Cerused White Oak Flooring

Wire brushed hardwood is a minor form of distressing but does depend on the depth of the brushing.

Cerused white oak flooring.

This 6mm x 6 1 2in. Ceruse can be applied to any type of hardwood furniture flooring cabinet shelving or even trim. I d like to do my white oak floors natural with a white ceruse but is it hard to make it look good. Our imagination product line is considered a cerused effect or in centuries gone by it was referred to liming.

Use a wire brush to open up the grain. Work with the grain not against it. Oak s highly visible grain makes it one of the surfaces for the finish. Get authentic hardwood in places where it couldn t be enjoyed before.

A second pass is run where the chosen color. Deeper brushing can be problematic in that it can snag everyday dust and in the case of household pets. Now cerused wood can be found with all shades and colors of stain. I m worried he might say yes simply to be agreeable when he doesn t.

Dating way back to the 1500s ceruse white lead was originally used in cosmetics until furniture makers discovered that it worked beautifully as an overlay on porous woods. In earlier years it was preferred that the wood stain was dark and the grain was white creating a large contrast in the colors. A brass bristle type will not scratch the wood too much. Aquaguard ceruse blonde oak wire brushed water resistant engineered hardwood is backed by a lifetime res 15 yr comm.

The process involves three steps where wire brushing takes place that removes the springwood of white oak. Also called a ceruse finish. Because it s such a versatile finish it makes a great way to spruce up old humdrum wooden items and give them some contemporary flair. When quarter sawn oak is cerused we are able to add a white glaze and use a special brush to make sure the glaze seeps into the grain without affecting the color of the stain thus giving texture to the surface of the wood.

If you want to preserve the background color of the wood and have the white only in the grain it requires a different technique than simply using a white pickle stain. I don t think it s hit this area yet so my floor guy might not have done it before and we don t share the same primary language. Wire brushed cerused hardwood flooring. Next the off white undertones are applied that fills in the deeper brushed areas.

Cerused oak is staging a comeback and i couldn t be more excited. It can be used in any room in the house including kitchens mudrooms full bathrooms or basements. Board edges along the long side can also create splintering after the installation.