Treating wood in the bathroom

• Based on natural, plant-based oils and waxes
• High coverage, 1L = 24m² treatment
• Water-repellent and wear-resistant
• Resistant to household chemicals and stains

A wooden bathroom cabinet gives a beautiful look. The advantage of a wooden bathroom cabinet is that you can customize its color and finish to your preference. If you get tired of the color over time, that is no problem. You can sand the wood and treat it again with a new color or look that suits your style at that moment. In addition to bathroom furniture, wood is also widely used on walls and ceilings. Osmo also offers treatments for these applications. Wood creates a natural and warm atmosphere in the bathroom.

Making wood water-resistant in the bathroom

For humid environments, it is very important that the wood is properly protected. With Osmo products, this is done in a natural way. All products are based on natural, plant-based ingredients such as sunflower oil, soybean oil, and carnauba wax. Osmo provides a beautiful finish with enhanced protection. After treatment, the wood becomes water-resistant and is therefore suitable for use in a bathroom. Read on to discover how you can easily do this yourself.

In bathrooms, the risk of mold is higher than in, for example, a living room. That is why it is recommended to first treat wood in the bathroom with Osmo Houtbeschermer. Thanks to the high level of physical wood protection, this product is suitable for wood that is sensitive to mold. In addition to protecting against mold, it is also highly water-repellent. Osmo Houtbeschermer is a colorless product and enhances the wood as if it were wet, deepening its natural color. Apply the second coat with Osmo TopOil. For a bathroom floor, Hardwax-Olie Original can also be used.

Would you prefer a different look or color for the wood?

Color: first layer Hardwax-Olie Farbig, second layer colorless Hardwax-Olie
Untreated look: first layer Hardwax-Olie Effect Natural, second layer Hardwax-Olie Original
Opaque finish: Decorwas Creativ

Explanation: for adding color, you can apply Hardwax-Olie Farbig as the first layer. This allows you to give the wood the desired color. As a second layer, it is recommended to finish the wood with a colorless Hardwax-Olie. This ensures that any future wear only affects the colorless layer, while the colored layer remains intact. This way, for example, a wooden bathroom cabinet can be maintained with colorless maintenance products without causing color differences. For an almost untreated look on light wood types such as oak and beech, you can apply Hardwax-Olie Effect Natural as the first layer. This product helps the wood retain its light appearance after treatment. All of these products also provide sufficient protection against mold, preventing green or black spots from forming in the wood. Would you prefer an opaque finish? Then use Osmo Decorwas Creativ, which allows you to create a black, white, or gray opaque finish on the wood. Below, we show a few color examples applied on oak. In addition, we offer test sizes for all variants, with or without color, so you can try the product’s appearance yourself.

All Osmo products make the wood water-repellent and therefore protect against moisture such as water. After proper treatment, water remains on the surface as droplets and does not penetrate the wood. It does not matter whether you treat the wood with a color first or only use colorless products. All products provide the same level of protection against moisture. This makes Osmo products very suitable for treating wood in bathrooms.

Which wood to use in the bathroom
In a bathroom, you can choose almost any type of wood. Both hardwood or tropical wood and softer wood types can be used. The advantage of European wood types such as oak and birch is that they can be colored to achieve the desired look. Treat tropical wood types such as jatoba or merbau with TopOil (buffed in thinly) for furniture and with Osmo Blanke Was for a floor. Blanke Was is a colorless treatment designed to protect tropical wood. The product enhances the wood as if it were wet and protects it against moisture and stains.