[TheForge] Clear finish

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer artgawk at thegrid.net
Mon Jul 21 15:31:44 EDT 2008


Recall reading that adding asphalt emulsion to the mix ,makes it softer, 
warmer and easier on the sole......might be pretty ugly with white sand 
though....pf

Andrew Vida wrote:
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> 
> Andy Gladish wrote:
>> Andy-
>> I used a variation on this for our living room floor.
>> Worked ok, but since then have replaced it with regular commercial 
>> wax. Reason was, using enough turpentine to make the wax flow made our 
>> LR unliveable for days.
>> BTW, the floor was a lime/sand mix soaked in boiled linseed oil- very 
>> nice and user friendly.
> 
>     How thick is the layer of lime/sand/oil?  Just wondering.  I wonder 
> if this would be a superior embedding layer for radiant floor heating 
> conduits.  Sets up pretty hard but not like concrete.  Digging up a 
> section would be easier (?)
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