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Has anyone used duraseal golden brown or dark brown on red oak floors?

2 years ago

We're redoing floors before we move into an older house we just bought. The house tends to not get great light so I don't want to go too dark (or too red or too yellow). I would love to see pictures anyone has of golden brown or dark brown on red oak!

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sprrkls

last year

@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.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
You need to test on your floors in your light . Golden brown sounds yelloe toned to me and honestly are you sur eit is red oak . Dark brown says nothing without the actual colors you are choosing from.
RM Raymond
Original Author
2 years ago
I’m sure it’s red oak. I meant to say Medium Brown, not dark brown, which is the color of the Duraseal stain. I have samples down, but thought seeing some pictures would be helpful
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G&S thank you so much for the picture and your input. funny enough last night we were trying to figure things out and really like the dark walnut. We'll go with the one we really like rather than be worried about it being too dark. Plus our house has a lot of white trim so we're hoping the contrast with the floors will look good. thanks again!
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HU-138075218
last year
What did you end up going with?
sprrkls
last year
@RM Raymond do you habe pictures when you samples golden and medium? i have so many samples down on my floor id love to see yoir inages beforeni try them on the limited space i have left. also also, what did you settle on to stain?
RM Raymond
Original Author
last year
Hi @sprrkls we ended up using Duraseal Golden Brown. I've included a few pics in natural light + the product we used.
RM Raymond
Original Author
last year
@sprrkls it's tough to figure out! Golden brown did feel like it wasn't too dark and also kept the red/orange away. Good luck!
sprrkls
last year
Thank you
sprrkls
last year
@RM Raymond had you also tried soecial walnut when sampling? did you find this did not cover the red oak well? i cannot get a good read on this color compared to thr golden brown - my swatches are too small
RM Raymond
Original Author
last year
I don't remember what we sampled, it's been too long. I'm sorry I can't help!

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