We always recommend for clients with dogs to keep their nails properly clipped to reduce damage too. After much research online I can’t find any reference to bleed back of OLD stain in this way. I wanted a light grey so I started testing Ribio Monocoat. What does it say about our industry when so many advances have been made with stains for floors and guys are still using Minwax because everyone else uses it without ever asking if there's something better for the job. I agree that the stain adds texture and movement due to the grain. Select Size. I love the grain variation look and it’s dark but not so dark like ebony. I recently found your site and have been reading along. I’ve had kitchen cabinets refaced with a Dark Italian Walnut finish, white/grey backsplash/countertop. We always do this hand have never had an issue with white lines. Both can’t have strong grains or they could compete. Good luck with your project :). My floor guy didnt do any samples for me. Red oak and fir are very different woods as you know but they aren’t too far apart in the color spectrum thankfully. Nothing can replace a close-up real-life match between your potential floor color and existing furniture like a good stain sample. So the floor guy mixed grey with Cherry. They are beautiful. I want to know what my options are? – Provincial is the most popular mid tone color. It has natural oak flooring with that typical yellowish hue. Can you recommend a color for downstairs, and what do you think of the idea of two different colors in the house? the current stain is ebony, almost black (my flooring guy said this is not even a stain and the floor has been painted black) on red oak had wood. If they’re quite wide then you could use wood flour cement or even hot glue to close them up. Just what I was searching for! Yes you’re right about the darker stains, especially if the floor has been water-popped. My guess is that your difference in the two Early Americans was the manufacturer versus the number of coats of stain. Solid color stains have solid particles, but not nearly as many as paint. What you get is a very uniform opaque color. Much better to have dark floors with lighter colored trim than the opposite. There are great high-end finishes though that are extremely durable – such as Bona Traffic, Pallman-X96 etc. thank you tadas! black in some areas… & a beautiful dry ebony in other … He generously painted on the ebony stain …, & did not wipe … is this OK ? Can you help? Hope you can get it sorted. We have got a sample piece of wood and have stained it. it didn’t give me a nice grey. These will blend the floors together very well. Thanks again for helping out from so far away. Once the stain and finish goes on there’s no turning back. Yes there might be some stain that has soaked down between the butt joints if it was applied quite liberally. Sorry to hear of your troubles. Will it look okay if we go with a very dark floor stain? One last resort thing you could do if you decided to go with a 3 coat surface finish instead of Rubio is to carefully paint the joints out between the first coat and second coat. That might explain the raised boards. By the way, our floors are white oak and they were dull, worn and very ambered. Do not shake or thin stain. The basic answer is it depends on the finish system you use. If it’s soaked in deeper than a few aggressive sanding passes will take out then it might be something you’ll have to live with… you really don’t want to take all the life out if your floors this soon so you have nothing to sand years down the road when they need refreshing. Try a small amount first and make sure you record how much you used of each. WALNUT. The last house had #1 red oak and we stained in with Jacobean and loved the color. Reclamation. Oak floors can look great left their natural color as you can see in this photo…. We are trying for a dark grey, we don’t mind a little variance showing between the grey and red oak as he says it’s impossible to not have the red show through, but since we are also having barndoor siding done to our island that is a grey/brown mix, we don’t want that competing with the floor – so the closer we can get the floor to a true dark grey or pewter, the better. I’m mentioning it, just in case one of your website visitors happens to read this. Choosing Hardwood Floor Stains Need help deciding on stain for red oak floors need to choose a stain by tomorrow for red oak floors house update hardwood floors southern hospitality recommendations for duraseal wood floor stain red oak. Unfortunately we have three different types of wood downstairs – oak in the dining and living/family room, spruce in the kitchen, fir in the sun room. (He uses the DuraSeal brand). thanks so much. Natural colored old fir is absolutely beautiful. I applied 3 coats of waterborne polyurethane. Minwax ® Wood Finish™ Red Oak 215. Light Oaking- 2 Coats. I can’t really tell you what colors you would need without seeing the actual board you want to match in person and doing some experiments on sample boards. Most people stain their floors in an attempt to get them to look like one of these awesome floors. We have stained many different species of wood floors for clients, including Brazilian Cherry and maple floors that clients weren’t in love with. The way I see it from my very limited view, you have a couple of choices…. That might work well. Designating a provincial soil respects the need to protect, preserve, and maintain the sustainability of our soil as a vital Colors can be matched as well if you want a custom color. I also ruled out the Special Walnut. Do you like the light, clean open look of a lighter colored modern grey shade…, Or do you fancy the deep, elegant and bold look of dark black floors…, Maybe your eye is drawn to the brown shades in between these two palates…. It looks very nice. In the case with General Finish’s “dye” stains, the binder is acrylic resin. I found the below project and the image is perfect. Red oak has underlying red tones, and often a darker gray … Websites like Houzz are great for looking at photos too. Your email address will not be published. The redness of the soil is due to the high iron-oxide (rust) content. I was wrong!! Now I want to use Ebony or True Black stain on top of the Coffee Brown. Sorry you have had to re-do them. Sherwin-Williams has all the DIY paint and DIY paint supplies homeowners need to make their project a success. If you want to stay with the traditional stain colors then you could use Ebony or Jacobean and mix it with natural to the lighter shade you’re after. After researching I think it may be called “bleed back”. The floors were sanded down to beautiful fresh wood and stained with 2 coats of Bona DriFast stain in Provincial. These are much trickier to apply evenly though and are not really DIY friendly. We are going to weave together the old floor with a new red oak floor. If you’ve narrowed your choices down to 2 or 3 colors then you’re well on your way to getting the perfect stain for your hardwood floors. Thanks. Enjoy your beautiful new floors Pedro and thank you for sharing them with us. Has it been sanded yet? To answer your question – that’s a Maple floor stained red mahogany (Bona brand stain). It may be dry on top so the contractor coats the floor and seals in the wet stain. Will most people who want a plank floor want it naturally colored? Pining. Thanks. I think the 12′ – 16′ lengths would definitely be marketable. Here is the Minwax stain basics on red oak: These are all one coat of the labeled color. Thanks. Surprisingly, the wood floor is in great shape! I doubt I will be able to get them to do it and I don’t know if I can do it on my own? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I’m considering whether to resend and refinish, but what can I do to ensure I don’t get the same outcome again? I say go for it. I prefer to not have to paint or stain them. The wood types we chose also are vastly different, ranging from extremely soft (birch) to hard (red oak) with undertones all over the map. Not really. You also have to use the same varnish throughout. Yes that will be a medium brown look. Downstairs, we’re thinking of putting a light color, and a Red Chestnut single border around the living/family room which would tie in the color on the stairs. Thanks Chris. What are your thoughts. Thanks! I have yet to see a hardwood floor that features our color of cabinets with the darker wood stain. I’m pretty sure it was Duraseal. We have a home that is full of golden oak and don’t want to paint or replace at this time. Much better to practice on test pieces first. I’m thinking maybe the Golden Oak downstairs on all floors, but I don’t want it to be too yellow. Any suggestions on how to fill gaps? It would be best to get a couple of sample tins of both color stains and see if you can match it. Very well written article and very helpful. Thanks so much:) Jenn, If you love the color your friend has I say go for it. Any suggestions on the very quickest, easiest way to water pop? You won’t get an exact match but you’ll definitely get something you’ll be super happy with. Especially on the two different types of oak you’re thinking of choosing between. They had been stained originally, and it took quite a bit of sanding to get down to pure oak again, but I was careful to remove all evidence of the old finish. Oak floors get an amber effect that happens with oil based polyurethane. Hi Tadas, Have you ever worked with Australian Blackbutt hardwood flooring? Most people keep them their natural color. ZEBRA . Be careful with the wood species. I love the jacobean 75% and classic grey 25% !! Just a thought but worth considering along with the other options. So the first decision to make is whether you should even consider adding color to your floor, or if it should be kept in its natural state. Salvage. Is there a great Rubio color for walnut or another finish you’d recommend for someone very health/safety conscious? I’m guessing it must have been an oil based finish applied because water based wouldn’t make it darker. I like the floor a little darker; my husband likes it a little lighter with some red…so I’m looking for a happy medium. I definitely want to warm up the floor. Walnut is so lovely on its own, we wanted something that stays true to it, maybe deepening it just a bit, while minimizing the sharp contrast of the white/yellow sapwood so the floor color is a little more consistent. Create a weathered farmhouse-style finish with Varathane Wood Stain and Rust-Oleum Chalked Paint. We have just installed red oak floors . He is now recommending that we change route and go with a medium brown colour to hide this problem. Applies easily with high quality synthetic brush, lint-free cloth or foam applicator. Many thanks for your blog which I have found really useful. My suggestion would be not to waterpop the floor so the stain is a bit lighter. From my very limited observation, it seems like there is some sort of contaminate in the gaps between the boards. Jen. Stir stain thoroughly before and occasionally during use. Thanks! Red Oak Stain Colors. Stains should dry at least 24 hrs, consistent with dark colored stains (and/or to the manufacturer's specifications. I am thinking chesnut or medium brown. How frustrating! Is this because we hand buffed the samples vs using a machine (as we will for the actual floors)? Browse our wide selection of Do It Yourself paints. Restoration- 1 Coat. Sorry I can’t be of more help here. The color is a mix of 75% Ebony and 25% Mahogany on red oak. Hi, we have #2 red oak floors, that we will be refinishing. As far as brand of stain, we use a few different ones depending on what look we are trying to achieve. It’s hard to tell from just a picture on the internet but I think Rubio Monocoat Monsoon Grey Pre-Color Easy + Black could be heading in the right direction. View Product Page. Yes you could definitely mix Dark Walnut and English Chestnut together to get a great red/brown look. Sounds like you have a wonderful house. The Dangers of Hardwood Floor Refinishing, A Blast from the Past: Wood Floors in the 1800’s, A Blast from the Past: Wood Floors in the 1920’s. In effect applying a faux finish. I really wish you were in the Boston area. (Now that I know more about hardwood floors and stains, a light color could have been achieved. have to redo some areas near the windows, etc. We took on a 94lb Akita who has made some scratches so we need to sand it down. As always to lots of testing on sample boards first before going ahead with the whole floor. I would do a test patch of Golden Oak like you suggested and also one of Natural. What do you recommend? Find a paint chip the exact color of the stain you want, have the clerk at the paint counter mix a quart of latex paint that color, then take it home and reduce it with equal parts water. We have a few gaps that I can see the floorboards, it’s glaring with a dark floor another was filled with some filler but it looks cakey, these are in main areas that can’t be covered by a rug. The woods vary in hardness/softness a lot, too. Always test stain on an inconspicuous area of the wood to verify desired color. We have red oak in our home and are in the process of refinishing them. Looking for a mid-brown stain without orange or red tones. Although, no red came through with the pine at all. Hi Tadas Great info! P.S. What do you think??? Great post. Hi I have an entire house of 6inch hickory and trying to decide on stain color for floor and stairs / handrail – about 3500 sq/ft of wood so I need to get the color right… what color would be more timeless in your opinion? Like what you see? I recently refinished my 50 yr old red oak floors with minwax english chestnut in a satin finish. You want something that will ground your room/s styling and not clash with your décor. If you put down a “cheap” big box store finish, then yes I’d be very worried about scratches. Sedona Red 222. Ciao Tadas! And if you can’t find the perfect color out of a tin, we’d be happy to mix some different stains together for a custom blend that matches your taste and style. Just looking for tips on how we can maybe fix this:), White lines can be caused by a couple of things. To be clear, I did not apply stain. How would you darken it up a bit? It will also be impossible to live on if there is still excess oil on the floor. Both are very nice colors. Anyway, I’m not sure how good these guys are and they tell me that dark stain will cover them. After reading your reply and realizing the challenge I was up against with trying to make three different types of woods match, I decided to play it safe and keep all the floors their natural color. I hope you can get it sorted. The guy did Colonial Maple sample but it turned out too light. Style of decorating will be contemporary/classic. 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