Bleached Oak Wood Floors

The textured lines of oak.

Bleached oak wood floors.

Other wood bleaches are chlorine bleach and oxalic acid. I had heard of people bleaching wood but i was skeptical about how well it would work. But only one will remove the natural color from wood. A b bleach is extremely caustic and will quickly burn your.

This will smell and it will take extra time and cost extra money. When i saw this i knew there was hope. Sometimes your hardwood floors become discolored with age or accidental stains. The top coat is water based polyurethane.

Bleached red oak stair rails baseboards and treads complement the light shades of this staircase and room. Apply a b bleach safely. Sand down any part of the wood floor covered in a protective layer to bare wood. Bleaching hardwood floors is a chemical process to lighten the color of the wood.

Household bleach oxalic acid or a two part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide. After researching the best bleach for wood i came to the conclusion that all of the products i was finding were very overpriced. Lye and hydrogen peroxide. These test boards were bleached twice.

Occasionally homeowners choose to lighten their floors in preparation for special finishes such as antiquing or pickling. There are three common methods for wood beaching. The richness of. To fully bleach the wood the bleaching solution must be able to reach the wood s cells.

The smooth look of maple. The floors after two rounds of wood bleach. Beach the red oak. Customized hardwood finishes offer new decorative dimension architects builders and interior designers feature north american hardwoods because of their natural characteristics and beauty.

Choose a method based on the stain composition. The best woods for bleaching include oak beach ash and gum. The floor contractor patiently bleached a series of sample red oak floor boards to see what the floor would look like with three different stains. Wear long neoprene gloves with ends cuffed to catch drips a waterproof apron and goggles.

White gray and clear. If the wood floor is painted sealed waxed or coated with any type of protective layer this layer must first be removed. If you have red oak floors already you have the option of bleaching your floors to cancel out the red undertones in the floor. I also noticed that they all seemed to have the same two main ingredients.

But i want you to remember that you also have the option of not whitewashing your floors. But wood bleach lets you remove color from wood. Varieties like poplar and pine are already so light that removing further natural wood color might render them bland and lifeless. Two part wood bleach turns red oak bone white without obscuring the grain the way a pickling stain would.

The dark hue of walnut. You can still see a hint of. After sanding thoroughly clean all dust from the.