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How to get red oak floor less red.
After it dries it has a gray haze to it.
Did he pretreat the red oak by water popping before applying the stain.
The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
Hardness white oak has a slightly higher janka hardness rating at 1360 compared to 1290 for red oak.
Pre finished floors are more expensive in the beginning but the finish tends to last longer than those applied onsite to unfinished floors.
So for example if you have red oak floors the stains will come out different vs red oak floors red oak tends to have pink undertones so the colors are a tad redder.
Red oak is the type of wood used in many standard fixtures around the home like stairwell banisters handrails and more.
So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using.
The flooring people put 2 coats of a water based sealant on it which did not change the color.
We had red oak installed in our kitchen and living room.
The floor looks gorgeous but in certain light looks a little pinkish or red to us.
The living room floor is part of the original hardwood floor that s almost 70 years old.
The kitchen floor is only two years old.
If you want those pieces to feel.
Maybe you can get a light golden cover to shift the pink a bit.
Like a fingerprint no board looks the same.
The flooring guy s staining process is probably the issue.
We decided not to stain it just leave it natural.
My whitewashed red oak floor isn t finished yet but we did get the most important and definitely the most difficult step finished yesterday the actual whitewashing of the wood floor.
Get a closer match to other features.
Below are a list of reddish stains.
They look more golden oak now vs red oak.
Red oak flooring has a highly detailed wood grain adding a natural earth y vibe to your kitchen or bath.
Also you want to make your decision based on the wet look on red oak or with finish on it not stand alone stain.
Both are red oak but the original floor in its raw state had a more red tone to it while the kitchen floor had a more pink orange tone to it.
You could experiment with some different stains on scrap.
But also this was another patch job.
The reason why you didn t get the result you were expecting.
Pre finished red oak has up to 10 layers of sealer that.
Over time they lightened and mellowed more a golden color we have oil base poly.
This means that white oak is a bit more more durable and bit less prone to denting than red oak but there s really not that much in it.