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Not sure stain is the correct product? The last wood stain I used left a coating on the wood which would've made it unsuitable for oiling.
Wood dye (Liberon do some) might be a better bet.
As for filling the gaps, you'll likely end up with a pine floor with stripes down it? It might look alright, but probably not any better than just leaving them as they are.
Would some pine strip wood cut (should be doable with a sharp knife) to fit and glued in work? Again, would probably be a ballache.
If you're oiling them, look at Fiddes oils as they come in a load of different colours, which might save you the hassle of dying them first.
5ml samples for one pound summat.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284836875736I think one of the Osmo Polyx tinted oils we used on one floor turned out quite orangey/red, could've been the honey, or amber one.
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I’ve always thought of stain as something that you brush/wipe/spray on and then wipe off.
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i'm not gluing strips of wood in, gaps are pretty even as it's T&G not victorian creaky floorboards.
Not sure if the tinted oils will give us the depth of colour but will look into them as that's one less step in the refinishing.
withered_preacher
Mr_Smyth
have 3 floors to sand and oil, one is stripwood iroko, the other 2 are bedrooms with pine which was carpeted.
plan is to stain a darker/redder colour to go some way towards matching the iroko floor.
The pine is tongue and groove nailed to joists with narrow gaps of about 2-4mm, not sure what to fill them with? if i use sanding dust and resin it will likely be too light, seem to be various products out there ready mixed and coloured but no idea if they are any good?
having typed this out i may have answered my own question and could use the iroko dust to make it darker but would use an off the shelf product if they are any good?