I haven't been spending a lot of time on the project lately. But I have finally finished the floor, put tile up in the kitchen, put down some tile thresh holds, and gotten the doors in. I sealed the floor with boiled linseed oil and turpentine. I didn't follow the directions exactly because I didn't have the amount of linseed oil called for. It is rather expensive. So I added about 1 part turp to 3 parts oil, heated it up in a double boiler and rolled it on with a paint roller. I went up there the other day and noticed that a bird had pooped right in the middle of the floor so I got a rag and tried to clean it up. I didn't get the bird droppings off completely but I did notice that the water beaded right up on the floor. I ended up with quite a few cracks but am not bothered by it. I think if I had stuck around after putting the floor down and gone over it to rub out the cracks as they formed I could have had a crack free floor. But I had to be somewhere else and as I say the cracks don't bother me at all. The color is a deep rich brown.
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