Light Gray Stained Red Oak Floors

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Light gray stained red oak floors.

The dark gray will help hide and drown out the red tones. Old preexisting floors are not the best canvas to sand and refinish in a gray stain. Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors. They were similar but i still liked the custom fruitwood country white stain mix better.

Tips for choosing red oak floor stains. My five fingerblock original 60s red oak wood floors are being stained tomorrow. Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring. Best to stain gray on a brand new installed floor.

Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in. After 4 samples of gray our floor pro displayed on the floor i chose the darkest. I wasn t sure how this custom stain would look over the dark inlays we have in parts of our first floor so i had them sample duraseal silvered gray on the red oak floors next to the stain mix i d used upstairs. Ginger if you have red oak and want to do some form of gray you will either need to bleach the floors first or choose a darker gray.

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. Interiortherapy co uk here white oak has been stained with a medium brown stain providing a neutral background that shifts focus to the interesting fixtures décor and tiles. There are so many colours of wood in the world you name it it s out there. How to update oak cabinets without a drop of paint.

We just bought a mid century co op and haven t moved in yet. Be careful with the wood species. If you still want to go even lighter try 3 4 pickled oak and 1 4 classic gray. Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.

Once a polyurethane finish is put on top of the stain the shine will also cause the floor to appear lighter. The top 16 paint colours to update wood stains specifically red yellow and orange undertones. Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look. I don t like the pattern of the floor and dispise red.

Older floors typically have spacing nail and pin holes discoloration etc.