Matching Red Oak to White?
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12 years ago
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12 years agosloyder
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Can you match white oak s floors with red oak floors?
Comments (6)Same here. I extended my carpeted area to hardwood flooring. My contractor put new red oak in place of white oak and the stain stick out like a soar thumb. I don't know what to do. We haven't poly'ed yet. Any suggestions please?...See Morematching red oak stained with weathered oak
Comments (18)This is quite the coincidence as I’m in the exact same situation this weekend. I’m sandingmy red oak railings and staining them to match my recently weather oak stained red oak flooring. My railings too were that orangey colour. I too considered the darker contrasting route but for me felt matching the floor was worth it. I’m using mainly a hand electric sander which gets 90% of it off. The rest comes off well it’s those sponge sanders with 60grit. I too contemplated leaving the railings the old orangey colour but felt it would look obvious and incomplete that the extra step wasn’t taken. Plus i was concerned about maintaining consistency if I tried blending.Color is minwaz weathered oak. The installers used Duraseal which they said was the same but commercial name. As a side note, my wall and trim colour is BM simply White and using flat black metal spindles which further negated going with a darker rail. My suggestion is either match existing flooring or go with darker color. But don’t leave them orangey...See MoreHelp! My flooring is a mix of red and white oak. How do I match that?
Comments (5)I see there have already been some pieces replaced in at least one area. Its possible, that someone patched those pieces in and used white oak. They appear to have taken the stain a lot darker than the rest of the floor. The rest of the floor looks to be red oak. I see at least 3 shorter boards that have been laced in as a replacement on the wall side. I would use red oak, for the rest of the floors, and since they will all need to be refinished to match, have them remove those 3 boards and put in matching oak there too, so you dont have those strips of very dark wood....See MoreMatch new White Oak Floors to existing Red Oak in our home addition?
Comments (1)Sample this where the two woods meet. So you can see how big of a contrast there is. On my screen, the water base looks good....See Morewwwonderwhiskers
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