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which type of osmo is that? I sanded and treated the whole of the flooring in my flat... tried alot of the shades too. The conclusion was that its very hard to make dark/orange boards lighter with osmo, you kind of need to work with the shade you have. The heavily pigmented ones are a bastard to apply, and show up all the imperfections in the boards/your technique!
We used the wood wax oil - poly x raw (i think). This is clear but with light white pigmenting to lift the shade and ensure it doesn't darken/ reorangify the boards again. I reckon if you want almost pure white then it might work better just to go with a hard wearing floor paint.
have you sanded the floor in prep?
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The floor already has osmo down, but the decorators sanded down some boards they damaged and now I somehow need to stain the sanded part without creating horrible marks where the new meets the old.
This is one coat of the 'Honey' polyx hardwax oil and two coats of clear gloss.
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The conclusion was that its very hard to make dark/orange boards lighter with osmo, you kind of need to work with the shade you have.
This is unsurprising as that's what it says on the label ;)
But yeah, the colour you get with Osmo Polyx depends on the colour of your boards. If they are orangey that's what you'll get.
I've not used the raw but it is meant to help lighten.
rhowe
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Feathering in Osmo- any tips?
TRV wasn't capped by decorators. Leaked and warped the boards.