Would like to bring a 50-year-old tile cork floor back to life. It looks OK for it’s age, considering abuse. Probably had some wax finish on it in the past, now gone. Recent ceiling rehab has left some drywall dust in recesses of cork. I experimented with a rag quite wet with Scott’s Liquid Gold, rubbing a cork tile in an inconspicuous area, and it looks quite nice–darkened it a bit.
What do you think about Liquid Gold? What is it? Can says “do not use wax after this product.”
Can cork tiles be lightly sanded and then coated with polyurethane–if wax was ever on it? Or if Liquid Gold was on it?
Thanks for ideas.
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Nix on the liquid gold, Very oily.
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Bruce S.
Most furniture polishes are made of proprietary ingredients and are hard to find out just what's in them, but most use silicone which is not compatible with wax since it won't evaporate, and leaves a very slick surface when combined with wax.
Cork being absorbant, it's probably nigh impossible to remove Liquid Gold, save sanding the floors. I'd sand the floor and wax it. Poly dries too hard for a cork floor but- poly may work if the cork is dense enough.
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