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How To Bleach Wood Dresser

December 27, 2020

Restoration hardware and pottery barn have got nothing on us because i am about to show and tell you (in a few simple steps) how i refinished my husband's childhood oak dress I set out to strip and bleach these down, in efforts to achieve a natural raw wood color, like natural oak.

How to refinish furniture, like this provincial dresser

I did a couple of.

How to bleach wood dresser. Listen, i think bleaching a dresser sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. You do not want your bleach to pool on top of the table but just do a nice even swipe of the bleach on your surface. 1 ounce of powder or crystals per 1 cup of warm water.

I poured my household bleach into a bucket and used a rag to wipe bleach over the table. If necessary apply more bleach until you are satisfied with the shade. The last two coats were applied in between days;

You can use this 'look' in any design style. I love the light, raw and restored look. Check out her tutorial to see how she did hers.

Apply bleach to your wood. Apply bleach evenly with a small cloth rag to your entire piece. I applied 7 coats on my piece waiting a few hours in between;

Using a soft clean white rag, i just dip it into a bowl of bleach and rub it all over the wood. Neutralize with half n half of vinegar and water Wipe the bleached wood clean with a damp cloth, and then neutralize it with a solution of 1 cup of borax dissolved in 1 quart of hot water.

Have you considered stripping furniture? They were all dark and red toned, which didn’t mix well with my home. After 5 coats of bleach.

French provincial wood bleach dresser makeover. Once your homemade wood bleach has dried just reapply your bleach solution and let dry in the sun, again. Here’s how i did it!

Two part a/b bleach which is used to remove the natural color from wood. I wiped undiluted household bleach on the top and the side of the side of the dresser below, with a lint free cloth, and you can see how much it lightened it up. Each time the wood will look lighter.

Then, dip a clean sponge into your bleach solution and apply it evenly in straight lines, using slow, steady motions. You’ll also notice after applying the bleach, that the piece of furniture may feel rough again. It works well for blotchy areas and for slight overall lightening, but it won’t change the color of the wood drastically.

Since two part wood bleach seems to have all but disappears from the market, i did some internet searching and found on the forest products laboratory website that sodium hydroxide (ordinary lye or drain cleaner) plus hydrogen peroxide is the only bleach that will remove the natural pigment in wood. You can use this 'look' in any design style. This is because the bleach “exposed” the wood fibers.

When i was done stripping the dresser, i found a blog post on pinterest that pictured exactly what i had in my head. You can see in the photo below, the household bleach did a better job than the savogran wood bleach. Before you use a stronger bleach on any piece of furniture, try laundry bleach;

Wood, when exposed to the elements, may turn gray. I read a few tutorials that mentioned if the bleach was pooled heavier in some areas, the wood may not lighten evenly. Make sure you prepare enough bleach to treat the entire surface or piece of furniture.

Next, apply a varnish or stain remover to neutralize the wood, let it sit for several minutes, and rinse it off with water. The types of bleach available at your grocery store have varying degrees of effect on wood furniture. Wait in between coats until its dry.

Oxalic acid can be used as bleach for both wood and stone. This mild bleach can solve most refinishing color problems, from stains to water spots. Let the wood dry completely, usually overnight, then sponge off all residue with plenty of clean water.

Restoration hardware and pottery barn have got nothing on us because i am about to show and tell you (in a few simple steps) how i refinished my husband's childhood oak dress The last two bleaches are generally available from any real paint store or a woodworking store. Amy of the blog the coastal oak gave her french provincial dresser a bleached makeover with leather strap handles.

Let the bleach dry and apply another coat or two of the bleach letting it dry each time in between until you have gotten your desired look. Rinse the wood with clean water, and dry it thoroughly. Use a clean sponge and apply it to the wood in the same way the bleach was applied.

Let the bleach sit on the wood until it feels dry to touch.repeat as many times as you want. If this happens to you, don’t fret, just sand them out and reapply your bleach. Use a clean sponge dipped in clean water to wipe down.

You do not want to leave it drenched—just make sure it is wet with the bleach all over. I was actually really impressed with the dresser before the bleach but it did look a bit unfinished so i was really excited to see what the bleach would do to it. So after giving all the raw wood a really thorough spray, i used a slightly damp sponge to absorb the excess pools of bleach.

The dresser still retails on the pottery barn site for $1799. Common laundry bleach or chlorine will effectively remove stain or dye color from wood, but. After applying the neutralizer, rinse the wood with water.

Neutralize the bleach using equal parts of white vinegar and water. When applying bleach to your wood, i would use gloves, a mask, and safety googles. Treatment with any bleach raises the grain of the wood, even when the piece of furniture has already been thoroughly sanded.

To do this, mix 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water in a bowl and apply this mixture using a new paint brush (or cleaned out paint brush) all over the areas the bleach was applied. Be careful though, depending on the adhesive that is used to attach the veneer, bleaches could cause some adherence problems. Apply the acid solution evenly to the wood, brushing it on along the grain to cover the entire surface.

I love the light, raw and restored look. Now it’s time for bleach. It usually does the trick.

For this particular dresser we did 3 coats. Wood can discolor and stain over the years, especially if it is outside in the elements. You literally just take a rag, pour bleach on it and wipe onto the wood evenly;

Oxygen bleach will not damage wood fibers or the wood's finish, and is harmless to plants that may be growing nearby, making it an excellent choice for decks. In fact, this acid is often used when preparing to stain old wood flooring. When oxalic acid is applied to an old and gray wood floor, it gives the natural white of the wood flooring.

This is my favorite part. These splotches occurred because i applied the bleach while the table was laying on its side. To prepare the acid, mix a saturated solution with warm water:

Make your wood surfaces look new again by cleaning them with oxygen bleach.

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