Apply trans tint bright scarlet to the bare wood and let it dry.
How to stain oak floors darker.
If your existing finish is a lighter wood tone similar to or such as minwax wood finish colors natural golden oak ipswich pine puritan pine golden pecan fruitwood driftwood early american cherry or pickled oak changing color with polyshades is quite easy.
I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut.
The red dye is incredibly strong.
Lightly hand sand using a light grit sanding block lightly hand sand the entire surface of the wood piece that you would like to darken.
Luckily you can stain oak to look as dark as possible.
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But the gel stain is applied without a barrier coat so it darkens both the earlywood and latewood.
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How to stain a wooden floor like a pro.
Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials.
Brush on a coat of darker wood stain preferably an oak stain using smooth long strokes.
The color of the original stain and the tinted polyurethane combine creating a darker slightly different shade.
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They are a really nice dark rich color.
This finish looks great on plainsawn red oak boards and is impossible to get straight out of a can.
Just keep in mind that whichever polyshades color you choose to apply will take over the existing light finish so the.
Deep dark red oak.
If you desire a deeper darker coloring.
For example neutralize a light warm maple with a darker oak to neutralize orange.
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.
Well let me show you how to easily darken stain without stripping the table or any other piece of stain wood this includes hardwood flooring as well.
My floor guy uses masterline oil based poly in a satin finish but i can t find much information on this product.