The floor will not get darker if you flood it with an excess of stain or apply a second coat.
How to stain your hardwood floors darker.
Test the color of the stain on your piece of scrap wood to see how it looks and continue mixing if you need to.
A finished floor has to be stripped of all existing gloss and stain and taken down to bare wood before being re stained a darker shade.
However a perfect outcome will depend on the condition and the natural color of the wood.
It is possible to change the color of your hardwood from dark to light and vice versa as you desire.
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.
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.
This ensures your hardwood is smooth and that it properly accepts the stain and or polyurethane for a better and longer lasting look.
We typically do 3 sandings each with finer grits the grits vary based on the type of wood and age.
Using excess amounts or applying multiple coats of stain can cause the stain to bleed back where it wicks back up to the surface of the board as solvent begins to evaporate.
You can add a glaze or coat to your hardwood floors to give them a darker color.
While removing water stains is one thing getting rid of dark black stains is a little harder.
Color change requires sanding to remove the top finish layer of the floor.
I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut.
If you still want to make your stain lighter add 1 2 cup 120 ml of natural stain at a time and stir it together with your stir stick until it s thoroughly mixed.
Several products exist that will let you change or restore the color of your hardwood floors.
They are a really nice dark rich color.
Mix in more natural stain if you want the color lighter.
My floor guy uses masterline oil based poly in a satin finish but i can t find much information on this product.
These stains are soaked into the wood and need some special tricks to get them out.
If you ve got hardwood floors that are finished too lightly darkening the floors will take some work and is a lot more complicated than re painting a wall a darker color.
Dark stained wood floors can be lightened to give your home an exciting new look.
First you sand the floors with sanding machine.
Tinted topcoats varnishes and various types of polyurethane can give you a darker color.