Treating internal oak doors ?

[tedaC]

Hi all,

Just had some new doors fitted ( https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Gen...Kl4UZorR7r1aBhttjCxoCJ40QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds )

Just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for treating them?

Varnish, Oil , Wax ? any recommendations for brand ?

 

[bremen1874]

I used Wickes clear water-based interior satin varnish on mine.

 

[RockLobster]

I used this stuff on all my oak doors. Dried quickly and hardly any fumes - https://www.howdens.com/tools-and-a...ar0539/sadolin-interior-satin-varnish-gar0539

 

[Mark A]

Osmo oil would be my choice. I use the Acacia tinted worktop oil as it gives a nice honey colour to the oak. They also do one with a slight white pigment that stops the oak from yellowing if you just want a more natural looking finish.

 

[izzop]

Fitted same doors last year and treated them with Osmo Door Oil https://www.osmouk.com/sitechaptern.cfm?bookid=Products&chapter=82&page=274#3060

 

[phrases]

Not sure on wickes quality but you have to be careful because these are oak veneer and you may get bubbling as a result of using oil. I bought mine from B&Q and had to return 4/7 of them due to this.

Might of been a bad batch however. Beautiful heavy doors though really deaden sound but trimming is really less than they spec as i had to take quite a bit off the bottom and had to grab some iron on veneer as i had gone to the particle board underneath.

 

[Mark A]

Osmo oil shouldn't cause bubbling, there was a thread a while back and someone contacted the manufacturer and they recommended Osmo oil and said it was fine to use. Osmo oil doesn't actually soak in all that much, it's a mix of oils and hard waxes and produces a semi surface coating. It's not like Danish oil that is designed to soak deeper into the wood.