Staining oak dark walnut. It may be too busy for you. Dark walnut will darken and emphasize your grain pattern in each piece of flooring. I have also uploaded the video from my youtube channeli hope this. I would like to stain my island white and am wondering if one can apply a light stain over a dark stain.
Oak walnut cherry. Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials. He uses a lamb applicator with a terry rags after. I have medium oak cabinets and i am going to do them in a dark walnut stain.
Perhaps i would need to paint the island but i think it would add a nice touch to go with a different color. Well friends im back with the dramatic conclusion of my adventures in refinishing my hardwood floors with dark walnut stain. Effects of different stains on red oak wood. 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.
Staining oak from honey oak to dark the fast and easy way duration. Oak has a pronounced grain so staining the wood covers the. 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. Richard shows how he applies dark walnut from minwax stain over a red oak 3 14 select.
If the oak wood in your house makes you feel stuck in the last millennium modernize it by applying a dark stain. How to make red oak stained dark walnut. In case youre new to this take a peek inside my home and see how i went about refinshing my hardwood floors with walnut stain and satin poly finish.