Richard has been.
Red oak floors stained dark walnut.
The poly finish is satin.
You can use it for just about anything.
He believes it will be difficult to get the stain to rematch.
I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night.
Red and white oak are the most common types used in america with white oak being the cheaper variety.
I would like to install some type of hardwood floor in the kitchen but would prefer to complement our current hardwood floor vs match it.
The wood on my floors is red oak.
I wanted to avoid orange undertones.
We set on minwax special walnut and weathered oak to give us the look we wanted but that did not work at all.
This next picture was also taken last night.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
Dec 12 2019 explore kate searls s board red oak floor stains on pinterest.
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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.
Sep 23 2018 explore kellie wallace s board dark walnut floors on pinterest.
We also chose minwax stain for our red oak floors.
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Interior trim floors and furniture.
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.
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.
He uses a lamb applicator with a terry rags after.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
Our floor guy wanted us to choose preferably one stain incase anything ever happens to the floors.
Do you have any suggestions with regard to type of wood and stain.