Cerused White Oak Flooring

Our imagination product line is considered a cerused effect or in centuries gone by it was referred to liming.

Cerused white oak flooring.

Oak s highly visible grain makes it one of the surfaces for the finish. Ceruse can be applied to any type of hardwood furniture flooring cabinet shelving or even trim. Use a wire brush to open up the grain. 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.

Aquaguard ceruse blonde oak wire brushed water resistant engineered hardwood is backed by a lifetime res 15 yr comm. Work with the grain not against it. 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. 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.

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. The type of wood used for this technique is usually oak but other types of porous wood can be used. 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.

The process involves three steps where wire brushing takes place that removes the springwood of white oak. Next the off white undertones are applied that fills in the deeper brushed areas. Dramatic flecking is also present in red oak and white oak. Board edges along the long side can also create splintering after the installation.

It can be used in any room in the house including kitchens mudrooms full bathrooms or basements. Also called a ceruse finish. Now cerused wood can be found with all shades and colors of stain. 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.

Get authentic hardwood in places where it couldn t be enjoyed before. Cerused wood is also known as cerused oak or limed oak because it s often found on this species of wood. 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.

Cerused oak is staging a comeback and i couldn t be more excited. I m worried he might say yes simply to be agreeable when he doesn t. This 6mm x 6 1 2in.