Red Oak Hardwood Flooring Stains
The flooring guy s staining process is probably the issue.
Red oak hardwood flooring stains. 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. 15 2 1 4 red oak hardwood flooring collections best flooring ideas description. Red oak flooring is a durable hardwood option that has a traditional straight grain and a hint of red or pink in the unfinished boards. After it dries it has a gray haze to it.
Did he pretreat the red oak by water popping before applying the stain. That s just the nature of wood. 2 1 4 red oak hardwood flooring awesome of 1 mon white oak lacrosse flooring via. Adventures in staining my red oak hardwood floors products process description.
Once you ve chosen red oak as the right hardwood for your. 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. Everyone has different natural lighting and that makes a huge difference in the end result. See more ideas about red oak floors oak floor stains floor stain.
Red oak with jacobean stain allows for beautiful grain to come through in an almost black tone that reflects the black window frames and curtain rails. Very dark brown and almost black stain colors in my opinion hardwood floor stain colors are at their most impressive when the result is a deep color that is a million miles away from the actual color of the wood. Dec 12 2019 explore kate searls s board red oak floor stains on pinterest. It s funny how different stains can look once applied to your floor.
White oak and red oak will look different when the same stains are applied to them.