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Pickled oak stain on white oak floors.
Step 4 rub it in wipe it off photo by wendell t.
Pickling is a technique that refinishers use to lighten the natural color of wood usually oak to give it a washed out appearance.
So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using.
Mix 1 part white latex primer sealer with 3 parts water.
When pickling soft woods like pine apply a water based wood conditioner first then sand lightly to allow the pickling to take evenly.
All of the wood types accepted the stain well except the non conditioned birch side.
Using a 4 inch brush paint on a patch of the pickling solution.
There s a couple things you can do.
This is the actual bleaching process and usually takes 30 minutes to an hour to complete.
It can be thinned down with water to make it less dark.
A variety of companies offer pre finished bleached pickled and lightened hardwood floors.
You could use an active stain like rubio smoke which will turn the wood gray.
Next use a clean synthetic brush to apply the hydrogen peroxide.
The best white stain we ve found is bona white.
See also white oak vegetable oiled color wood flooring large wooden strip.
This stain added very little color to any of the boards maybe slightly lighter with a tinge of green but really brought out their natural color and grain.
We have found those to be a bit too watery so they aren t as translucent or white as most people expect.
A foaming action will take place as the two solutions react.
They do this by brushing on a white or light colored stain.
The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
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They are too transparent.