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I know I am always seeking the input of forumites on various aspects of the build we're doing. It's just so flipping helpful. So apologies for another one.


Pine floorboards: painted? or blanchon white oil?


WE've just had them sanded and - to my surprise - they've come up really nicely. We were going to paint, but now I'm thinking of the lacquer option. But I've got no clue whether this would be a terrible idea for a family (ie. nightmare to clean etc.)


I'd really appreciate any advice. Confounded.

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Ooo! Thanks Midivydale! That's very helpful. I'm liking the idea of white oil better now.


I've just been staring at a colour card. Officially clueless. Son wants bright blue walls. Tempted to hope he'll forget but now we've given him the choice we can't take it away. ...Gulp

We used oil - looks nice but the issue we have is that a few months on we now have v gappy floorboards - they were filled using some special filler for plank wood, but the filler has mostly now sunk/disappeared...


I'm not sure if this problem would have been avoided by having e.g. varnish instead but just worth bearing in mind. They do look really nice though, we went for a grey tone which I love.

We had our pine floorboards stripped back and then varnished rather than dying darker again and it's lightened the whole downstairs. We also had all the gaps filled but some of the resin has fallen out in places. I think that's fairly inevitable for houses built on clay due to seasonal movements but I could be wrong. That said, we were hoping it would last longer than 6 months!

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