Richard shows how he applies dark walnut from minwax stain over a red oak 3 1 4 select.
Dark walnut stain on red oak floors pictures.
To see more of my minwax stain samples before and afters click here.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
In fact it looked almost pinky gray.
The wood on my floors is red oak.
My floor guy uses masterline oil based poly in a satin finish but i can t find much information on this product.
Added pictures of samples near the gray kitchen island of the kitchen and fireplace to get a feel for the colors in the house.
As you can see i did not listen too well and blended a few colors.
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.
We also chose minwax stain for our red oak floors.
Sep 23 2018 explore kellie wallace s board dark walnut floors on pinterest.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
Although no red came through with the pine at all.
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.
Weathered oak and special walnut equal parts.
I shared this with you in my previous post but here is the color of the floors in the downstairs left compared with the upstairs right.
He uses a lamb applicator with a terry rags after.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
I wanted to avoid orange undertones.
No pets but 2 kids so i am concerned with making a decision i regret if we end up with too much wear on the floors.
I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut.
Feb 26 2017 explore joanne lee s board red oak floors on pinterest.
They are a really nice dark rich color.
Last is the redder of the two dark stains we experimented with.
The poly finish is satin.
Richard has been.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
The other woods took the stain well with more redness coming out of the conditioned sides of the boards.
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