Bleaching Brazilian Cherry Wood Floors

This sample is several years old.

Bleaching brazilian cherry wood floors.

Again the topcoat used will be important in achieving a more livable enduring look. Do work in a ventilated open space. We requested the duraseal because we do not. I have worked on getting some quotes and half the guys told me that ge.

Hello i am moving into a house with solid brazilian cherry wood and want to either bleach or sand and retain the floors to get them more a walnut maple color. That you re going to have to do to bleach it is first of all you re going to have to sand the whole thing. I have bleached brazilian cherry but not done white pickle over the top. Bleaching hardwood floors with klean strip to remove dark stains from dog feces.

On brazilian cherry hardwood the wood doesn t absorb it that well so it looks lighter than dark walnut and still has a lot of red undertones so a mix of red and brown. I have no reason to assume it wouldn t work. On the other hand domestic woods like red oak maple and hickory generally bleach out and become lighter and at a much slower rate. The 2nd way to get rid of the red in brazilian cherry is to bleach the floors.

The other method to updating brazilian cherry is to bleach it which removes some of the red tone and leaves the floor looking more like teak. As these bleaching agents are highly caustic you have to take adequate steps to. Well you can bleach it but you may have an unpredictable result. Here s a sample of bleached brazilian cherry sitting on top of natural color brazilian cherry.

And considering it s only eight years old it s kind of a shame because you re going to lose a lot of wear and tear there. Bleaching would be required. Others like cedar redwood rosewood and cherry don t take bleach well. Bleach the hardwood first.

We have 3 4 brazilian cherry floors which were installed unfinished and then sanded and sealed with duraseal by a floor contractor not by us. It can t just be pickled.