Oiling my wood floors

       Presently I use linseed oil to preserve my wood floors, which is a vegetable oil made from flax seed. Here is a wiki link on the subject:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil

            Even my dogs lick it.

            Now earlier I even used modern chemical stuff, like polyurethane wood floor coverings. My dogs don't lick it.

            My present wood floor is a combination of all. Some of this 1905 cottage is hardwood chestnut wood; some of it is more modern local hard maple wood. And the 1906 cottage next door is different, too. It has some modern polyurethane wood covering in one room, too.

            My intent is just to be clean and healthy, as best I can with what I have been dealt.

            Let me say it another way. I am big on preventing getting sick, vice trying to cure sickness.

            And oiling my floors,  really like keeping them clean enough to prevent disease, is a smart idea, to me.

            Even if it is "slick as ice today". Thank goodness for my present relatives taking pity on me and providing me long johns that I wear today as the linseed oil absorbs into the woods pores, maybe even just evaporates.

            I give it a day or two.

            In the meantime, I'll just be real careful, mostly about the "slickness".

            And last, I have lived in a canvass tent with a dirt floor. And proper hygiene worked just fine back then. So can it today.