I have a rental property, which I am decorating between tenants, with a new hardwood fire-door which looks ‘bare’ in red wood finish. Rather than paint it I thought I would oil it with boiled linseed oil since I have some to hand. I wiped it over with a damp cloth to see what it would look like and the improvement will be significant. Can anyone see an issue with this please?
Treating Hardwood Fire-door with BLO?
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worn thumbs
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Other than it being a fairly flammable material,no.
Orraloon
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No more flammable than a lot of oil based paints and varnishes. The point of a fire door is that it holds up the spread of fire for a period of time. Well longer than a hollow core door would. Other thing about fire doors is they only work if they are shut.
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John
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John
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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It is still a fire foor. Do not coat it with Linseed oil.
There is loads of information on Google on what can be used.
There is loads of information on Google on what can be used.
There are specialist paints for fire doors but I can imagine the cost is quite high . There is imo conflicting advice where some information says you can use regular paint/varnish etc and others that say that you must use specialist paints and varnish . Again imo - surely if the finish applied is water based and not oil based then it should not affect the performance of the fire door . The fire door itself is the defence against the spread of fire and as not everyone will understand this the designers do , they are tested with every type of paint/ varnish / and covering to confirm their effectiveness .
