Bleached Cherry Wood Floors

Sand with 320 or 400 grit sandpaper just enough to remove the fuzzy grain from the surface.

Bleached cherry wood floors.

You can bleach wood as many times as needed to achieve the color you want. And it s very easy to do. Duffy floors proudly serving the boston area since 1927. Household bleach oxalic acid or a two part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide.

Chris president of frank h. Sand down any part of the wood floor covered in a protective layer to bare wood. There are three common methods for wood beaching. Bleaching your hardwood floor is an option when you have stubborn stains that will not disappear.

To fully bleach the wood the bleaching solution must be able to reach the wood s cells. It s really idiot proof. First make sure you sand the wood even if you don t see any sort of finish or top coat. And that is you rent a floor buffer and a sanding screen.

The neutral palette of a freshly bleached wood can be the starting point of all kinds of funky wood finish treatments like bone or pearl blond mahogany a popular finish in the. Choose a method based on the stain composition. You must sand with the grain in the same direction. The preferred method for bleaching hardwoods is a two step process.

Call 781 395 3418 for a free wood floor estimate. I ve done it many times myself on a lot of the hardwood floors in my house because what that does it that just sort of takes off and roughs up the upper surface of the finish. After sanding thoroughly clean all dust from the. Brushing the wood with caustic soda or ammonia.

We bleached the pale piece of red oak in the top photo and made three applications to the walnut sample allow the wood to dry thoroughly. The 2nd way to get rid of the red in brazilian cherry is to bleach the floors. Experts recommend that you avoid bleaching hardwood floors however. This process often weakens wood fibers making floors more susceptible to the wear of regular foot traffic for more information see quick tips below.

It s the same brazilian cherry floor in a different room bleached and stained with a satin finish. Just buy the stain and apply but take it from the furniture makeover experts of hometalk much can be done to enhance the staining process. The variation in the wood is still visible but its beauty isn t covered up by a blindingly shiny red glaze. Refinishing wood like a pro refinishing wood may seem simple.

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