Bleaching Timber Flooring
A controlled chemical reaction that, once applied, reacts with the timber tannins that visibly brighten the complexion. Works great with naturally dark timber to achieve a tone that is impossible with other methods.
What is Bleaching?
A Premium way to Lighten up dark timber such as Jarrah without blocking its textural grain.
From RED to Whatever you Wish
Controlled Timber Tannin Bleaching
The Method
Don't confuse Bleaching with Liming. Bleaching uses a chemical reaction to remove dark tannins, requiring specialized application. With near 10 years of experience, MyFlooring offers expert bleaching services.
The Service
What We Provide
On Site Bleach Samples
Each interior is different- Literally. Not only the difference in timber (Species, age, condition) but also the room space, orientation, opening location can change how the interior can look.
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Thus- at MyFlooring, we take extra care to bleach on site. To show what the real outcome can look like.
Dark to Light
Have naturally dark timbers? Such as Jarrah / Spotted Gum / Blue Gum? Well don't feel like your options are limited, we can Bleach it!
Timber tannins can be removed from your timber allowing you to choose a lighter/ modern feel to your property.
We can even get Spotted Gum to look like French Oak in complexion.
See the Difference
Before
After
Things to Consider
Advantages
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Able to maintain clear grain patterns in the timber.
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Able to remove a large percentage of dark tannins- as opposed to trying to cover it up with lime.
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A combination of bleaching, stain, lime has a higher chance of colour matching timber to another piece of timber of choice.
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Other bleach chemicals produce harmful gas. However, we use a specially formulated bleaching system that only release oxygen and no harmful VOC’s.
Considerations
Requires a lot more special care and time to bleach the timber.
Only flooring and certain aspects of stairs/ furniture can be bleached. Not all surfaces can accept the bleaching method.
The caustic effects can affect certain types of paint that are in contact with the flooring; such as skirting/ door jam paints.
Note for Clients
Please note that the final results does depend greatly on the original condition of the timber that will be bleached. Certain imperfections can be removed through the bleaching process- but expectations should be set where the final results can show signs of imperfection.
After bleaching, we can additionally apply a lime wash, or stain to get a colour/ tone that you will be satisfied by. We can apply an onsite sample test to confirm the right colour combination.
