Danish Soap Finish Floor

This was about 6 hours ago and the finish already starts to resemble what i thought danish soap finish should be a matte very soft at touch and quite special.
Danish soap finish floor. It sounds like a folktale. His advice sent me down an internet rabbit hole on soap finished floors and it turns out that in some parts of the. Of floor or woodwork. To clean your swedish finish hardwood mix 1 2 to 1 cup of vinegar in a gallon of warm water.
The raw look of the wood will also work. It s the same you do with white oil soap to keep the oiled floors looking fresh. Let the floor dry completely. Soap as in soap water.
A soap finish is also popular on floors in denmark especially on pine floors. I lived in denmark for two years in the mid 1970s and have visited many times since. With the specially developed woca flooring products wood floors are kept beautiful and well protected. The soap is 100 vegetable based and it soaks into the pours of the floor making a barrier against dirt.
White soap is a way of keeping the floors light by adding a new layer of white overtime you wash it. We offer an extensive range of products for pre treatment basic finishing and maintenance for different types of flooring finishes and different species of wood. It sounds like the floor needs to be sanded down first to get rid of all the old layers of treatment and dirt. I d never heard of finishing floors with soap.
Now to your problem. For these whiting calcium carbonate is usually added to the soap to produce a pickled look. Mop the floor with this solution and as soon as you re finished wipe off the. Soap finished furniture and floors will look great in minimalist interiors since it s a more muted aesthetic.
A danish soap finish is also probably one of the most eco friendly wood finishes you could choose since it s just natural soap and won t release any nasty chemicals into the environment. The results are light buttery soft gorgeous floors that smell amazing. Anyway last night i ran a search for sæbebehandlet which is danish for soap finish. Apply at least one liter of lye for every 100 sq ft.
To maintain them you just mop with a more diluted version of the soap water mixture. Then the soap is left to soak in and mopped with clean water to finish. He said it s very safe and natural and gives a really soft finish and that it s easy to clean you just use more soap. I think it needs a couple more coatings and i m getting there.
Damp mop the floor with woca intensive wood cleaner see separate instructions. The procedure for application and maintenance is the same.