Im ok with it, despite the dust and extra cleaning.ugh. I dont want any reddish hues and the dark stains made it look grainy and sort of dirty. Appreciate your response. Im curious as to what color floor stain I should apply? It is a couple WEEKS before you can put area rugs back down. Hi Tadas, thankyou for this very helpful post. As far as number of coats, personally I would put on 3 thin coats for a rental. I think two colors should be fine. Thanks. Can you give a few suggestions? Good luck with your project! These innovative gray stain blends range from light rustic tones to time-worn grays to deep brown and gray blends. You can see it here on this floor but thats because its the natural color of the wood: http://www.houzz.com/photos/87707/Oakley-Home-Builders-traditional-kitchen-chicago, Thankfully you can buy small tins of stain cheap. We were happy to learn about the Bona Traffic water based finish from this site. If you decide to just do a dark brown, then oil is fine. Then apply another top coat or two over the top and the faux touch up will be sandwiched between the layers protecting it. AND, they can be mixed and/or layered for pretty much unlimited color choice. The second bummer is again to know from our builder that no mixing of stains is allowed. The guy did Colonial Maple sample but it turned out too light. What are your thoughts. Having trouble finding them online. I am just about to move into my new home and wanted to stain my hardwood floors before I move in. Dura Seal. Need to make a decision soon. I was wrong!! Thanks Tadas. Jacobean or Walnut would also be a good choice if you want something a little more contrasting and dark but not completely different. My trim is Dove White. You can see more pictures of this floor half-way down the page here: https://napervillehardwood.com/photos_of_hardwood_floors.html. And if you cant find the perfect color out of a tin, wed be happy to mix some different stains together for a custom blend that matches your taste and style. Also when looking at that floor remember youre not seeing a real representation of the actual color. Again, thank you mucho mucho!!! Thanks! You can see what finishes we recommend in our article here: https://napervillehardwood.com/Choosing_Finish.pdf. Thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoyed it. Hope this helps a bit Gabby. Thank you so much! Do you have another suggetion to a lighter non red stain? Ive noticed that some of the planks have some areas where the wood has split or chipped off. The color is a mix of Rosewood and Natural 50% of each. Is it ok to mix dark cherry with natural oak floors? See a selection of DuraSeal stains on white oak hardwood flooring. Hello my name is Spencer I am a handyman and I have been for 6 years now but Im running into a bit of an issue with my girlfriends grandmothers wood floor!!! Are you open to using a hardwax oil? On the link below youll find the pics (the very first one is when it had the lighter flooring before I purchased the house). We have tried a handful of Rubio colors- castle brown, Ice brown, dark oak, and pure and cant seem to find something we like. Thanks! Browns and greys dont usually mix that well in stains. Thinking of adding some ebony? Ive really enjoyed reading your articles here. My kitchen cabinets are maple with a cider coloras of nowthey almost match the hardware floorswhat color stain would you recommend to change it all to? As far as brand of stain, we use a few different ones depending on what look we are trying to achieve. Current floors in 2nd pic. Thanks. Antique White. It has natural oak flooring with that typical yellowish hue. I have greys and greens through out the house. The kitchen floor is spruce. We are going to weave together the old floor with a new red oak floor. Thank you in advance. Apart from looking in magazines and online, you can also take a trip down to your local big box hardware store and browse through the flooring isle to see what tickles your fancy. On that note, red/brown shaded stains like Walnut and Chestnut have a very warming, homey effect in a home and are a very safe bet. Both of those grey colors would look great on a natural maple floor. Thanks for the great information. Cabinets in kitchen are a darker tobacco stain. Tadas your site is extremely helpful. As far as color, its very tough for us to make a call without seeing your place in person and knowing what your style is. The picture was taken with lots of shadows and it will always look different on your computer depending on your screens color settings. There are portions that are blue, called denim, throughout the wood. I have read that duraseal spice brown or antique brown might get the desired result. Im doing white oak floors with dark (European) trim and trying to find something not too gray and not too red. You can read my full disclosure at the bottom of the page. I had some area sanded and tested some colors, special walnut, cherry, dark walnut and golden pecan. I would do the treads the same color as the floor. Distressed Random Width French White Oak Floor: THE CLIENT: Arch Remodeling Orland Park, IL. Matter if it was stain, sealer of finish R & Q ; White Oak R & Q White! Any suggestions on what would be a good stain to try and mix with it!? Dura Seal Quick Coat -Rustic Beige 182- Quart 7 $3399 ($1.06/Fl Oz) FREE delivery Feb 10 - 14 Or fastest delivery Feb 9 - 13 Duraseal Quick Coat Penetrating Stain - Nutmeg 11 $3299 ($1.03/Ounce) FREE delivery Mon, Feb 13 Only 13 left in stock - order soon. Im sure youll find a great hardwood floor refinisher where you are in Georgia. The installing people who have laid them have bragged about this aspect. Thank you so much for your reply what is the best stain for red oak floor to keep it light or close to the above mentioned pictures? Way too much red tone for me. WalzCraft does not stock color block samples in this particular wood species and stain combination. Sorry if thats not much help but color is so subjective and its very hard to know from the other side of a computer screen. 50 percent of what? What color stain should I use on my refinished douglas fir basement steps? As it is, we are having our new home built and the builder handles all the sub contracts. As always to lots of testing on sample boards first before going ahead with the whole floor. I have original red oak floors in the original part of my house (now very orangey) and am installing new red oak floors in a kitchen & tv room reno. Aged Barrel, Warm Gray, Heritage Brown, Rustic Beige, Dark Gray. I also have a big dog, and dont want to go too dark on account of him scratching up the floor. Do you have a suggestion of a stain that we can put on floors that have been sanded that can blend these three rooms together two rooms open up to one another the third room has no issue. Its very hard to tell with the lighting and shadows but the color looks a lot like Provincial to me. Any suggestions on stain mixtures that would be on the lighter side? And if standard color options are not what you desire, Duraseal stain can be mixed to create unlimited custom colors. Jen. Without actually seeing the stains and floor its hard to say if theyll be covered up by staining or not unfortunately. Our floor guy put samples on our floor and we originally wanted the ebony yet it didnt have the rich color I was looking for. Aged Barrel Antique Brown Cherry Chestnut Classic Gray Coffee Brown Colonial Maple Country White Dark Gray Dark Walnut Early American Ebony English Chestnut Espresso Fruitwood Golden Brown What color should i stain my floors? I am struggling with the same! Of your Room been a staple for almost every floor no matter if it was,. I wanted a light grey so I started testing Ribio Monocoat. Youll get a much better idea that way and itll be fun to do together :). It seems every picture I see of floors that I like is a custom stain that was done on site. Also, oil vs. bona (water based)???? We havent been thrilled with the pre-made gray and white washed stains from Duraseal and Minwax (e.g. Hi. And, your flooring guys are wrong. I really like the look of the darker colors and dont love anything reddish. We have installed #2 common red oak, 2 1/4 planks, throughout the house & plan to finish them with Rubio Monocoat. If I pursue this it needs to have alot of wow factor. We have a problem dont know if you can help. Our style is cozy and comfortable not too contemporary and definitely not modern. I am very committed to using healthy finishes in our home. Ive had kitchen cabinets refaced with a Dark Italian Walnut finish, white/grey backsplash/countertop. 9. I love the grain variation look and its dark but not so dark like ebony. I recommend them as they are good products. We dont do many pine floors at all here in Chicago. Sorry for the delay in replying, weve had a very busy week sanding and refinishing floors here in Naperville. How would you darken it up a bit? None are what we have in mind. Dark Walnut by Minwax. Original owners had a medium-dark dull brown. My curtains are burgundy (maroon color). To learn more, visit greenguard.org duraseal.com 1-800-364-1359 Please see website to download most recent product data sheet. Any experience with that particular color? There is some very good information about staining heart pine flooring in this pdf attachment (from the NWFA) here you should read: http://www.heartpine.com/resources/downloads/finishing.pdf. You could also look into fuming the floors first to turn them grey and then stain over the top. Could I leave all the floor, door and window trim the golden oak? Was considering an ebony, Jacobean or dark oak but would value your thoughts as to what would give a wow factor. Also with Bona sealer and bona finish. Our Company Stain Gallery Colors are shown on White Oak. We usually use a product like Rubio Fumed or Pre-Color Easy. For gaps, make sure they arent seasonal. Good luck Teresa, let us know how it turns out. Can you recommend a couple of colors? That floor looks great. Yes we do this often. I guess it depends on your taste and furnishings. Yes if you add some ebony that will definitely make it darker and less red. It can take a while. You can use dyes as well as stain if you want a darker floor. Congratulations on the new home. Since its a darker color, it will help camouflage the different species a bit. Fabulon Urethane 1 qrt Semi-Gloss. Aged Barrel seems to have a bit a blue in it. WHITE OAK: GAL: 83201000: WHITE OAK: 3.5 GAL: 83204000: Category: Fillers Tags: duraseal, fillers, wood filler. I can tell you really love what you do. Mountains In Fort William, We are looking for duraseal options that look contemporary and fresh. But for me, I like white trim. Or is it a true gray? Enjoyed reading your blog. We just bought a colonial in Connecticut. So need your advise. The first coat was so pretty. 5. Frank. Coat Penetrating finish that can be top coated in 2 to 4 hours formulation provides surface! Our Reclaimed Oak Collections are the best of both worlds Only ; White Oak flooring. 2.3 out of 5 stars 2. Yes they were water popped. Suggestions for a stain and finish to use? Dark floors will absorb light and have the opposite effect. . You can see some photos of this process here: https://napervillehardwood.com/blog/fume-stain-water-based-finish/, Ciranova has a nice range of reactive stains as well: https://www.ciranova.eu/media/files/reactive-stain.pdf. Is this because we hand buffed the samples vs using a machine (as we will for the actual floors)? I like matte would you recommend that again or would I be better with a different finish? DuraSeal Wood Putty 1lb White Oak $5.95. Stains on White Oak with no stain but an ambering poly to compare but cant seem to find of. Weve usually customized the gray stains to achieve the customers desired shade. Start with Natural to make it lighter and then experiment from there. To answer your question, if you want to darken any color stain you can mix another darker color of the same brand into it. We are very beginners here). I dont sorry. I would open windows and air out the house really well for a few days. Its unique formulation provides a surface that can be topcoated in two hours Reclaimed. The kitchen floors will abut the living room and sitting room floors, so they will all be changed to the same color stain. Depth knowledge of stain applications when used on bare Wood or masonry. Of Quick Delivery and ease of installation table with it and love subtle. (3) Select a stain color! We dont use Minwax stains but my suggestion would be to get your floor guy to provide a few samples for you. We will go with the water based sealer you suggest. Top Stains for White Oak by Editors' Picks in 2022 # Preview Product Rating 1 Varathane 262005 Premium Fast Dry Wood Stain, Quart, Early American 2 Minwax 22716 - 8 fl oz (1/2 pint) Wood Finish Interior Wood Stain, Dark Walnut 2716 3 Varathane 307415 Premium Fast Dry Wood Stain, Half Pint, Briarsmoke 4 STAIN MINWX8OZ PURITPINE 5 We are having our floors refinished and are struggling with the right stain color. We are also refinishing cabinets to white and looking for a modern, but rich deep contrast. The lighter the gray, the more WHITE in the mix. Its so much help. As far as the rail and trim, I think it looks good how they are. Our house is an old schoolhouse from 1888. SCARED, they are beginning to stain Friday. The guys you hired should have no problem with this, its part of our service. Plain sawn red oak is the way it has been cut at the mill. That is a huge job though and youre not even sure thats the problem. but, you could mix in some white (from Bona) or you could try Nordicseal rather than Natural Seal. I can see how you would want to change the hardwood floor color from natural. No prep is needed. Hi Tadas I wish I had read your blog before I refinished my floors. Self-uniting Marriage License Bucks County Pa, Have you encountered this problem? Lighter floors are considerably easier to maintain and keep looking clean. Very well written article and very helpful. Sorry you have had to re-do them. Huge thumbs up for this site post! I bought a house. I recently had my refinisher test all 6 of these gray or grayish stains and I wanted to share the pictures with you. Im pretty sure it was Duraseal. What do you recommend? Colors for Oak this is the location to be used on bare Wood or surfaces Stain shades for hardwood flooring contractors this rich blend of oil and resin hardwood. This house with the #2 I am worried will be too dark and I would rather have it lighter anyhow, because the Jacobean showed more dirt and scratches. Rustic Beige 281 Wood Finish Semi-Transparent . Wish I bumped into it lot sooner. 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