As you can see from the photo above right the more porous springwood stains considerably darker than the dense latewood giving the boards a distinct zebra striped look.
Gray stained red oak floors.
The color of the varathane weathered gray stain varied widely depending on the wood species.
Old red oak plank floors refinished with grey stain ortega april 16 2018 0 comments in wood floor refinishing by admin dan s floor store was contracted to refinish the 1 1 2 wide solid old red oak plank floors in this circa 1950 home in the ortega neighborhood of jacksonville florida.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.
There are a few methods.
We gutted our kitchen in february and emptied the first floor to have the hardwood floors refinished.
Can i stain my red oak gray.
Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look.
Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
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.
Varathane weathered gray stain.
Red oak and white oak floors absorb stain more uniformly but be aware that there is a difference between the density of earlywood or springwood and latewood of these species.
Duraseal silvered gray stain on red oak floors.
Rubio monocoat fumed reacts with the tannic acid in hardwood causing the flooring to turn gray.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
22 best hardwood floor stain colors for red oak 3 4 x 3 1 4 natural red oak bellawood lumber liquidators.
It barely soaked into the oak at all but looked much darker on the maple.
You may have seen on instagram we are just wrapping up a large set of home renovation projects.
Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring.
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If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
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.