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Classic gray stain on red oak floors.
Old preexisting floors are not the best canvas to sand and refinish in a gray stain.
So this is just two coats of minwax classic grey on red oak hardwood floor.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Best to stain gray on a brand new installed floor.
Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.
The dark gray will help hide and drown out the red tones.
As part of the refinishing process our client described the look they wanted and we recommended adding a grey stain to the red oak planks during our refinishing process.
Be careful with the wood species.
Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
Older floors typically have spacing nail and pin holes discoloration etc.
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.
Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
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.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.
For reference we decided not to add alcohol to minwax classic grey.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
Dark walnut 2716.
If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
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.