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?

I see the issue. It looks almost like the new floor was a different grade then your existing floor. was the old floor refinished along with the new floor? Because the color is so light, matching the two because of the grade difference is going to be virtually impossible. Best solution is resand everything, and go a bit darker. Sometimes when patching a really old floor with new wood and then say going natural, the patch sticks out like a soar thumb, so in the case if you stain dark it hides the obvious difference. granted this scenario doesnt 100% apply to you, but the concept should still work.

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

man, too bad they didn't spread those red ones out here and there, instead of keeping them in little groups. you sure someone didn't replace some planks down the road? I don't think you have to go dark. why don't you get some red/white oak planks and do some sample stain colors on them? this way you'll get an idea of what looks best.