Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials.
How to stain oak floors dark.
Water spills blood ink food spillage and pet mess urine vomit and poop causes of stain marks on the wood floors.
Lighter woods however such as oak can look attractive with either a light stain or a dark one.
So we went with bona 1 2 medium brown and 1 2 classic grey on our red oak floors.
Any color suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
You can also use a whitewash stain.
Poor cleaning and maintenance habits can also leave dark stains on your wood floor.
I think i should match this or either go lighter in the same tones but don t want to.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
He loves it so much.
My father in law is going to give me the hardest time for this post.
What causes dark spots on hardwood floors.
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However my cabinets are clearly visible.
Luckily you can stain oak to look as dark as possible.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
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.
Floors only have stain on it so far and i m not sure how they will look different with the water based poly.
I have red oak floors and want to stain a dark color.
He should marry it.
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.
They don t seem to look anything like the sample we tried and have a greyer tone than we wanted.
However oak does have a very dramatic grain of the wood which can sometimes give even the darkest stain a streaky effect or the look of highlights.
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.
They are a dark brownish red maple.
My great room adjoins my kitchen but i have tile in that room.
You can use the stain to darken the floor or to alter the hue.
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