Mahogany Flooring Oil Finish

Lacquer with only two coats of lacquer mahogany is sealed permanently.

Mahogany flooring oil finish.

Sealing is an important step in finishing your mahogany floors if you haven t chosen an oil based finish. This is why they use factory finishes they eliminate a lot of finishing problems and you always end up with a uniform color and finish on your woods. The danish oil finishes are basically a mix of an oil base varnish resin blo and mineral spirits. It stops your flooring from absorbing excessive amounts of stain preventing dark spotting.

If you ve chosen an oil based stain this step is unnecessary. This rise in popularity has come about with the more rustic european style wood flooring movement and as it increases in availability it shows no signs of slowing down. Ideal for unfinished wood furniture cabinets. It can be a stand alone finish used as a wipe on.

I often use both honduras mahogany and philippine mahogany on the same job. Genuine mahogany with old masters dark mahogany penetrating stain it gives it a kiss of color more brown than red and darkens the pores for a very nice appearance for a more deep red color try merlot colored stain by zar. Full discussion on our blog. Gel stain on mahogany might not be the best choice but you decide.

Minwax wood finish is a penetrating oil based stain that enhances wood grain with rich color in just one coat. Sealer is applied after you ve applied both the stain and grain filling. A natural glow one of the outstanding qualities of natural oil and though to a slightly lesser degree hard wax oil finishes is their ability to enhance the natural beauty of your wood floors. It has open pores and a rich red color.

Oil finishes have long been popular in europe and are skyrocketing in popularity in the u s. It finishes nicely with or without stain requiring only lacquer or penetrating oil to bring out the beauty. Mahogany is a tight grained hardwood that is actually much softer than most other hardwoods. Danish oil is a mixture of tung oil and varnish which though considered a penetrating oil sealer has many different properties from natural and hard wax oil finishes.

It works just fine with mahogany. More recently due to their natural aesthetics composition and low sheen.