Dark walnut stain on red oak floors pictures. Need help deciding on stain for red oak floors. Im dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak im out of luck. 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. This next picture was also taken last night.
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. Richard has been doing wood flooring over 15 years he. We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net. He uses a lamb applicator with a terry rags after.
We sanded down the old floors stained with dark walnut stain color and applied 3 coats of semi gloss polyurethane. Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors. As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color. See more ideas about floor stain staining wood floor stain colors.
Sep 23 2018 explore kwallace9328s board dark walnut floors on pinterest. We are refinishing existing 2 14 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. 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. I have also uploaded the video from my youtube channeli hope this.
The wood on my floors is red oak. A few weeks ago on youtube i wanted to see the effects of different stains on white pine and poplar well this time i used common red oak that you can buy at lowes or home depot. Help choosing stain color for red oak dark walnut vs provincial. Effects of different stains on red oak wood.
This video shows you the final look when refinishing old hardwood flooring. I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night. Richard shows how he applies dark walnut from minwax stain over a red oak 3 14 select. See more ideas about house design walnut floors new homes.
The poly finish is satin.