Help me choose a floor color: Duraseal on red oak
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Help with Duraseal stain on red oak floors
Comments (10)Pink Blocker will "minimize" your red tones. For light browns, you will not have much to choose from in Duraseal colors. Bona has Twig or Nutmeg in Drifast stains. If, you want lighter than that, use chemical stains....See MoreHas anyone used duraseal golden brown or dark brown on red oak floors?
Comments (10)@RM Raymond looks beautiful!!! i am also sampling in duraseal product. thank you for posting several photos. i am going to try it alone cause i have tried it with rustic beige. i have also tried medium brown with rustic and weathered and classic gray. medium brown seems overall too reddish. golden brown may be a good fit to give enough coverage and keep that red orange pink away and still keep it light....See Morehelp needed with duraseal stain colors for red oak
Comments (31)About to refinish our red oak floors and im having such a hard time deciding! ive been leaning towards aged barrel. it is beautiful in the above pics, but I’m hopinh it isnt too dark. my stair treads are black, and i want a good contrast. the wood is also in the kitchen and kitchen will be all white. opinions, please please!...See MoreHELP! Need stain ASAP! Neutral/special walnut Duraseal on red oak
Comments (8)"considering medium brown/weathered oak chesnut/weathered oak" Isn't that what is in your second photo? You say "my flooring guy is pretty useless coming up with combos on his own", but it looks like your second photo shows he is providing what you are asking for. Your top photo is not "medium brown/weathered oak/chestnut". I think the flooring guy is giving you what you asked for, but what you asked for is not what you actually want. Show him your top photo that you posted here. Here are photos of chestnut stain on white oak and weathered oak stain on white oak (a much more gray finish than it sounds like you want). So you need to give your flooring guy the correct instruction of what you want, and not blame him when you do not....See Moretvq1
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