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Yes, the oak seems to go a dull greeny gray colour after fuming. However when I coat with danish oil, the yellow in the danish oil brings it to quite a pleasant colour in my opinion. I think I prefer this colour than the unstained oak. The supplier can fume and oil the boards for me, so I won't...

I need to put down an oak floor, and I don't want to have to top up the stain in years to come when bits of it wear off, so I was wondering about ammonia fuming instead of dye staining. Will that wear off in the most walked on spots like standard stain or does in seep deeper into the wood? I...

I will request all heartwood to the supplier and see how he responds.

I wish to get a heartwood iroko worktop. However, can you specifically order that the worktop is made from heartwood as opposed to sapwood? I can normally guess by the shade of brown if it's one or the other when I see it, but i'm wondering is this a request that worktop suppliers would take on?

Great, thanks Dan

I have a lacquered floor. I want to convert it to a more rustic natural floor, so I intend to sand of the lacquer, then brush and scrape it and finally oil it. Is there a problem with oiling a floor once I sand off the lacquer? I hear people saying you should never mix the two.