Cleaning wood lye treated wood floors 1.
Lye on wood floors.
Green or bordeaux sanding polishing pad.
Woca wood lye is compatible with all wood species and is available in white and grey.
The final color will first be achieved after 1 2 months.
Floors are simply cleaned with a solution of white soap and a flat mop.
8 12 hours at 20 c.
Wood lye bleeches solid wood floors and engineered floors of solid wood and is especially used for beech oak birch maple hevea and other types of softwood or light hardwood.
Apply at least 1 l of lye per 10 m of wood.
Apply an even coat of the lye with the woca applicator a nylon brush or roller lengthwise along the grain.
The unfinished woodwork must be well sanded clean and dry before application of lye.
Woca wood lye is a mild non corrosive form of lye and the first step to whitewash or create a driftwood appearance on indoor wood.
Softwood lye can not be used on hardwood.
Allow the finish 24 hours to cure.
When softwood lye is used on larch wood an antique grey brownish finish is created.
Finish and protect the wood surface with woca master color oil or diamond oil active.
Woca wood lye helps the wood from yellowing over time and adds pigment white or grey to the wood grain.
Woca wood lye is compatible with all wood species particularly white oak.
If there is any sign after that of oil seeping back to the surface particularly from joints then contact dane care immediately for further advice.
De nib standing fibres and remove excess pigments with a medium e g.
It also minimizes the natural occurrence of the wood turning yellow over time.
Clean with 125 ml wood cleaner mixed with 5 l water.