Bleached Fir Floors

For well over 100 years the best known of the bc species used for flooring has been douglas fir.
Bleached fir floors. After sanding thoroughly clean all dust from the. How to mop hardwood floor with bleach water. About 70 percent of our floors were old and in the other areas new floor boards were added to match the old floors. This image shows an old bedroom floor completely sanded.
Stubborn stains and grime on your floor can easily be removed with the right type of solution. Household bleach oxalic acid or a two part kit containing hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide. Mopping your hardwood floors with diluted bleach comes with a number of benefits. If the wood floor is painted sealed waxed or coated with any type of protective layer this layer must first be removed.
Further peerless only offers solid wooden flooring product made from forest species native to british columbia. Choose a method based on the stain composition. There are three common methods for wood beaching. Oxalic acid is commonly employed to bleach out water or rust stains.
To fully bleach the wood the bleaching solution must be able to reach the wood s cells. Chlorine bleach which is like ordinary laundry bleach will remove dye color from wood but not the wood s natural color. For step by step instructions go to how to create a whitewashed scandi floor. Sand down any part of the wood floor covered in a protective layer to bare wood.
Bleaching your hardwood floor is an option when you have stubborn stains that will not disappear. With bleach water you get to disinfect your floors and keep them clean at the same time. Narrow width and clear vertical grain fir flooring can still be found in many an old house either still in use or rediscovered when carpeting is torn up.