Finish to preserve natural colour of light timber.

[Squaredy]

I am currently milling some Norway Spruce which of course is a very light coloured timber.  I wish to preserve this natural colour as far as possible rather than let it go golden.  Any suggestions of what finish will achieve this?

 

It is for internal cladding so it is a fairly large area and not subject to weather or even sunlight.  But of course I do want it to be cleanable.

 

 Suggestions greatly appreciated.

[sime42]

This stuff might be worth a trial. I used it for some internal book shelves, made of untreated, sanded scaffold planks. I didn't want them to go yellow and then brown as softwood normally does so I did some research online into suitable finishes and this came up, with recommendations. I'm quite happy with it so far.

 

 

 

 

 

[sime42]

Polyx-Oil Effect Raw - Osmo UK

OSMOUK.COM

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Almost Invisible Protection Lightly white pigmented Nearly invisible appearance, no 'permanent wet effect' Light coloured...

 

 

 

[Squaredy]

50 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Polyx-Oil Effect Raw - Osmo UK

OSMOUK.COM

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Almost Invisible Protection Lightly white pigmented Nearly invisible appearance, no 'permanent wet effect' Light coloured...

 

 

 

Thank you for the suggestions.  I will look into them.

 

I have never used Osmo oil, but what I hear all the time is that it is good, but pricey.  And I will have around 50 square metres of the timber to treat, so the cost will matter more than if it were just a piece of furniture I had made.  Research needed.  Thank you.

[sime42]

Yeah, I thought about that after I posted. It's not cheap as you say, it was fine for my few square meters, but might be prohibitively expensive for your 50 m².

 

 

[Dan Maynard]

People use it for floors though, 50m2 isn't that big if you've a couple of rooms. Mind the flooring would have been thousands for that so worth getting good oil.