Have to decide floor stain by Tues- Provincial or Spec. Walnut?
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Do you have Bona finish or stain on your oak floors?
Comments (6)I wish I had a photo to show you. We used Minwax English Chestnut on our stairs and lower level remodel. It is a rich, deep, true brown with no orange, red, or gray tones. Upstairs, the floors were sanded and given three coats of Bona urethane over no stain. I didn't love the paler color, but the finish wore like iron. On the main floor, we had the existing oak floors sanded and redone, using two coats of Minwax Cherry. Then we put new oak floors in the kitchen and had them matched to the rest. I do have photos showing those floors, if it's any help. They may be more orange than you want. These are the original floors, refinished: The new flooring in the kitchen:...See MoreWhat's the best way to lighten duraseal dark walnut stain?
Comments (46)I completely thought about Jacobean, but not sure in the end if I tried it alone. Mine are Dark Walnut on the red oak. Dark Walnut doesn't have red, that's the wood. They say that Jacobean that has "green" counteracts the red. Dark Walnut is likely a warmer color than the Jacobean. I would likely have been very happy with the Jacobean as well....See MoreDeciding on a Dark Stain for Red Oak Floors...Dark Walnut or Jacobean?
Comments (3)It looks like you already have a medium stain (?Provincial?) on there so you are aware it will be lighter than any of the options you are looking at. Because you want to get away from 'red/orange' tones (as seen in your photo), I HIGHLY recommend you work with the Jacobean side of things. Just like in the make-up industry, floor stains use GREEN based stains to 'hide' or cover red tinges. Jacobean is green based. Jacobean is often used to create a mix of colour. The green base of Jacobean is used (50:50 or 25:75) to get rid of the red AND to darken a colour. This is normal. It is done all the time (by skilled refinishers). I'm not fond of Ebony. It can go down VERY dark (so dark it looks like black paint). Dark walnut might pull a bit to reddy-orange (browns are made up of reds and oranges and blues, etc). Be prepared to ask for a custom mix. And to stay away from orange all together you MUST WORK with a water based polyurethane. That means you MUST HAVE a coat of finish applied to the samples BEFORE you choose. This is normal. It is natural. It is 'industry standard'. Never, ever pick a stain colour without a coat of your finish (in your gloss level) over top. And make sure you view the stain patches through ALL 5 lighting situations. I like to see stain patches put down on Friday (with a coat of finish) and then the homeowners view it over the weekend. You tell the refinisher what you want on Saturday. The full staining process starts on Monday. That's the IDEAL way to do this....See MoreHelp picking floor stain for red oak floors!
Comments (9)I like the color you have! It is classic. Maybe not "on trend", but it won't be the gray floor of 2017 for the next 40 years either. Anything "Medium Brown" will be classic. Achieving that on red oak is not always easy due to the red part of red oak. Seriously, though, there is no easy answer to this without samples on your floor in your lighting. You can't make your decision based on pictures on the internet because of the variations in lighting and whatever your monitor does to colors, too. If you can't slow the process down to get samples, I would make my own samples by getting some unfinished red oak and staining it yourself. Be sure to add the top coat to get a realistic idea of what it will look like. Then you can move the samples around. However, you need to know what brand of products your flooring professional is going to use. If you have that information already, please share it and the professionals here will be able to give you some input on the quality of the product....See MoreUser
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