We recently installed a brand new yellow knotty pine floor. The wood lye dries quickly within an hour so we were able to get a good system going with two of us applying the Lye and my wife oiling the boards after a minimum hour ofdrying. Fortunately, he was willing to duplicate this technique on the ceiling. Some people do you a soap finish which is also very nice. Hi Kent, Please note again, it is a concept. The stairs are showing no signs of discoloration or dirtiness. What they told me over the phone was that I shouldnt be using the Woca Wood Lye for the effect Im going for (the effect being the same as what youve accomplished). Let it dry fully. So I decided to learn to work with it. It's opaqueness is truly challenged on knotty pine. OP - please post some updates on your project - would love to see how it winds up! My wife and I applied woca lye over all ceilings and the difference was night and day, Whatever ends up working, would appreciate seeing. And yes, Ill write a post and include some pictures of the wood work for comparison in the next couple weeks. I did a sample piece years ago with Tripp Trapp products and the result was alarmingly yellow. i like how the white trimming looks with the wood. Hi Jason we bought the 16 T&g pine that we used on the ceiling from a local mill workshop. Do you think there is a chance the woca whites will draw the yellow out and restore it back to its original beauty? The softwood lye was not a product they carried when we ordered before. The oil didnt appear to change the color of the wood but simply gave a protective layer. Our old house, although full of grand and beautiful woodwork, had been very dark with mostly mahogany, ebony or cherry stained wood. Chess, is correct. It would go over the pine but could be removed later. Hello Kent After reading your blog, I ordered the Woca Wood Lye White and the Master Floor Oil White.
Will you recommend to polish/lightly sand it??? 
Please post after photos. In my place Im going to possibly spend the money and paint the ceilings in one or two rooms, but I will leave the main space as is. After drying for a couple days, we began the Wood Lye application (photo) with a simplenylon brush. Hindsight is 20/20 or so Im told. We decided on this technique after the pine wood ceilings were installed. I believe it was quite close to what they recommend coverage area as on the Woca website. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Once it passes all the tests to client's liking, then go for it full force in confidence. I did end up sampling all combinations. Let me know how it goes! I'm looking to white wash the wood we're going to use on our 17' x 19' room's vaulted ceiling but there's no way we can wax all of that. She goes on to state. "One of the most popular questions I get is whether you can whitewash over existing paneling that has been finished, lacquered, urethaned or stained. Stacy, 
Also less mess. My mother in law, who could have easily afforded to not just change it, but tear it down and start over, chose to work with it. Im not sure what kind of space require weekly washing of the floors with soap aside from some commercial space where people are wearing outdoor footwear inside. We stacked them with spacers in between so that the oil was not in contact with anything. im having a similar situation. Arlenny, start your own post, it's not right to hijack another post with their own dilemma. I couldnt tell you the species except that its not knotty pine. Ours was white with hues of pink, light yellow and faint brown tones too. Keep your eyes peeled for it!
So you DID do it yourself! Change). Let us know. Then soap or while oil. My husband almost broke his back putting in the wood floors years ago that are oak with a beautiful rich pine stain. The wood lye enhances the natural color of the wood and removes the factors in the wood that cause yellowing over time (although wood will always change slightly overtime). I hope this helps. That being said, the main difference is the wood variety. Thats the best I can offer! We didnt use the active diamond oil though. Leave them somewhere in your house you will get lots of sun for a few weeks and see how the color changes. Cindy,
Google it. You use it to cover knots. What a cool technique! Any yellowing or staying true to the pale white? Hi, I would like to use your technic on my timbers for the timberframe house and for T&G ceiling. Should I sand the timbers before applying the Lye and then the Soap?
Which involves basically watering down white paint and then painting it on. I had it in my last home because I had so many different woods in the furniture (lots of Japanese and Tibetan). I had taken special note of their insanely beautiful 10 Douglas fir plank floors that were light and clean andnot yellow in the least (Douglas fir is another wood that turns very yellow with time). Appearing in places. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Have they both been given the same treatment? This is the same technique used for our Address Sign above the front doors. I appreciate your support. A suggestion: Hickory in Saddle stain. I use this opposite color application a lot in watercolors to tone colors in my paintings which is similar process in whitewashing. This technique works well with any new wood project such as this Easy Made Farmhouse Table Riser. It may work, but be forewarned, if you prime just the knots, it may appear as opaque white dots or spaces throughout the whitewash. Hi! You should let it dry for a day at least. Great idea. i think that can brighten up the room plenty..thanks for you advice. Knotty pine is definitely a challenge. In addition, the DIY Island countertop was aged to look like old barn wood with this similar technique. It was one of my favorite places ever. I did try to whitewash a small area to see how it looked.came out pinkishnot happy with that, so we painted instead! "It's a lot of extra steps & precautions, however a lot less unforseen problems later.". ft. of pine. I would be nervous of the oil pulling amber or pink. Your work is fantastic. It is very labor intensive but the end product was worth it. But after the nightmare of the concrete floor finishing, we were excited to finally be able to have some pleasure in seeing the ceiling installed. Hi! If you've been there awhile, trees and shrubs will have grown. We purchased a lake home a couple years ago and utilized your techniques on our project. I found that the White Oil really didnt change the colour of the wood further, but simply helped to smooth out the grain and give a nice hand to the wood. While white oak is much more a creamy brown tone. Adding the opposite color into the 1st coat of wash, then a 2nd thicker coat of white wash on top. Thanks so much for your response! Wow, I need to try this! Also, is white pine more difficult to buy than yellow pine? Primer is opaque, therefore it's not used for white washing. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. I have been waiting for the new iphone to come out in September to buy it or I will use my camera to post before and after photos. very appreciated! Thank you. Mind you we are either in bare feet or socks in the house so maybe if you wore shoes on the wood it would get dirty? (LogOut/ Also, the builder put a light skim coat of finish on it leaving it porous. We had to sign off, as that was our heating system.
(LogOut/ Likely Lodgepole pine is that the same species you used? Why is that the case? My process before doing walls for clients.. I think if you remove shoes at the door, you can get by with only occasional moppings. Thanks. Did you use white or extra white? They get a lot of foot traffic and it rains there more days than not so mud does get tracked in. How much of each product did it take to do your 900 sq feet? I also ordered wood cleaner for the in between (after lye). I have a pine ceiling which has yellowed over 13 years. So glad you did a color other than white. Just wanted something a but more classy. I can also be reached at wjelkin@gmail.com. Hopefully she won't wind up with pink walls! I LOVE it! Do all boards need to be precut before the treatment? We used the wood lye and master white oil on white pine. Next, its time to add the whitewash to your stained wood. Weve been using it for 4 months and I havent done anything except to vacuum dog hair off. How has this held up over the years? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Their customer service was really helpful for us. Although obviously, the knots themselves would be much harder to "un-prime" completely, but it's very easy to sand back the BIN to be more transparent, if you get it "too" white. Also, will it look funny to have a beach house look in the redwoods with wood floors? Absolutely stunning. I was told that would be necessary, even if the oil has been used to finish. I wonder if you could order a small sample of each the softwood lye and the white wood lye. Treat a board, leave it out for a couple weeks and see how the sun changes it. Some of the existing ceilings were bare pine that had ambered significantly and some ceilings had oil based polyurethane on them that had also ambered. I would use the primer as the last attempt, because once that goes on it's hard, more impossible to reverse it without sanding it off back to wood. Hope your remodel is going great! And make up some samples for yourself. They are all distinctly different, as Ive described above, but all look very good together. As was recommended, we first cleaned each board, as they were pretty dirty from the drive out on our gravel road, with the Wood Cleaner. What kind of wood flooring to match pine ceiling, dark beams, fir door. Here are tips for using the popular hue, A colorful, spacious and eclectic kitchen in the Texas Hill Country takes full advantage of outside views and sunshine, Look to this colorless color for warm, relaxed style with elegant undertones, Is it time to kick the hard stuff? It was a bit more pricy then from the big box hardware shops but comparing the quality was like night and day it was worth the higher price.
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