Household bleach oxalic acid or a two part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide.
Bleached oak wood floors.
The top coat is water based polyurethane.
The textured lines of oak.
After researching the best bleach for wood i came to the conclusion that all of the products i was finding were very overpriced.
Sometimes your hardwood floors become discolored with age or accidental stains.
Bleached red oak stair rails baseboards and treads complement the light shades of this staircase and room.
These test boards were bleached twice.
I also noticed that they all seemed to have the same two main ingredients.
Choose a method based on the stain composition.
A two part wood bleach of sodium hydroxide caustic soda and hydrogen peroxide.
Occasionally homeowners choose to lighten their floors in preparation for special finishes such as antiquing or pickling.
Lye and hydrogen peroxide.
This will smell and it will take extra time and cost extra money.
After sanding thoroughly clean all dust from the.
If you have red oak floors already you have the option of bleaching your floors to cancel out the red undertones in the floor.
Two part wood bleach turns red oak bone white without obscuring the grain the way a pickling stain would.
Sand down any part of the wood floor covered in a protective layer to bare wood.
If the wood floor is painted sealed waxed or coated with any type of protective layer this layer must first be removed.
Apply a b bleach safely.
Varieties like poplar and pine are already so light that removing further natural wood color might render them bland and lifeless.
But i want you to remember that you also have the option of not whitewashing your floors.
You ll find three kinds of products marketed as wood bleaches.
I had heard of people bleaching wood but i was skeptical about how well it would work.
White gray and clear.
The best woods for bleaching include oak beach ash and gum.
A b bleach is extremely caustic and will quickly burn your.
The floors after two rounds of wood bleach.
Customized hardwood finishes offer new decorative dimension architects builders and interior designers feature north american hardwoods because of their natural characteristics and beauty.
You can still see a hint of.
There are three common methods for wood beaching.
When i saw this i knew there was hope.
Beach the red oak.
Other wood bleaches are chlorine bleach and oxalic acid.
Wear long neoprene gloves with ends cuffed to catch drips a waterproof apron and goggles.
Bleaching hardwood floors is a chemical process to lighten the color of the wood.
The dark hue of walnut.
The richness of.
The smooth look of maple.
To fully bleach the wood the bleaching solution must be able to reach the wood s cells.
But only one will remove the natural color from wood.
