Refinishing Red Oak Floors Grey
We painted the floors at our beach cottage white but that s a story for another day.
Refinishing red oak floors grey. Old red oak plank floors refinished with grey stain ortega april 16 2018 0 comments in wood floor refinishing by admin dan s floor store was contracted to refinish the 1 1 2 wide solid old red oak plank floors in this circa 1950 home in the ortega neighborhood of jacksonville florida. Staining red oak hardwood floors 6 stain on partial floor in entryway and music via. But also this was another patch job. Random width live sawn white oak hardwood flooring stain color antique brown top coated.
The living room floor is part of the original hardwood floor that s almost 70 years old. I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck. 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. I guess in theory you could paint them if you wanted a cottage vibe.
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. Be careful with the wood species. Can i stain my red oak gray. 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.
How to stain a floor white flisol home description. Our last home red oak hardwood floors refinishing with duralseal country white stain. Get some ideas and advice for selecting red oak floor stains. Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.
Adventures in staining my red oak hardwood floors products process description. 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. Choosing a stain color for our red oak hardwood floors. Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net. Staining a floor gray is best to do so on a new floor rather than an existing floor. Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look. There are a few methods.
To get rid of the honey color the floors need to be sanded. Rubio monocoat fumed reacts with the tannic acid in hardwood causing the flooring to turn gray.