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Scandinavian Flooring
Step 1
Prepare Floor
Ensure surface is dry, clean, and free of grease
and sanded to desired smoothness
Completely remove any dust
Wash "greasy" wood types with a water/alcohol solution and let dry
Examples of "greasy" woods are ash, teak, cedar, cherry, oak, and pine
Step 2
Softwood or Hardwood
Cedar, Cypress, Fir, Hemlock, Pine, Larch, Redwood, Spruce
CAUTION: CAUSTIC
pH: 13.3
Maple, Ash, Birch, Cherry, Elm, Hickory, Oak, Walnut
CAUTION: CAUSTIC
pH: 2.0
Step 3
Final Coatings
Dries slightly yellowish, nearly colorless
Dries whitish transparent
Dilute
1 quart wood soap with
2.5 gallons of water
Apply 3 coats with spreading blade or rag
For each coat allow 15 minutes before removing or spreading excess solution (for high quality surfaces, wood soap solution may be rubbed in with polishing machine)
Let each coat dry thoroughly before reapplying
Cleaning
Dilute 403 or 404
1 cup wood soap with
2.5 gallons of water
Have mop bucket with clean water to rinse and wring out after each bout of application
Mop moist with wood soap solution and let dry
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