Lye Soap Pine Floorboards

Finish lye and white soap frederik viii s palace amalienborg castle arkitema and erik einar holms tegnestue aps pine classic thickness 35 mm.

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. 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. Our engineered douglas fir flooring is supplied unfinished bare sanded floorboards to be stained finished once installed.

Our engineered douglas fir flooring scandi white lye soap effect has remained one of our most popular floors and finishes for many years now. Softwood lye may be used for all types of softwood such as pine spruce and pitch pine. White soap is a way of keeping the floors light by adding a new layer of white overtime you. Then the soap is left to soak in and mopped with clean water to finish.

Hvid sæbe white soap lud and white oil are three different things. Lud is a treatment you do once to stain the floors. Pine floor being treated with faxe softwood lye. Softwood lye may not be used on hardwood.

Scroll down to find out more about the traditional method of bleaching douglas fir flooring using lye soap for a scandi style pine floor. After further sanding a white tinted wood soap is applied which has an oily finish and acts as a protective sealant. Typically wood lye is used on sanded boards to lighten them and remove warm tones. After the lye process has been completed the floors are mopped with a mixture of soap flakes hot water.

They need to be freshly sanded for it to give it an even look. After all the flooring is reclaimed and not meant to be 100 perfect. The soap is 100 vegetable based and it soaks into the pours of the floor making a barrier against dirt. Without the use of lye the strong orange tints in the timber tend to come through whatever white tint you put on the wood at a later stage particularly on some pines that have resinous streaks in them.

Used on larch wood an antique grey brownish finish is created. Soap floorboards scandi style for a subtle whitewashed finish on pine or oak floors take a tip from the scandinavians and soap your boards. White oil is also a treatment you do like i did in this post.