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And you feel it, barefoot, touching it, it feels more natural. Hardwood floors cleans better too, more hygienic. Hard to put into words.
by trgn 3y ago
And you feel it, barefoot, touching it, it feels more natural.
Hardwood floors cleans better too, more hygienic. Hard to put into words.
- bluGill 3y agoHardwood is always covered in a plastic finish. Yes it feels different, but it is still plastic.
- cinntaile 3y agoI don't know where you got this from, but I can assure you that's not correct.
- trgn 3y agoIs it? Are your referring to the varnish that's applied after?
- thunfischbrot 3y agoThat's not correct. While many people choose polyurethane finished wood since it is less likely to stain from liquids, oils and varnishes are popular as well. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_flooring#Finishing,_buffing,_sanding_and_drying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_flooring#Finishing,_buffi...
- bhandziuk 3y agoPolyurethane is one type of varnish so if you're going to contrast it you'll have to be more specific (phenolic resin or alkyd resin) Usually oils would be combined with some other varnish, especially on a floor, because they offer nearly zero abrasion or water resistance. You'd think oil finishes like boiled linseed oil or tung oil would offer some water protection because of the oil but they don't. Better than wax or nothing but much worse than varnishes. This is a table from a book on my shelf by Bob Flexner on the subject, Understanding Wood Finishes. It's a good reference https://imgur.com/a/TzacsLs https://imgur.com/a/TzacsLs
- devonkim 3y agoHardwax oils are also used but oftentimes have quite bad VOCs. However, I’m familiar with at least one manufacturer that has low/no VOC oils which certainly shows it’s possible but perhaps there’s a good technical explanation for why VOCs are so common in these oil treatments.
- bhandziuk 3y agoI've not used any hard wax oil finish. I'm surprised reading this [1] though that it offers "Great wear-, water- and heat resistance". But I guess that's from the company also claiming that Monocoat only takes one coat. But, what I'm understanding from that link is also that maybe the curing accelerators have VOCs so maybe the hard wax oils without accelerators don't have the VOC content (?) [1]: https://www.rubiomonocoatusa.com/blogs/blog/what-is-hardwax-oil https://www.rubiomonocoatusa.com/blogs/blog/what-is-hardwax-...
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- balls187 3y agoDon’t wear outdoor shoes inside. We asians figured this out generations ago.
- Jerrrry 3y agobased and culture-vs.-race-pilled.
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoAre there cultures where people actually wear shoes throughout their homes? Taking your shoes off is absolutely not a uniquely asian thing.
- balls187 3y agoBack home, not only do we not wear shoes in the house, we wash our feet anytime we enter after leaving the house.
- matheusmoreira 3y ago> Are there cultures where people actually wear shoes throughout their homes? American culture? Way too many movies I've watched feature americans wearing shoes while lying down on their beds. Always weirded me out.
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y agoI always assumed that was just a television thing.
- Nursie 3y agoDepends really, some people are fussy about the removal of shoes in the home in the UK and some aren't. I'm sure you can guess by the way I say it which end I'm at. I wear shoes around my house because if I don't, as a home-worker, I don't wear shoes very often, and then my feet and ankles start to get painful. I try to segregate indoor and outdoor shoes, but am not very successful at this, and have yet to find slippers which are supportive enough.