Lye Treatment For Floors

Larch plank in 3 layer construction with small bevel on long side and approx.

Lye treatment for floors.

Type of plank. 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. Larch wide plank brushed lye treated white oil. Of floor or woodwork.

Lye most commonly refers to sodium hydroxide naoh but historically has been used for potassium hydroxide koh. A variety of mafi products come pre coated with a wood lye treatment. White lye treatments create a beautiful natural look on pine oak and ash floors amongst others. Apply the lye undiluted with a brush or paint roller in an even coat on the floor following the wood grain.

The lye does not add any surface protection. A lye is a metal hydroxide traditionally obtained by leaching wood ashes or a strong alkali which is highly soluble in water producing caustic basic solutions. Very vivid surface appearance. A hard wearing conifer floor.

5 mm top layer with approx. A hard wearing conifer floor. Mafi larch brushed lye treatment and white oiled. Apply at least one liter of lye for every 100 sq ft.

After extensive sanding the floors are bleached with lye which takes out the natural yellow and generally creates a raw whitewashed effect. 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. Today lye is commercially manufactured using a membrane cell chloralkali process it is supplied in various forms. The lye can have different effects on certain species of woods.

Brushed lye treated white oil. Floor stairs furniture and panels. Beautiful vivid surface appearance full of character. Wood lye may be used on all types of wood.

The floors can then be finished with a white oil or natural soap. The priming prevents the wood from yellowing and enhances the wood grain creating a coloured wash effect depending on the chosen colour. 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. Wood lye is used for priming of unfinished or newly sanded interior woodwork i e.

5 mm backing in the same wood and middle layer conifer. The wood still requires a coat of mafi white floor oil. After all the flooring is reclaimed and not meant to be 100 perfect. Lye treatment is suitable for all conifers floors staircases ceilings etc for indoor use.

Damp mop the floor with woca intensive wood cleaner see separate instructions.