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Red oak floor gray stain.
Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.
If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
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.
White oak is preferred over red oak for gray stain.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
We gutted our kitchen in february and emptied the first floor to have the hardwood floors refinished.
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Duraseal silvered gray stain on red oak floors.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
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Gray does not come out very well with pine floors which have underlying yellow as well as red tones.
Old red oak plank floors refinished with grey stain ortega april 16 2018 in wood floor refinishing by admin dan s floor store was contracted to refinish the 1 1 2 wide solid old red oak plank floors in this circa 1950 home in the ortega neighborhood of jacksonville florida.
Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
Can i stain my red oak gray.
Ginger if you have red oak and want to do some form of gray you will either need to bleach the floors first or choose a darker gray.
22 best hardwood floor stain colors for red oak 3 4 x 3 1 4 natural red oak bellawood lumber liquidators.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look.