Try something like Danish Oil - penetrates and has a hardening effect.
Or one of the CFP finishes (cork, flooring and parquet) - and thin
the first coat with a reducer to get penetration.
Fir is lovely and strong but has a soft surface which needs toughening.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 22/04/2006, at 1:25 PM, Mike wrote:
>
> In 1990 we had a big nor'easter that blew down an old fir next to our
> house. A lot of trees went down during that storm. I had a friend
> come
> over with his mobil sawmill and cut it up into boards which I took to
> another friend in the flooring business to kiln dry and mill into
> flooring. Anyway 16 years later it is still going strong with
> plenty of
> 'character'. Needs to be refinished as fir is relatively soft much
> like
> southern pine. Not a defect in my book as I rather like the rustic
> look.
>
> mike
>
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