Lye Wood Floor
In white and grey.
Lye wood floor. Lye is a chemical used for making soap performing chemistry demonstrations making biodiesel curing food unclogging drains disinfecting floors and toilets and synthesizing drugs because it can be used to make illegal drugs lye may be hard to find in a store however you can make the chemical yourself using a method popular in colonial days. Woca wood lye gives interior wood a whitewash white or driftwood grey look to wood. A lye pre treated wood floor may be finished after a drying time of approx. He was somewhat scathing about my plan to treat the floor in the way that i had the other floors using lye and white oil and did his utmost to convince me that a wood wash and lacquer was by the far the best finish and.
Woca wood lye helps the wood from yellowing over time and adds pigment white or grey to the wood grain. Wood lye is a non corrosive primer and will produce a light white or grey wash finish on all wood species. Floor stairs furniture and panels. Floors are simply cleaned with a solution of white soap and a flat mop.
Ensure that the woodwork is freshly sanded dry and free from dust before. Mafi has for generations produced natural wood floors exclusively in austria ecologically perfect tailor made for each client based on nature with more people than machines and within four days. Wood lye offers a good protection against the yellowing process of many wood species and is easy to apply. After extensive sanding the floors are bleached with lye which takes out the natural yellow and generally creates a raw whitewashed effect.
The priming prevents the wood from yellowing and enhances the wood grain creating a coloured wash effect depending on the chosen colour. 8 hours at 68 f the wood must be completely dry with the woca oil of your choice master color oil or diamond oil active. Approximately 250 square feet per 2 5 liter container. Mafi natural wood floors.
Wood lye is used for priming of unfinished or newly sanded interior woodwork i e. The pfl had agreed that he would lay the floor monitoring the wood first until it reached the correct moisture content. Cleaning wood lye treated wood floors 1. Wood lye may be used on all types of wood.
White lye treatments create a beautiful natural look on pine oak and ash floors amongst others. Treat your wood flooring paneling furniture and any other wood surface with woca wood lye to create a nordic interior look and feel to your space.