Osmo Oils For Your Floors

Osmo oils are the perfect finish for Australian Timber floors. Safe, durable and beautiful with easy maintenance.

There used to be 4 types of floor finishes. Oils, polyurethane, acrylics and waterborne polyurethane. Oils were always considered the least durable of all types of floor finish. This all changed with the polyx formulation from OSMO. These are hard wax oil formulations. Many oils are very poor in terms of wear. In fact their performance is extremely poor. Not so OSMO. In Western Australia OSMO oils have been used on holiday resort floors and many of these floors have been in use since 2006.

This level of performance hasn't been achieved by oils previously. Usually oils are quite well worn in two to three months but OSMO polyx oils wear much better. Being much finer ingredients and having excellent penetration to timber fibres the oils really offer protection.

Oils will darken the surface of the timber resulting in richer colours and warm mellow tones. There is nothing plastic about the look of the floors. They look superb.
 

OSMO Polyx Oil satin is a durable, low maintenance, satin, oil and wax finish for interior timber or cork flooring, as well as timber furniture including baby's cots, bassinets and playpens. Also suitable for exposed timber beams, sarking, paneling and timber benchtops. Suitable for a variety of timber types - both hardwood and softwood - such as Pine, Kauri, Oak, Eucalyptus, Teak, Jarrah and Douglas Fir (Oregon). It is perfect on all Australian timbers. [looks lovely on West Australian species.]

For timbers which are oily by nature, such as some species of Eucalypt, Kwila/Merbau and Rosewood etc, it is recommended that the timber's surface be wiped over with a solvent such as citrus turpentine to remove any oil present, before applying the Polyx Oil satin.

 

Polyx Oil satin is a satin floor finish based on natural oils and waxes, which penetrate deeply into the surface to enhance and maintain beauty and elasticity. As durable as polyurethane, and far easier to repair when scratched or worn down. Polyx Oil satin, once fully cured, will not crack, flake, peel, blister or water mark and is stain resistant against wine, beer, cola, coffee, tea, fruit juices, milk and water.

Easy to apply, with 2 thin coats being applied 12 - 24 hours apart. Sanding in between coats is generally not necessary. Excellent coverage rate of approximately 24 square metres per litre. The preferred method of application is by good quality bristle brush. OSMO's floor brush applicators are ideal. A low nap microfibre roller may also be used. Please read the data sheet for details.

 

Easy to maintain with any plant based soap such as OSMO's Wash and Care for damp mopping, and OSMO's Liquid Wax Cleaner for buffing the timber when needed.

Polyx Oil satin is available in 2 types - Normal or Rapid. Normal Polyx Oil would generally be used during the warmer summer months, and is dry in approximately 24 hours. The Rapid Polyx Oil should only be used in cooler condition where curing time may be an issue. Generally, the Rapid Polyx Oil will cure faster, with 2 coats able to be applied on the same day. The finish for both products is identical.