get the original floorboards restored in our 1930s house. Just thinking about the finish...oil/wax or varnish, is one a better choice than the others? We have no pets but one DD and another on the way! Thank you!

hopeful bump (flooring guy coming next week, eeeeeek!)

We have used this successfully - it is very durable. Osmo Polyx Oil

I am having the floor sanded, sealed and polished in my house. The man doing it suggested beeswax and he has 25 years experience.

It is a Georgian House though so I did not want to put something on the floor that would not have been there originally. I just want the colour bringing out - not a shiney gloss finish. He said it would need doing again in 10 years with normal use -obvioulsy not people walking about with hobnaoil boots or very heavy foot traffic.

Danish oil is fab and if you get the white oil it stops the wood from looking yellow.

lola - also if you have gaps between floorboards you might want to consider having them filled with pine strips ('fillets') or if the gaps are small they can mix the dust from sanding the floor with resin to fill the gaps.

Another MNetter suggested that a few weeks ago to me and I am having it done. It will make a big difference with our floors which after 200 years have gaps and various cuts where wiring/heating has been put in. It wil stop the wind and cold blowing up from the cellar and look nicer too.

Thank you for your replies!!! The Osmo oil looks very good, I can't seem to find a bad review of it online!
MoreBeta, we are having the floorboards lifted and butted up together to get rid of the gaps, in terms of labour it isn't going to cost us a lot more than it would to have had them filled. Is this something you might consider? I flooring guy wasn't prepared to guarantee the filling, he said it can fall out over time as the wood expands and contracts?!?

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lola - the floorboards are very old and have shrunk over several hundred years. I did think serioulsy about having them lifted but the danger is splitting as they rip out the nails and I dont know what the Conservation Officer would say so I dare not take the risk. He is a bit of a stickler for original features, etc, etc.