After the lye process has been completed the floors are mopped with a mixture of soap flakes hot water.
Lye soap for floors.
Hvid sæbe white soap lud and white oil are three different things.
Woca wood lye helps the wood from yellowing over time and adds pigment white or grey to the wood grain.
The soap is 100 vegetable based and it soaks into the pours of the floor making a barrier against dirt.
White oil is also a treatment you do like i did in this post.
White soap is a way of keeping the floors light by adding a new layer of white overtime you.
Lye is a chemical used for making soap performing chemistry demonstrations making biodiesel curing food unclogging drains disinfecting floors and toilets and synthesizing drugs because it can be used to make illegal drugs lye may be hard to find in a store however you can make the chemical yourself using a method popular in colonial days.
In days gone by lye soap was a homemaker s ultimate all purpose cleanser.
From clothes and stains to dirty dishes and floors even to poison ivy and bug bites lye soap was the answer for the family s daily cleaning needs.
They need to be freshly sanded for it to give it an even look.
All i will say is that a slight mishap occurred when experiencing an itchy nose as i used the lye on my new oak kitchen worktops.
Then the soap is left to soak in and mopped with clean water to finish.
Mild non corrosive and easy to use for a professional woodworking enthusiast or diyer.