Lye On Oak Floors

I wish the color was a little stronger.

Lye on oak floors.

My only regret is we didn t put two layers of lye down. The treatment of the wood flooring depends first and foremost on the kind of colour you are looking for but also the intensity of use of the entire floor. Lye and hydrogen peroxide. We got the supplies from a company outside of atlanta.

Our possibilities range from lye soap oil to linseed oil which are a very ecological alternative to other oils. White lye treatments create a beautiful natural look on pine oak and ash floors amongst others. So i decided to make my own wood bleach. Rilke after studying your site my husband and i did this on 800 sq.

Floor stairs furniture and panels. After extensive sanding the floors are bleached with lye which takes out the natural yellow and generally creates a raw whitewashed effect. The unfinished woodwork must be well sanded clean and dry before application of lye. The floors can then be finished with a white oil or natural soap.

Wood lye bleeches solid wood floors and engineered floors of solid wood and is especially used for beech oak birch maple hevea and other types of softwood or light hardwood. Our hardwood flooring was white oak but we had a lot of other wood elements like beams and built ins that would have to be built using red oak boards. Clean with 125 ml wood cleaner mixed with 5 l water. Woca wood lye is compatible with all wood species particularly white oak.

Of blond oak parquet floor. How to video wood lye is used for lye priming of unfinished or newly sanded interior woodwork i e. Mild non corrosive and easy to use for a professional woodworking enthusiast or diyer. I picked up a.