I've got a barn floor laid with 'rustic' reclaimed timber - the original surface plank with wear marks. The supplier waxed it without sealing it first, they used Briwax (Rustic Pine). The floor gets heavy wear with tread-in and spills and needs to be cleaned up regularly. The wax is not very waterproof, red wine stains badly and mopping just takes off the wax. Is there any way to fix this? The supplier says 'varnish over the wax' but won't it just peel off? How about putting on a layer of a tougher wax - a proper floor wax or Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Wax? Preparation for the latter and any of the oils like Danish Oil all say 'sand it back' but I don't want to lose the original surface. Are we condemned to endless rewaxing and buffing? I saw mention of using a modern car wax, would that work? The setting is gnarly so perfection not required but we need something cleenable and durable!
Whatever you do that wax will have to come off first, you won't get it all out as it's absorbed into the wood now. That Ronseal diamond is a nightmare in my opinion. Sand it back lightly and use a primer first to seal It then seal it. http://www.granwax.com/products/ http://www.bona.com/en-gb/ http://www.junckers.co.uk/
Personally i'd fully sand the lot off with probably 36-50 or 60 then 80 grit, prepare with my Bona Flexisand, for the first coat i'd use a solvent based primer, such as lobadur Primaseal [mostly unknown in the UK but great gear] or Junckers Baseprime, then for a commercial project apply a further 3 x coats of a top notch lacquer like Bona Traffic HD or Junckers HP Sport, done scores of floors that have been waxed and changed the surface treatment to lacquers...not had one fail yet... Completely agree with mario about Ronseal Diamond hard, its the most overrated dishwater on the market, a p**s weak co-polymer thats awful to apply...complete bilge imo...
