BM white paint color goes w red oak floors refinished w nordic seal?
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Replace honey oak doors w/white oak quarter sawn?
Comments (7)I bought quarter sawn red oak cabinets for my previous kitchen and although the doors were quartersawn, the interior faces of the cabinets were regular red oak veneer. That's the way they were manufactured. Since the doors were full overlay, the parts of the cabinets that were not quartersawn were never really visible and I had "furniture" sides so those were also quartersawn. However, red oak and white oak are different species, with the white oak tending more towards browner tones. If I were you I would buy a sample door and see how the color match goes with your current boxes. Or you can buy an unfinished door and see if you can play with stain to match the color. You might be able to find a stain close to your current cabinets in tone that will be good with the honey oak. ....See MoreCan I get my white oak floors this white color using rubio monocoat?
Comments (52)Pallman is fine. There are two things I would change: Humidity - it is at the lower end of acceptable. Even though 35% is allowed, it is still going to show some problems with splitting and checking. Please get it up to 45% - 50%. That will really, really, really help the wood look health and beautiful. This should be done SLOWLY. About 5% increase every 7 days or so. Ditch the Minwax. It is low-end DIY stuff. If Pallmant makes stains, then get them to work with Pallman stains. Get them to redo the colour patches for you to decide on your colour...again going with a coat of finish over the stain patch so that you can see the depth of colour. That's it. They are stepping up and fixing a finish that was really rough. They buffed three times (I'm assuming the buffing was between every coat) and yet they still came up with a rough finish. So they are doing it over. Very nice. You have an stand-up group of guys there. If they won't switch out the Minwax - it probably isn't a huge deal. Many refinishers like to work with Minwax because the stains have remained the same for DECADES. I'm not a fan, but oil based stains work with oil based finishes all the time. The HUMIDITY is going to be your challenge as a homeowner. If you can bump it up to 45%, you will have a much happier floor. Much, much happier floor....See MoreWhite Oak: Floor Pros! Qs on Nordic and Bona “haze”
Comments (73)I really appreciate these updates! It looks like the Bona products have really held up as far as color is concerned. We have LVP throughout and just purchased white oak stair treads. I tried and tried to match with stain but the yellow kept bleeding through. I’m now considering the Bona finish on my treads and keeping the natural oak look. Unfortunately the Bona is only sold in large sizes and I will probably use less than half of it. Your treads look really good! You said they were stained with minwax weathered oak. Do you happen to know if there was a sealer applied first or what the top coat was if any? I think that’s where I may be going wrong. Any advice you can offer is greatly appreciated! Thanks again for taking the time!...See MoreAlternative to Bona NaturalSeal, Classic or Nordic on white oak?
Comments (31)Carly, please provide source for your floors, exactly what I’m looking for. Also thank you for post and thank you too other posters. I had just had floors done by a floor shop, two years of hospice requires me to redo them, seems a layer can be scraped up with a spackle scraper easily and turned dark ( like cherry wood does in sunlight but this was white oak ). So due to budget going to have to give this a go on my own. These posts priceless. After seeing this post and refinishing parents floor, I want your oak in my house … you did fantastic job....See More
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3 years agoYou’ll need a light pink white so the pink floors aren’t so obviously pink. The two will cancel each other out visually.
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2 years agoNatalie Szapowalo
2 years agoThis is my floor with 1 coat of Bona Nordic Seal. I’m debating if I should do a 2nd. I prefer the salmon pink and contrast of all the red oak colors.
Natalie Szapowalo
2 years agoJenn A
2 years agoJenn A
2 years agoNatalie Szapowalo
2 years agoJenn A
2 years agoJenn A
2 years agoEnded up doing 2 coats of the Nordic with 2 coats of Bona Mega (instead of traffic) just need to figure out what in the world is that white mark on the herringbone!
Natalie Szapowalo
2 years agoI love it! We started out thinking we wanted only 1 coat of Nordic and 3 Traffic. Ended up going 2 Nordic and 2 Traffic HD in Satin.
Jenn A
2 years ago
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