Red Oak Wood Floors Stained Gray

Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.

Red oak wood floors stained gray.

Tips for choosing red oak floor stains. We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net. 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. White oak is preferred over red oak for gray stain.

Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring. Can i stain my red oak gray. I had searched high and low for pictures of duraseal silvered gray on red oak hardwood floors without much luck so in case you ve done the same hopefully this post comes up in your google search. I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.

There are a few methods. 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. Rubio monocoat fumed reacts with the tannic acid in hardwood causing the flooring to turn gray. Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look.

As part of the refinishing process our client described the look they wanted and we recommended adding a grey stain to the red oak planks during our refinishing process. To minimize the orange effect that comes with aging oil based polyurethane protective coats we used a water based polyurethane to protect the floors. Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.