Description
White Island Grandeur Engineered Oak: UV Oiled Hardwood Rather Than Lacquered
Two finishes can protect a floor equally well and ask completely different things of you afterwards. A lacquered floor and an oiled floor feel different underfoot, age differently, and are maintained by different routines. White Island Grandeur Engineered Oak, from the Grandeur Scandinavia Collection, is brushed and UV oiled, and the difference is worth understanding before the floor is in your house.
A finish in the wood rather than on it
A lacquer builds a film across the surface of the board, so your foot contacts the coating rather than the wood. An oil behaves differently. It penetrates the fibre of the timber and cures there, hardening within the wood instead of forming a separate skin above it. UV oiled hardwood is oil cured with ultraviolet light at the factory, so the floor arrives already hardened and ready to use rather than needing a cure on site.
The result is a surface with very little presence of its own, where a film finish sits between you and the board to both eye and touch. An oiled face lets the texture of the timber come through, which is why oil and brushing work so well as a pair. Brushed oak flooring has had the softer fibre between the harder growth rings taken away so the grain stands slightly proud, and oak carries more open figure than maple or hickory. Oil settles into that grain rather than levelling across it.
The maintenance difference, stated plainly
This is where the two finishes genuinely diverge. A lacquered floor worn through in a traffic path is usually addressed by sanding and recoating a whole area, because a patch in a film finish shows as a patch. Oiled floor care works on a different principle. The floor is maintained periodically with an appropriate oil care product, which feeds the surface and keeps it even, and a worn area can often be refreshed locally and blended into the floor around it.
That local repair is the real advantage: the hallway in front of a back door can be attended to without disturbing the room beyond. The trade off should be said plainly: oiled floor care expects a routine rather than a floor left entirely alone, and the right product matters. An unsuitable cleaner or a general purpose polish can interfere with the surface and make later refreshing harder than necessary.
- Sweep or vacuum regularly, since grit is the main cause of wear on any wood surface.
- Clean with a cleaner intended for an oiled floor, on a damp cloth and never a wet one.
- Refresh with the correct oil care product on the schedule advised for the floor.
Please confirm the correct cleaning and oil care products with the Petun Flooring team rather than choosing something off a shelf, since compatibility is specific to the finish.
The board beneath the oil
This is brushed oak flooring built as an engineered board: a genuine hardwood wearing layer over a multi layer core with alternating layer directions, which resists cupping and seasonal movement better than a solid board of the same width. The boards are 6-1/2 inches wide by 3/4 inch thick in random lengths, each carton covers 19.55 square feet, a 35 year warranty applies, installation may be nail, staple or glue down, and the product is approved above or below grade.
Before the order is placed
Professional installation is recommended, and an installer familiar with oiled finishes is worth asking for. Confirm the specification, the install method, the suitability of each room and your quantities with our team so nothing is assumed.
Give the product photograph a proper look, then come and run your hand across a board, since an oiled surface is understood by touch as much as by sight. White Island is picked up in Kitchener and Cambridge, inventory is limited, and arriving with your measurements lets us finalise carton counts with you.
Specifications
Grandeur Hardwood Flooring SCANDINAVIA COLLECTION
Color: WHITE ISLAND
Size: 6-1/2″ x 3/4 x Random Lengths
Sq. ft.: 19.55 sf per box
Wood Species: Oak
Finish: Brushed & UV Oiled
35 year warranty
Can be installed above or below grade
Nail, staple or glue down installation
