Bleached Oak Wood Floors

The best woods for bleaching include oak beach ash and gum.

Bleached oak wood floors.

The smooth look of maple. 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. Bleaching hardwood floors is a chemical process to lighten the color of the wood.

Wear long neoprene gloves with ends cuffed to catch drips a waterproof apron and goggles. Bleached red oak stair rails baseboards and treads complement the light shades of this staircase and room. These test boards were bleached twice. You ll find three kinds of products marketed as wood bleaches.

But wood bleach lets you remove color from wood. This will smell and it will take extra time and cost extra money. I had heard of people bleaching wood but i was skeptical about how well it would work. But i want you to remember that you also have the option of not whitewashing your floors.

The floors after two rounds of wood bleach. The top coat is water based polyurethane. There are three common methods for wood beaching. Beach the red oak.

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. Lye and hydrogen peroxide. When i saw this i knew there was hope. After sanding thoroughly clean all dust from the.

Occasionally homeowners choose to lighten their floors in preparation for special finishes such as antiquing or pickling. The richness of. After researching the best bleach for wood i came to the conclusion that all of the products i was finding were very overpriced. Household bleach oxalic acid or a two part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide.

The textured lines of oak. Choose a method based on the stain composition. Sand down any part of the wood floor covered in a protective layer to bare wood. You can still see a hint of.

I also noticed that they all seemed to have the same two main ingredients. Two part wood bleach turns red oak bone white without obscuring the grain the way a pickling stain would. Apply a b bleach safely. But only one will remove the natural color from wood.

White gray and clear. A two part wood bleach of sodium hydroxide caustic soda and hydrogen peroxide. Customized hardwood finishes offer new decorative dimension architects builders and interior designers feature north american hardwoods because of their natural characteristics and beauty. Bleaching your hardwood floor is an option when you have stubborn stains that will not disappear.

Varieties like poplar and pine are already so light that removing further natural wood color might render them bland and lifeless. To fully bleach the wood the bleaching solution must be able to reach the wood s cells. The dark hue of walnut.