after about 3 coats of oil and ample dry time between those coats. I started with the polyurathane. You are supposed to lay the coats before it cures so I did my first about noon, sanded and did the second coat by 9:00 PM , set my alarm to wake me at 1AM and sanded the whole floor again and did the third coat. first 2 coats took a gallon of clear, the third coat was supposed to be the final coat with satin.
by 5Am my arms were like rubber... up all night sanding. anyway I laid the last coat.. I could hardly see by then I was so tired.
Next day I got up to ass-ess things. I had a little issue. I had put some cloth over the lambswool pad to keep the lint in. I should have washed it out and replaced this cloth but I wrapped it in plastic thinking that would do.. that was my mistake. I didnt; see it till later but some of the poly was starting to harden up in the cloth and that affected ow it spread... darnit! now I have to sand it out and do the satin coat again.
The color in the pics might look off. I stuck a big metal halide light in there so I can see better. so it's bright like sunshine..
You can see some marks and whatnot in the floor, so me were just too deep to really get out. some of the darker lines are from water stains and things, someone had really scraped up the finish on the floor at one point and that damage had penetrated the wood quite deep. I could have used wood bleach on them or darkened the whole floor but I decided to leave it a little distressed looking... still not done though , it'll need another coat so I can be happy with the surface. one of the pics shows the worst area where the poly didn't spread well and you can see some pretty bad damage from someone moving furniture a long time ago.. bit of character
I sanded that area as much as I dare and what's left I'm calling patina
I was disappointed my last coat kind of messed up but It's nothing I cant' fix.. Ill probably sand it really well now and do two more coats of satin since I still have a gallon left.. since it's kicked off and hardened up Ill have to sand the whole floor but that's ok.. sanding between coats is best anyway.
Phil