Note that bleach should not be used to kill mold found on wood.
Chlorine bleach on wood.
A lot of deck brighteners have oxalic acid in them.
The next to try is a chlorine bleach.
Common household laundry bleach sodium hypochlorite will kill mildew on your deck and outdoor.
We often hear chlorine bleach is bad for wood and will destroy the wood.
Bleaching wood subtract color to add life.
Oxalic acid will remove water and.
This is because the chlorine in bleach can t penetrate wood so only the water portion of the bleach gets absorbed.
Wood bleach actually.
If you re interested in generally cleaning your wood or using bleach on hardwood floors to remove dark stains from tannins and iron stains from metal fasteners and you want to leave the natural color unchanged use oxalic acid.
This will remove most dye stains caused by juice blood or coffee spills.
That can be damaged.
If this solution is used it should be further diluted down to adjust the solution used for wood surfaces like decks wood siding fences etc.
Wash off wood surface with lots of water with a bit of baking soda to neutralize the acid.
Do know your bleaches.
While bleach is very effective for killing mold on non porous surfaces it doesn t work well when it comes to wood.
Two part a b wood bleach.
Two part a b peroxide based bleaches refer to sodium hydroxide caustic soda and hydrogen peroxide.
While there is some truth to this comment it is very misleading.