Oak floor lovers - your best eng. oak floor?
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Best BM gray wall color for natural red oak floors?
Comments (4)you are just going to have to get samples and try them out. have no idea what your room looks like or the type of light you get. what you don't want are cool gray colors. red oak is warm,,,you need a warmer gray, or a neutral gray. (BTW,,,I have Silver Half Dollar on my walls and it looks like a baby blue. I get afternoon sun in the room and they are tall ceilings. It's very blue once up. I have it paired w/Kendall Charcoal and silver travertine, so it still works. but w/a red oak floor, I'm thinking you won't like it) Get some samples! some of the colors you picked are on this,,,next to a cool, blue/gray tile floor. to me, these two tones clash. you may like it....See MoreWhite Oak Floors: Can I keep them natural or would staining be best?
Comments (44)@Robin Morris, Im a bit confused between the terminology of "sealer" and "finish coat", but I love the look on your floors! Are they glossy or completely matte. I like the look in broad day light better than at night! Just to make sure, you applied one coat of Bona Birch and then 3 coats of another stain which is Bone Mega? (Looking at your samples picture, bone mega looked darker and orangier...) I'm trying to get my white oak cabinets to have a neutral look as well!...See MoreSmooth white oak flooring?
Comments (4)@ Sirwoodland - solid hardwood should be cheaper than factory finished engineered hardwood. Engineered hardwood is supposed to carry a higher price range....because it takes more man-hours to get it read of market than solid hardwood. A Character Grade or Common Grade #2 White Oak in a 3" plank should be $5/sf to purchase. The installation + finishing should be another $4-$5/sf. Total cost should be $11 - $12/sf. A mid-range engineered hardwood should be $6-$8/sf with install being $3/sf. Total cost of the job = $11/sf. Roughly the same....See MoreAre These Red oak or white oak floors? Stain Ideas
Comments (26)@jjam Your floors look beautiful. @Angela Wacker I hope your floors turn out beautiful. @mdln these are such a good ideas/solutions next time I am doing a renovation I will make sure to get this kit. I went by the house in the morning and took a closeup photo (prior to getting confirmation from the contractor and subcontractor) It does look like white oak. @SJ McCarthy thank you for all the information, it gave me ideas on what to ask the contractor and how to have a conversation about the floors. I even came up with a few more stains to try in case the original choices did not work out. The contractor e-mailed me early this afternoon agreeing to test a few more colors. We asked him, again, regarding the type of floors we have and the new ones they installed, initially he said the floors were red oak, but then he texted us an hour later letting us know that the sub had informed him that it was white oak!?! What!! @Beth Thank you!!!! @SashaDog Thank you!!!! @G & S Floor Service @Timothy Winzell it appears you guys were right - it is white oak -probably. Quality/grade? who knows! I cant believe the contractor did not know this! It appears my worries about the floors looking red after a light stain were unnecessary. We stopped by the home to see the samples on our "white oak" and the white stain looked nice with the top coat on it, not pink. The birch was nice, but we decided to go with the white as it looks more like the natural color of the wood we love. I am still anxious about the overall outcome, but crossing fingers that it turns out nice. I am going by the house tomorrow and working from my car so I can take a look and stop the workers in their tracks if it looks bad lol. I am just kidding...but maybe I am not :) Here are the two samples we tried Bona Birch and Duraseal White with bona HD on our "white oak" floors (this is not 100% for sure lol). Leaving the picture here in case someone is looking for a picture of these two stains. You are all such a wonderful group of people! Thank you for helping me through my anxiety. This morning I felt so stupid to have been worrying about a floor stain when so much more important things are going on in the world. Anyways, thank you and much love to you all. Stay healthy!! -Mari...See MoreJennifer Svensson
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