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Wax helps protect the floor and seals in the oil. You can just continue to re-oil the floor regularly or you can wax it. Wax means no more oiling without removing the wax first. Your mix or Bioshield's mix or any of several options will work. Our ancestors used ox blood. I add 1 part linseed or hemp oil to one part mineral oil and add one part of that mix to one part mineral spirits. Seal the floor with three or four coats of your sealant of choice (linseed can be 5-6 coats plus wax, i like hemp oil just plain or mixed as above, no wax, but it can take 8-12 coats. In the future another coat every two years or so keeps the relatively soft earth mix encapsulated in wax and/or hardened oil.
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