We used 1 3 antique white 1 3 classic gray 1 3 weathered oak.
How to stain white oak floors dark.
You can use it for just about anything.
Deep dark red oak.
Red and white oak are the most common types used in america with white oak being the cheaper variety.
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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.
This finish looks great on plainsawn red oak boards and is impossible to get straight out of a can.
My floor guy uses masterline oil based poly in a satin finish but i can t find much information on this product.
The red dye is incredibly strong.
Apply trans tint bright scarlet to the bare wood and let it dry.
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.
My contractor said no one has ever requested this.
But the gel stain is applied without a barrier coat so it darkens both the earlywood and latewood.
Dark stained oak has characteristic golden highlights.
This will remove the dust and powder from your sanding effort.
They are a really nice dark rich color.
Examine the water stains and determine if they still appear on the floor surface.
In my area the majority of floors are dark stain.
Thankfully i found this thread as he was clueless on colors other than varieties of dark brown.
Vacuum the floor and wipe it down with a tack cloth.
Red oak vs white oak which is darker vs pine vs maple you get the idea as well as the grade of wood.
It will make the stain color look more even and it will allow you to do go a bit darker and deeper with very dark stains.
I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut.
Interior trim floors and furniture.
Problems with finishing oak floors.
And white oak despite the name tends to be a tad darker and accepts dark stains better so it s much more flexible for stain color choices so it will give you more flexibility in color choices both for now and for later.