We are refinishing existing 2 1 4 red oak floors that are currently a darker stain and completely replacing the floors in some rooms so we have to stick with red oak.
Red oak gray hardwood floor stain.
Some prefer lighter some prefer darker and some prefer somewhere in between.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
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I m having my brand new red oak floor stain in a few days.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
They don t seem to look anything like the sample we tried and have a greyer tone than we wanted.
22 best hardwood floor stain colors for red oak 3 4 x 3 1 4 natural red oak bellawood lumber liquidators.
Hi flooring girl i so glad to stumble on your blog.
White oak is preferred over red oak for gray stain.
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Over the last 7 years gray hardwood has become super stylish and continues to grow faster and faster.
Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.
To minimize the orange effect that comes with aging oil based polyurethane protective coats we used a water based polyurethane to protect the floors.
I have learned so much about flooring with all the information on your blog.
I really wanted a gray floor but due to the nature of the red tone in red oak floor is very hard to achieve the color.
Modern gray greige and brown gray stain shades for hardwood flooring.
There are a few methods.
So we went with bona 1 2 medium brown and 1 2 classic grey on our red oak floors.
Dark walnut 2716.
Can i stain my red oak gray.
So before i get into the oak stain colors and results i thought it would be helpful to provide a few tips on choosing a hardwood floor stain.
Rubio monocoat fumed reacts with the tannic acid in hardwood causing the.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
I had searched high and low for pictures of duraseal silvered gray on red oak hardwood floors without much luck so in case you ve done the same hopefully this post comes up in your google search.