Bleaching Brazilian Cherry Wood Floors

Bleach the hardwood first.

Bleaching brazilian cherry wood floors.

The 2nd way to get rid of the red in brazilian cherry is to bleach the floors. It can t just be pickled. Here is a series of photos showing a brazilian cherry hardwood floor we refinished in a brentwood tn home. For example many tropical exotic woods used in flooring like brazilian cherry or tigerwood react to uv exposure very fast and they turn a much darker shade.

On the other hand domestic woods like red oak maple and hickory generally bleach out and become lighter and at a much slower rate. Here s a sample of bleached brazilian cherry sitting on top of natural color brazilian cherry. I have bleached brazilian cherry but not done white pickle over the top. 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.

I have worked on getting some quotes and half the guys told me that ge. Do work in a ventilated open space. Well you can bleach it but you may have an unpredictable result. None of my furniture matches the floors so i want to get the rid out.

Again the topcoat used will be important in achieving a more livable enduring look. Bleaching hardwood floors with klean strip to remove dark stains from dog feces. As these bleaching agents are highly caustic you have to take adequate steps to. 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.

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. 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. This sample is several years old. 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.

I have no reason to assume it wouldn t work. We requested the duraseal because we do not.