We have red oak dark walnut stained floors in our living room hall and dining room.
Red oak floors with dark walnut stain.
When my littles were little we were refinishing our red oak floors i scooped up some dirt in the yard and asked for our floors to be stained close to that color.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
The wood on my floors is red oak.
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.
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I wanted to avoid orange undertones.
I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
However oak does have a very dramatic grain of the wood which can sometimes give even the darkest stain a streaky effect or the look of highlights.
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.
The poly finish is satin.
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The flooring guys ended up mixing 2 parts natural 1 part provincial.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
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.
Help choosing stain color for red oak dark walnut vs provincial.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
Red and white oak are the most common types used in america with white oak being the cheaper variety.
This next picture was also taken last night.
Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials.
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We are refinishing existing 2 1 4 red oak floors that are currently a darker stain and completely replacing the floors in some rooms so we have to stick with red oak.