Coatings for Timber floor - Oil Hard Wax Fiddes vs Water based Loba vs Single Urethan

Solvent base poly's are a thing of the past, they go yellow, off gas way too much toxic stuff, they are strong.
Europe is heavily into hardwax products, be careful I used Osmo Hardwax and it was the WORST product I ever used (I have been meaning to put a topic up here about this disaster product)

I have used other hardwax products and they have performed as the manufacturer promised, I do believe they don't like being applied in colder weather as they cannot set properly.

Last few floor I have done, I used waterbased 2 part Intergrain product, the floors looked great, they don't do this product anymore and only have one called Ultrafloor.

Even though they were water based and said they didn't yellow, they did slightly yellow over two years, but still looked quite clear

Originally Posted by phild01

I used Synteko 2 part waterbased a few years back on Tassie Oak stairs and they are wearing well and do not notice any yellowing.

I only noticed the yellowing on the areas that had rugs down and were close to glass doors.
When it came tole to remove the rugs (sold the house) you could see the difference in the parts that were and were not exposed, it was only slight but noticeable.

Saying that the next house I used a pre finished Spotted Gum floor and it had the same issue only more noticeable.
Grown in Australia Manufactured in Germany ! the blurb said it had 6 coats of anti-UV etc, the coating was impeccably applied, and very tough, easy to clean, any scratches were really easy to get rid of but it did discolour in the same way.

I wouldn't probably say either of them yellowed more changed colour, the Spotted Gum went darker, the Intergrain looked to yellow slightly as it was on Cypress so was probably more noticeable as yellow as the timber is quite golden yellow to start with.