White wide and very long floorboards.
Lye soap pine floorboards.
Lye is a caustic type substance used to remove the orange hue from timber particularly flooring.
All i will say is that a slight mishap occurred when experiencing an itchy nose as i used the lye on my new oak kitchen.
Our engineered douglas fir flooring is supplied unfinished bare sanded floorboards to be stained finished once installed.
They need to be freshly sanded for it to give it an even look.
Typically wood lye is used on sanded boards to lighten them and remove warm tones.
Softwood lye may be used for all types of softwood such as pine spruce and pitch pine.
White oil is also a treatment you do like i did in this post.
Soap floorboards scandi style for a subtle whitewashed finish on pine or oak floors take a tip from the scandinavians and soap your boards.
The soap is 100 vegetable based and it soaks into the pours of the floor making a barrier against dirt.
After further sanding a white tinted wood soap is applied which has an oily finish and acts as a protective sealant.
Finish lye and white soap frederik viii s palace amalienborg castle arkitema and erik einar holms tegnestue aps pine classic thickness 35 mm.
After all the flooring is reclaimed and not meant to be 100 perfect.
Work on building and installing the kitchen is still underway more to follow on that so photos of the completed extension must wait a little longer.
Hvid sæbe white soap lud and white oil are three different things.
Scroll down to find out more about the traditional method of bleaching douglas fir flooring using lye soap for a scandi style pine floor.
Our engineered douglas fir flooring scandi white lye soap effect has remained one of our most popular floors and finishes for many years now.
Pine floor being treated with faxe softwood lye.
The priming minimises the natural yellowing process of the wood and enhances the natural grain of the wood producing a white wash finish.
Lud is a treatment you do once to stain the floors.
Softwood lye may not be used on hardwood.
After the lye process has been completed the floors are mopped with a mixture of soap flakes hot water.
Used on larch wood an antique grey brownish finish is created.
Our clients typically specify our widest engineered douglas fir floorboard 260mm and in the longest length specification up to 3 5m.