Bleaching Techniques


 

Six examples of veneers bleached for 50% of their length

Six examples of pieces of veneer that
have been bleached along 50%
of their length

 


In
the photograph on the left you can see six examples of pieces of different veneers that have been bleached for about 50% of their length.

To bleach them in this fashion they were stood on their end in a container of bleach.

They are, from left to right:
Beech - Sapele - Mahogany - Cherry - Pine - Oak.

As you will note: the mid tones work best.

The tables below show you the changes you can achieve with 3 hours bleaching
 

Natural Veneer
 
Bleached Version
 

Untreated Maple veneer

Maple

Bleached Maple veneer

Maple

Wenge veneer untreated

Wenge

Bleached Wenge veneer

Wenge

Sapele veneer untreated

Sapele

Sapele veneer bleached

Sapele

Birds Eye Maple veneer untreated

Bird's Eye Maple

Birds Eye Maple veneer bleached

Bird's Eye Maple

Dyed Veneer
 
Bleached Version
 

Orange coloured veneer untreated

Orange Clour

Orange veneer after bleach treatment

Orange Colour

Green veneer untreated

Green Colour

Green veneer bleached

Green Colour

Harewood veneer untreated

Harewood

 

Harewood veneer bleached

Harewood

 
   

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