Lye Soap For Floors

In days gone by lye soap was a homemaker s ultimate all purpose cleanser.

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. Woca wood lye gives interior wood a whitewash white or driftwood grey look to wood. A big red mark under one s nose is not a good look so if using lye whether it is on wood or for soap making be careful it burns.

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. White oil is also a treatment you do like i did in this post. Lud is a treatment you do once to stain the floors. Then the soap is left to soak in and mopped with clean water to finish.

White soap is a way of keeping the floors light by adding a new layer of white overtime you. 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. After the lye process has been completed the floors are mopped with a mixture of soap flakes hot water. They need to be freshly sanded for it to give it an even look.