Red Oak hardwood stain
Hutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
5 years ago
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Unfinished hardwood, reasonable price?
Comments (2)It really varies as to where you live in the US. We're in the mid-south and it was $2 sf to install prefinished. Had it been site finished, it would have been $4-6 sf. (basically $2 sf for install, $1-2 sanding, and $1-2 for finish application) So, depending on where you live, that quote might be very reasonable. The best guage for your area is to talk to several experienced contractors to see what they would charge, and also ask the flooring shops how much they charge for a site finished install. Tip: Ask for references or to see previous jobs and see if the owners are/were happy with the install job. If they don't know what they are doing, you can have a big mess quickly. So $1-2 per sf extra to get someone who has a great rep and knows exactly what they are doing might be the better deal in the end. It can be quite a bit more on the east or west coast. Maybe some others will chime in here......See MoreNot liking hardwood floor stain on red oak
Comments (27)SJ we were pretty clear we didn’t want yellow but I’ll ask him exactly what finish he used on that small section. We’re doing water based poly, that much I know. G & S I don’t think he has experience with additives. So maybe my best bet is to sand and restain. I really hate to do that because it will be an extra 1000 and also set our timeline back for the rest of the remodel. But trying to tint it at this point sounds a little risky if it’s not something he’s done. So if we do that sounds like we should try walnut, provincial, antique brown, and Jacobean for a green tint to counteract the red? For the record this is the sample we chose (top one) which is the 50/50 medium brown and gray. To me it looks nothing like how the floors come out....See MoreDuraseal stain color on red oak hardwoods
Comments (4)Yes...things look different from the sample patch (ahem...assuming your refinisher offered a sample patch ON YOUR WOOD floor) and from final application of STAIN. The stain dries or cures (can take a while depending on what it is made of...like 72 hours for oil based stain is very normal). Then the CHOICE of finish makes a HUGE difference. The oil based finishes (the cheap stinky ones that cause migraines and nose bleeds) turn orange. Each coat gets a stronger and stronger orange tone to it. It can cause white paper to turn orange/amber colour. These are the finishes that get darker and darker with age (oxidization). An oil modified finish can turn yellow. Not as harsh a colour as the oil finish but enough to get floors to turn colour. Again, each coat added creates a stronger yellow tone. These finishes ALSO get darker as they age...but not as bad as the oil finishes. Now for the water based products. These are what we call a 'clear coat'. They do NOT turn orange or yellow. They do NOT get darker as they age. Traditionally they are more expensive than the oil modified and can be much more expensive than the oil based. A VERY GOOD water based finish will be a 2 part product such as Bona Traffic HD or Loba 2K Supra AT. These are the big boys and they can triple the cost of the finish (compared to oil based). And then there is the lighting situation you viewed the floors under. The look of natural day light hitting your floors will be different from evening light with artificial lighting. Go ahead and view your floors at roughly the same time as you first saw them (right after the application). And while you are there chatting with the refinisher, go ahead and take photos of the FINISH or the can that it comes in. And feel free to up load photos with your colour patch that you chose vs. the finish as it looks now....See MoreTrying to figure out what color to stain my red oak hardwood floors. M
Comments (6)A light or no stain on red oak will give you pink floors, so best to go with a medium brown. A medium tone is also classic - as styles swing back and forth from light to dark I think it's best to be in the middle. Who wants to refinish their floors every 5-10 years? This way you won't have to do it again until they need it instead of when fashions change. Just don't go too cool on the brown - they shouldn't look gray. Gray floors are definitely out on the coasts - if this hasn't happened yet where you live it is on its way....See MoreHutchae84 Zone 8b/PNW
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