Bleaching wood

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I don't know if wood work fits in with section. If not someone can move it. Does anyone know if or how walnut can be bleached to look like beech wood ???

 

[BlackBrant]

To lighten wood, your best bet is to use a "wood bleach" kit.It comes with two bottles A & B (sodium hydroxide & hydrogen peroxide)

Oxalic Acid is commonly sold in hardware stores as a stain remover ,most often used on old decks.By stain remover ,I mean from nails ,screws etc. and dark stains in high Tanin woods,such as Oak.But as a general bleaching compound to lighten wood ,the wood bleaching kit is your best bet.

Do a search in woodworking sites to locate the product.

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[jethunter]

Hydrogen peroxide. Google it, there were instructions around somewhere.

I've done it before, gets a couple shades lighter, but you probably won't turn dark walnut into white beech.