Bleaching Brazilian Cherry Wood Floors

Here s a sample of bleached brazilian cherry sitting on top of natural color brazilian cherry.

Bleaching brazilian cherry wood floors.

Bleach the hardwood first. 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. On the other hand domestic woods like red oak maple and hickory generally bleach out and become lighter and at a much slower rate. Again the topcoat used will be important in achieving a more livable enduring look.

Others like cedar redwood rosewood and cherry don t take bleach well. 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. Bleaching hardwood floors with klean strip to remove dark stains from dog feces. Here is a series of photos showing a brazilian cherry hardwood floor we refinished in a brentwood tn home.

It can t just be pickled. 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. Well you can bleach it but you may have an unpredictable result. The 2nd way to get rid of the red in brazilian cherry is to bleach the floors.

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. I have bleached brazilian cherry but not done white pickle over the top. 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.

As these bleaching agents are highly caustic you have to take adequate steps to. 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. 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. Bleaching would be required.

We requested the duraseal because we do not. Do work in a ventilated open space.