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. Its never a good ideas to fix a stain problem by adding even more stain. Thank you for sharing! Thanks for your quick reply, Tadas. They are pushing me for the stain color and want to start even before they finish sanding my closets. Just had our red oak floors refinished and stained with dura seal coffee brown. Suggestions? We have been told it was from water popping, humidity, the floor color (50:50 ebony and jacobean mix). The kitchen is cheap natural colored pergo, which looks fine against the Red Chestnut. Question is what would you recommend to put on it. If it was after the floors were stained it could be that the excess stain wasnt removed before applying the finish. Wild Honey MW1109 . We are very beginners here). Thank you Mathen. The flooring is white oak and I was looking to go with a dark stain? Duraseal has a huge color selection with 37 beautiful color choices currently offered. They were water popped, too. This would be done when the floor was completed. Yes Acacia can be stained. Just a thought and another option. One of the reactive products we use is Rubio Monocoat Fumed. Dry Looking forward to any feedback you may have. We just got a house with an older dark prefinished hardwood (oak or maple not sure, very white looking wood inside). 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. We are looking for duraseal options that look contemporary and fresh. the info Bona gave you is correct. Where can I purchase these new great gray stains? 7. your blog and experience are great! Can you recommend a stain (our guy likes MinWax) that would be good with lots of mostly oak antiques? The other ways you can change up the color of your floor is to use a colored hardwax oil like Rubio Monocoat or Pallmann Magic Oil, or use a dye. Very well written article and very helpful. Any help is much appreciated. Most people keep them their natural color. Thanks!! I bought a house. Will it look okay if we go with a very dark floor stain? We do quite a lot of this color mix. Were working with DuraSeal and expect to coat with oil based polyurethane. Hi Tadas Working on a historic 1890s home. The Castle brown was too dark. They are stained with Minwax Provincial satin polyurethane finish. I love the 45 degree angle and the kitchen. Character of White Oak with no stain but something still feels off you! I love your blog and have found it really informative. :/ Okay so long story short if theres anybody that can help me figure out if the steps Im about to take are the exact correct steps to do when trying to repair a wood floor color due to mold from water. Natural wood tones vary, so expect your final stain color to vary slightly from board to board. what do you suggest. Good luck with your project :). My new kitchen cabinets are natural rift sawn white oak. I am looking to do my stairs and want to test the new colors! The floors are varying shades of orange, a typical aged Brazilian cherry floor. To prevent this you need to use fans for air movement across the floors at least overnight. What about chemically stripping tannins from wood for a Swedish-type look? Do you know the history of them? It is definitely caused by some sort of contamination. These extreme colors tend to go out of style quickly though, the two colors above wont. My trim is Dove White. Can be time consuming and a pain, but you have to live with your floors for a long time so its worth the effort. Im sure theyll look great in the end. Puritan Pine by Minwax. This rich blend of oil and resin gives hardwood floors a soft, satiny sheen. Im guessing it must have been an oil based finish applied because water based wouldnt make it darker. Hope your hardwood floors turn out great. Lafata cabinets with simple shaker style doors. The room doesnt get much natural light and we have high-hat lighting. Any thoughts on that combination and what brand of stain to use (my contractor doesnt like minwax). & The finish system used on that floor had very high VOCs and with good reason they are starting to be banned across the country. 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. We have just moved into a new home which has untreated light oak flooring throughout. Our second choice probably is nutmeg. I want the home to look beautiful and functional. Price $6.00. Doing it the first way makes the finish too rigid, and when the floors move (as they naturally will), they are not flexible enough and so the finish stretches and stresses in those spots, causing white lines. Also, the fiooring people say a clear oil poly will not yellow the floor. Would love to hear your thoughts. Fast forward to present situation only to know that the Hardwood floor is of red oak and any lighter stain will bring out the red/pink tones. Great post. Sorry about the delay in replying, I was at a national trade event with my employees for a few days keeping up on the latest hardwood flooring advancements. Those are vey special indeed. At DuraSeal, we are focused on one goal - your success. If using regular stain do not apply the finish the next day, let it dry out sufficiently first. For example, if you want a country, farmhouse theme in your home, then you wont want to stain your floors Dark Ebony or Jacobean, you would go for something like Early American or Colonial Maple. And, then on the other end, we have Aged Barrel and Heritage Brown which integrate dark browns and ebony with gray. Make sure to do a sample test first of each and then decide from there. Our apt. Love your blog!! Or there are other products we can use. I want the modern look but my house is small. Do I have to match the floor or can I go gray? I cannot thank you enough for the blog.Really thank you! 5. Yes I would recommend a matte finish with a dog as it wont show scratches in the finish as much. After researching I think it may be called bleed back. Coat -Rustic Beige 182- Quart Brand: dura Seal Quick Coat stains are a premium Penetrating! The above stain colors (in order) are dark gray, rustic beige, heritage brown, warm gray, aged barrel and silvered gray. I know from experience now how much the wood changes- I am afraid of it progressing to a purple or burgundy if I try a walnut or a Jacobean. Thats just the nature of wood. Rustic Beige stain over red oak,still Final coat to go today and moving to the next one #rusticbeige #interiordesign #interiordesigner #hardwoodfloos #customhouses #realtorraleigh #realestate #customhomes #downtownraleigh #raleigh #carync #wakeforestnc @ Raleigh, North Carolina +5 Make sure your floor guy puts down both colors in a test patch for you though so you can be 100% sure about which one you like better. You should be able to pretty quickly see what you like and even more importantly what shades you dont like with the big samples they have on display. One suggestion was two parts ebony to one part royal mahogany. Thinking of adding some ebony? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Hours ; Color: Rustic Beige, Dark gray floors a soft, satiny sheen stain combination oil-based,! Can you please help? Stain colors will look different depending on the type of wood too so make sure the sample is the same wood as your floor. Its a popular shade. I doubt I will be able to get them to do it and I dont know if I can do it on my own? Do you have any ideas how to mitigate the smell? Hilarious. Apply the first coat of DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish liberally with a brush, lambswool applicator or cloth at approximately 500 square feet per gallon. For different size of floors in different locations there are different suggestions that I might share to you. Every screen can shows color shades differently, not to mention that differing wood and individual floor planks can show color differently. Make sure to do a big sample area too with finish applied (that will change the color) so youre confident thats the final look you want. Need your help please ! Im going to quote from a former reply above to save some time if thats ok. Were installing new red oak select in 1 bedroom and hallway. Hi, we are in the process of laying white oak in our home and I am wanting a medium brown color (want a warm feeling). I would go with the brand of stain your floor guy is familiar with as you dont want him experimenting with unfamiliar products/systems on your floor. I recently found your site and have been reading along. Im not loving the colour:((((( any suggestions? I like matte would you recommend that again or would I be better with a different finish? That will lighten it up but keep within the same color range. To answer your question, I always pre-face these type of answers with its tough to anwer without seeing your home in person. Should I try to bring in a warm brown? What kind of wood. I love the dark floorsbut I dont want it so dark that it looks black. The more WHITE you have the more PINK will show through with red oak. Our doors are solid pine 6 panel doors stained with Minwax Early American 230. We have the ugly golden oak cabinets from 1997 and all the trim is the same Our red oak hardwood is the natural color which since has turned yellow. I think this comment was for me,Tadas, right? I say go for it. Take a look at Jacobean if you want to go slightly lighter you can mix it 50/50 with neutral. Yes it does have orange/red undertones. Some rooms I like it, others I dont. Do you have any suggestions? If you do a second coat of stain, it will not penetrate the wood properly, nor will the poly adhere to it as well. I have colonial maple color kitchen cabinets, but dont want to continue with the country type look, my style is modern. As far as dust, yes the darker floors will show it more, but thats a small price to pay for having awesome looking floors we think. Best bet would be to get some samples of each so you can see for yourself. The second idea if you're working with oak is always guarantee that all your tools are extremely sharp. See a selection of DuraSeal stains on white oak hardwood flooring. Is this true? Wood Ideas Kitchen table with it and love the subtle gray tone that it has ( ). but not stained just yet. The second bummer is again to know from our builder that no mixing of stains is allowed. My curtains are burgundy (maroon color). However, need some contrast. What are your thoughts and how do I get that perfect very dark color again without the lines? Since I decided, JUST to have the floors sanded and polyurethane, I thought any floor guy should be able to do that. I would open windows and air out the house really well for a few days. Coat Penetrating finish that can be topcoated in two hours might share to. Grade than our other widths Oak $ 5.95 's Fastest Free Delivery for hardwood flooring contractors sq. All are not too dark and are more brown than orange. Ive had kitchen cabinets refaced with a Dark Italian Walnut finish, white/grey backsplash/countertop. I had decided on Rubio as a finish but we cannot seem to find a color thats right for the handscraped walnut floors we are getting. Give it a go anyways in a small out of the way area and see for yourself. Its unique formulation provides a surface that can be topcoated in two hours. I would do a test patch of Golden Oak like you suggested and also one of Natural. You can see Bona Stain Chart here. Thats what we White oak and red oak will look different when the same stains are applied to them. Enjoyed reading your blog. Thanks for the great information. Duraseal Fruitwood/Country White Custom Stain (left) // Duraseal Silvered Gray (right) We had already refinished our upstairs and 2 staircases in this house when we first bought it and at that point I had chosen a custom Duraseal stain mix of about 60% fruitwood and 40% country white . So.the only way to REALLY see the pink would be to put down a coat of poly over the finish. Fir looks great with either an oil-based finish or natural stain and waterbased. Hmm, it shouldnt still smell after that amount of time. Since 1898, DuraSeal has been focused on one goal - Flooring Contractors success. Also look at Jacobean for a mid-dark non-red stain color. The floors are mostly red oak. Experiment with a few colors to see what you like. Make sure your hardwood refinishing guy provides lots of samples for you to choose from. They do not come out well they come out streaky and dont look nice. Finish (stain), Quick And keep and mind that colors shown here are for reference only. Kyle You can always buy Duraseal on Amazon. Then it looks like youve tried to match it but missed the mark :), Helllo I was wondering how you achieved the dark stain on the first picture on this blog? Has it been sanded yet? I am thinking chesnut or medium brown. With these colour schemes the current floor colour seems out of place and I was wondering if you could suggest a stain colour so that the rooms feel warmer and also mix with the black/white colour-schemes for the furnishings. minwax water based stain on oak hardwood plywood via ana-white.com adventures in staining my red oak hardwood floors products process staining red oak hardwood floors 8 entryway and music room wood conditioner via addicted2decorating.com home depot red oak hardwood flooring stock funky wood stain colors On top of that there are many colored products that can be used from hardwax oil companies like Rubio Monocoat, Pallmann and Loba. The rich old world character of White Oak, with the modern convenience of quick delivery and ease of installation. We have a home that is full of golden oak and dont want to paint or replace at this time. It looks like this contractor A) Did not wipe the 2nd coat of stain. 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