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Red oak floors with dark walnut stain.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
Red and white oak are the most common types used in america with white oak being the cheaper variety.
When my littles were little we were refinishing our red oak floors i scooped up some dirt in the yard and asked for our floors to be stained close to that color.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
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.
Help choosing stain color for red oak dark walnut vs provincial.
I would like to install some type of hardwood floor in the kitchen but would prefer to complement our current hardwood floor vs match it.
We have red oak dark walnut stained floors in our living room hall and dining room.
The flooring guys ended up mixing 2 parts natural 1 part provincial.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
I wanted to avoid orange undertones.
I tested minwax jacobean stain dark walnut stain special walnut stain and a mixture of 1 part dark walnut stain to 1 part special walnut stain.
Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
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I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night.
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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.
The poly finish is satin.
This next picture was also taken last night.
However oak does have a very dramatic grain of the wood which can sometimes give even the darkest stain a streaky effect or the look of highlights.