Stain Wood Floors With Tea

This tea stain recipe covers about 150 200 sq feet of wood plank.

Stain wood floors with tea. 3 4 cups white vinegar. Stain makes sander scratch shockingly visible. But before you begin staining your wood with tea you will need to make iron acetate which will react with the tannins in the tea mixture to stain the wood. Gel stains are the best wood stain for furniture or floors made of pine or other woods prone to blotching.

Here are four big reasons why. To create iron acetate soak a piece of steel wool in a solution of vinegar and water in a covered jar for two to three days sources. Place the pot on the stove over medium heat. Just plain steel wool.

Gel stain adheres well even if the piece is not completely sanded down to the original wood. So i boiled 5 teabags in about 200 ml water abd used this to stain the white parts allowing them to dry in the hot mediterranean sun in between applications. To clean your hardwood flooring with tea pour a quart of water in a large pot. You won t need a gigantic pot of tea like i brewed.

1 2 large tea bags any brand will do. Blotching is uneven coloring caused by varying densities and resin deposits in the wood. That s why we do our utmost to talk you out of staining your wood floors. Olivia joyce who is a representative of the uk branch of the australian cleaning company move out mates uses a black tea solution to remove food and grease stains from medium to dark wood floors.

1 steel wool pad pulled into pieces any but not brillo with soap in it. Tea stain wood ingredients. Tannins in the tea add a light warm stain and help to bring out the wood s natural warm tones. After researching the topic i finally decided to follow the directions found at craftaholics anonymous however i confess that i was very impatient so rather than letting my steel wool vinegar solution sit for 24 hours mine sat for about 10 hours.

It s warm and soothing for your body but did you know you can also use black tea to clean your hardwood floors. I have used tea for staining a clavichord this was a replica of a gemein poor man s clavichord with a pine case. Mcnamara organic gardening. In addition to it s beautifying qualities black tea derived from the camellia sinensis plant contain polyphenolic compounds that prevent microbial growth.

Staining floors especially for first time do it yourselfers is a tricky business.