Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
Light grey stains for red oak floors.
Our floor guy uses minwax.
I can t stand the pink.
Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.
There are a few methods.
I had searched high and low for pictures of duraseal silvered gray on red oak hardwood floors without much luck so in case you ve done the same hopefully this post comes up in your google search.
Can i stain my red oak gray.
My contractor has shown me several samples but not of duraseal ebony or bona white.
So before i get into the oak stain colors and results i thought it would be helpful to provide a few tips on choosing a hardwood floor stain.
I want something light and without red orange or yellow undertones more brownish grayish.
Since they all have to be sanded down anyway we want to do a lighter stain but having trouble finding a good color.
I am trying to get light grey floors with a red oak level 1 or level 1 floors.
Our floors are hand scraped red oak and they were a dark color.
I actually love the light color now except that it has a ton of pink in it and it s of course pretty raw looking.
To minimize the orange effect that comes with aging oil based polyurethane protective coats we used a water based polyurethane to protect the floors.
Best to use white oak instead of red oak.
I am certain they are not a select grade.
White oak is preferred over red oak for gray stain.
Hi i need to choose a stain color for my hardwood red oak floors and i wanted to achieve something similar to the look bellow.