I did experiment with a natural mix but the color was a bit uninspired. Will my floors look pink? I will be renting the house and really hoping I dont have to redo the floors down the road when I sell. Take a look at Jacobean if you want to go slightly lighter you can mix it 50/50 with neutral. 2. 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? Way too much red tone for me. We heard that we can just put tinted finish on it, without staining it. Ultimate Box 2, The neutral colors of your place allow for pretty much any color to look good though. Maybe by the time you reply the job will be completed, but I still want to know your input. Where can I purchase these new great gray stains? They dry clear and have good UV protection compared to other finishes. It will always have that pinkish hue. May I ask, what is the type of wood and stain color used in the picture with you in it at the very top? My trim is Dove White. To get the deeper darker color youre after you will need to water pop your floor. Thanks! Can I finish using Bona Traffic HD? The floor plan is exactly the same with the rooms ranging from 1012 to 1416 same small windows. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge and info its very helpful. It looks rather dark in my kitchen (ebony on its own reads green in there) and Ive been told I cant try it in my main area. Once the stain and finish goes on theres no turning back. Well, Duraseal, the preferred stain among professional refinishers, has come to the rescue. As far as the quarter round, thats really a matter of personal taste. Also make sure you really buff off all the excess oil otherwise it will look like it was painted. I hope you find what youre looking for. I have yet to see a hardwood floor that features our color of cabinets with the darker wood stain. What did they mean in your opinion? Sorry for all the questions, but Im really desperate here! Thanks Tadas. Tada, Thank you so much for taking the time to help. but not stained just yet. Then, you can do any stain color you want. Did it look like this after the stain, before the first coat? We just had our floors stained with one coat of the duraseal silvered grey. 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? We have created samples on our scrap wood, but for some reason they keep turning out looking like we just painted the wood with whatever color sample we used none of them look beautiful & natural like your photos of floors youve done in RM. Sorry for the delay in replying, another busy week here! plan to do a satin finish unless you advise against this. Either of those could be mixed with 50% of Neutral as well to lighten it even more. Its easy to see why this can be such a dilemma for some people, your floors will have a huge impact on the look of your home and if you get them wrong, youll be stuck with them for a long, long time. As far as custom stains, we do it all the time :), For a brown/walnut feel, but with an added warmth of red/yellow hues youre really going to have to experiment on some sample boards thats a tough one. If you do need to re-sand, I suggest you waterpop the floors so you can get that darker look you want. Do you have a favorite brown gray stain color? But, if you would rather add some color to your floors to simulate a more exotic or dramatic look, then oak flooring takes stain very well with the correct techniques. Hi Tadas, Your site is fantastic and hope you can advise us. I like a lighter, cool-ish vibe not warmy brown tones. 233334444 Minwaxc Polycrylic Water Based Protective finishes, 1/2 Pint, Satin - Benjamin Moore &.. The stain had been drying for 4 days so it should be cured. What kind of wood. Red oak and fir are very different woods as you know but they arent too far apart in the color spectrum thankfully. Scratches will show through easier and dust will be much more noticeable on the surface. Thanks for your quick reply, Tadas. Quick View. Other popular choices are Dark Walnut, Classic Gray, and Early American. Either of those colors would look good. Hope you find what youre looking for. Hello! Hi Tadas, Have you ever worked with Australian Blackbutt hardwood flooring? There are many reactive products available to do this in different shades. Red and yellow is hard to get on a floor at the same time. Lisa In general no, as its so dark. Finish is a slightly more Rustic grade than our other widths 2 to 4 hours broad selection duraseal. Apr 17, 2020 - Modern gray, greige and brown-gray stain shades for hardwood flooring. Hi! And, your flooring guys are wrong. The last one will be the easiest. And in those depths you will see pink. You can see an example of a stained hardwood floor with white cabinets we did for the Waterson family in Glen Ellyn, Illinois about halfway down the page here: In the end though its up to you and personal choice :). We(my wife) selected rustic beige. Here are the links: http://www.houzz.com/photos/3977713/Custom-Dark-Stained-Hickory-Flooring-traditional-bedroom-other-metro, http://www.houzz.com/photos/1189654/Kitchen-modern-kitchen-cincinnati. Just installed white oak in my 100 year old farm style house. My kitchen cabinets are a yellowish/orange maple. Dark floors will absorb light and have the opposite effect. We are in a dilemma for the color. If you are happy with them then thats all that matters :). As far as number of coats, personally I would put on 3 thin coats for a rental. Is that the photo with the fireplace? I am struggling with the same! It looks like this contractor A) Did not wipe the 2nd coat of stain. Unfortunately red oak is difficult to get an even grey color as youve seen. How can this be fixed? We have laid 5 white oak with character everywhere and are trying to decide on a Minwax stain. it didnt give me a nice grey. I would like to stain it in a Jacobean Blend with gray 75-25, Dark Walnut or Espresso but I am not seeing many examples out there of Acacia being used or re-stained. What type of wood floor wont clash with the wall paneling? WalzCraft does not stock color block samples in this particular wood species and stain combination. Thanks. I hope you can get this sorted out Lorena. oh, which is the best stain you would use..ZAR, etc. My house is a mix of oaks and cherries and I dont want the floor to try to match anything. So need your advise. Schwarzkopf Blondme Bleach, Those plain sawn red oak floors were stained with 50% Rosewood/Natural and then finished with 3 coats of oil based finish to give it a nice deep, rich look. We are getting ready to refinish our own hardwood floors. I wanted a light grey so I started testing Ribio Monocoat. Yes youre right about the darker stains, especially if the floor has been water-popped. Thanks! Excuses, excuses :). However, you may order an individual Wood Species Sample / Non-Inventory Color Block. Its possible that the floors are sanded enough or that youre wiping the stain off too much. Having trouble finding them online. Its a very large room and the ceiling is done with the same wood that is why we thought of staining for some contrast. The floors that we have currently made are pretty much all 8long stock and we make the blanks oversize through the rip so we can keep them extra straight out of the moulder. Sorry it didnt turn out as you wanted them to. Sorry youre having trouble. Jacobean is a bit more coffee brown color than the Walnut. The available colors our floor guy says are out there are simply not what we had a in mind. Can you recommend a couple of colors? What do you think??? Make sure your hardwood refinishing guy provides lots of samples for you to choose from. Browns and greys dont usually mix that well in stains. Our doors are solid pine 6 panel doors stained with Minwax Early American 230. They do not come out well they come out streaky and dont look nice. We do not want really dark floors. Because we know our stain better than anyone, our research and development team has formulated the best water-based finish system on the market. When we repair water or pet damaged areas in a floor we usually remove the damaged wood and replace it with new wood. I like matte would you recommend that again or would I be better with a different finish? You can see other brands we recommend and use in part 4 of the blog series above and on our photos page. Ideal for unfinished wood furniture, cabinets, doors, trim, molding and hardwood floors. As far as your other question, Provincial will not be darker than English Chestnut normally, but if you water pop the floors (see this post here) then youll be able to get it darker. im in the same predicament right now. A lot will depend on if the floor is water popped, the grain of the wood, its age and the brand used. Hello! Either of those would look good. Same as floors or same as white trim? Best to test a sample of each first to see which one you like best. That might explain the raised boards. I love your blog and have found it really informative. thanks again, Lorena. Its not always easy to get the perfect color is it. Duraseal Quick Coat stain is a quick dry 2-hour formula that ensures your flooring project keeps moving along. Dont just use waterbased finish though as it will look very washed out. THE SPECIFICS: The floors were stained with Golden Brown and then finished with OSMO Hard Wax Oil. Thank you Kelly Reuter! 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. is 1,200 sq ft ..high ceiling & beautiful light Afraid to ask do we need to re-sand): & wipe the excess stain as we apply ?? They give enough contrast, but stay within a similar color scheme and arent too red. I just wrote another blog post about it here: https://napervillehardwood.com/blog/what-is-water-popping/. Unfortunately we dont have heart pine floors here so Im not experienced enough to give a professional opinion sorry. Did you use Rustic Beige on your floors?? What color do you suggest we stain our red oak floors to get the same affect or close to same color? 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. Then it was finished with an oil based polyurethane. We do not have a lot of natural light and the Dark Walnut looks really dark but I like the color. Thank you very much for writing quality content for people like me to read and research. He is now recommending that we change route and go with a medium brown colour to hide this problem. Formulated to provide unsurpassed durability and simple maintenance. This is because the growth rings are closer together, so the graining is smoother and has a more uniform flow. But if you want to go lighter, a stain like DuraSeal Rustic Beige, Silvered Grey or Weathered Oak would work. Sealer, Wax Weathered Oak was something I had in mind but after knowing and seeing a small area on the floor, dropped the idea of weathered oak. I like the floor a little darker; my husband likes it a little lighter with some redso Im looking for a happy medium. You obviously know what you are talking about! https://ap.rdcpix.com/279006404/697579fce091f1f609ef6fe6978ecf06l-m11r.jpg. Hi Tadas. So if you have a full house running through, scuffing things up, tracking dirt and dust in and you dont want the stress of continually cleaning up, you may want to consider a lighter color. Complete nightmare! I read what you said about that, but is there a way to achieve a good whitewashed finish, despite the red/pink undertones? There are other finishes like Bona NordicSeal that provide a whitewashed look as well. The oak is light in color and unfinished: https://www.flickr.com/photos/[emailprotected]/17032866066/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/[emailprotected]/17057383652/, https://www.flickr.com/photos/[emailprotected]/17057383682/. I hope that helps. He says that doing a second coat of any stain wont darken the appearance. If you go with white cabinets, you can pretty much have any color on the floor and it will look good. In the move, there were renovations done to the main structure as well. To be honest, it will most likely not be dark enough still if you try this. Again, this will depend on the style you want to have in your home. Architectural Specifications English FAQs|Privacy|Terms of Use|Contact Us. I did ask them to put a small sample of dark walnut in the area with thin floors and it looked completely different than in the kitchen and almost had a yellow hue. The floors appear painted black ! We are using white oak. This was the old type of finish before the new VOC laws. Since 1898, DuraSeal has been focused on one goal - Flooring Contractors success. Sorry for the delay been a busy month here. One other thing to note about dark stained floors is that maintenance will be somewhat more difficult. As Ive gotten a bit carried away with this post, Ill make that the subject of my next blog post (you can read it here). If theyre quite wide then you could use wood flour cement or even hot glue to close them up. Also what color should quarter round be? We are getting our red oak refinished & I dont want shades of orange or red coming through so we picked half Duraseal Jacobean & half neutral what do you think as far as being a medium brown? Our furniture is similiar in coloring. I ended up with uneven floors, grit marks all over the floors, lines in the poly from the roller, and a cloudy poly finish. For different size of floors in different locations there are different suggestions that I might share to you. Is water popping the only way to achieve the deep stain? Your email address will not be published. Your cozy warm feel idea sounds nice. After it dried it looked horrible. We found some pieces of the cypress in the basement, and our contractor should be able to give us a piece of oak. Wish I bumped into it lot sooner. If you're wanting to go slightly darker than the Pickled Oak or wanting stain with hints of brown and gray, you should probably give Weathered Oak a try. So yes, its definitely an acceptable mix. Hi Tadas, I recently bought a condo. Lafata cabinets with simple shaker style doors. Any advice is much appreciated. Sorry, I missed your comment. Thanks for the compliments, glad you enjoyed it. So the stain color is a very big commitment. 6. Jen. That will add depth to the colour. I have 2 questions for you: 1) The polyurethane has started to peel up along the edges of the boards. Was told we will have to resend and start over but am not sure how to avoid the redness. Thanks Tadas. Either way I hope your project turns out well. I am thinking chesnut or medium brown. You have to decide on something you like that will look good with your furnishings long-term. We are putting down heart pine flooring and have gone back and forth on the finish. It means a lot to us floor guys :). I would start with a medium brown shade like Jacobean or Antique Brown and see whether you would rather something a bit lighter or darker. As far as brand of stain, we use a few different ones depending on what look we are trying to achieve. Thank you for all the great information. We just purchased a home with oak wood floors and will be adding some new areas so that the entire floor is wood. Together with our world leading floor finishes, bring together a range of high performance formulations with all characteristics and sheen levels you could possibly need for any residential or commercial environment.. Many people think staining means applying the top coats of oil or polyurethane. Its not really too similar to either. Do you have any pictures of work youve done with those type of cabinets? We are having our red oak floors in the whole house refinished. Theyve already got a coat of stain on. The floors are mostly red oak. Sarah You can get the new Duraseal stains in most flooring stores. Try and wipe off as much as you can, leave it to dry out for a few days and then test a spot of the floor to see what happens. The stain is a DuraSeal product with a mix of Ebony and Coffee Brown. Thank You. Lighter shades like Cherry and Golden Oak will accent the natural grains and beauty of a floor while still giving it some depth and color. If you like a stain but something still feels off, you can mix it with other stains to get the right look. Sanding is happening today, tomorrow it will be stained. Most of the grey floors we have done over red oak have been treated first. It is very warm and elegant. 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