Help! New Red Oak Floor Problem
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Can one stain 'New' Red Oak to match 'Old' Red Oak?
Comments (16)"Can one stain 'New' Red Oak to match 'Old' Red Oak?" This is tuff to do. When we do a repair in an old Vancouver Home I often use some Shellac first and then top coat with Polyurethane. The shellac gives me the aged look or yellowing and the two seam to work well together. Some times we tint the top coat a little. Judgement calls since sunlight and time will yellow the top coat so making it look right now might make it look wrong in a year........See MoreUnhappy with new red oak floor
Comments (16)You're so right about the fix making things much worse :( The raised area near the fireplace is actually new wood and that's why we are so disappointed. He "fixed" it and it doesn't look as bad now but it doesn't look flush still. The fireplace is in the living room area in which he has fixed 2 things, the wood near the fireplace and sanding the step which was not sanded properly earlier because it was very rough to touch. I'm not sure how he kept the colors the same but he added another coat all over the living room. Now onto the bad part, the living room now has very bad creaking sound that wasn't there before. I'm not sure whether this is caused by his fix or is it due to the wood not acclimatized properly. He started installation 2 days after wood delivery and he managed to be almost done with the living room before we could stop him. He claimed that it doesn't matter much since it's summer and the wood came from a warehouse nearby that kept their woods off the floor. The creaking sound almost sound like paper rustling and we're pretty sure it wasn't there earlier. Coupled with the raised wood near fireplace that wasn't raised at installation, I'm getting very worried that it's acclimatization issues. He's also "fixed" a few things we brought up but we did not agree to those fixes before he did it :( He changed the wood in the few areas where we pointed out holes or broken wood and now I have a few spots that are shinier. He said he would come back later to add another coat on top all over but I don't know whether we could handle that since we have already moved in. He's also "fixed" the kitchen area with another coat on top. He said we have a small water damage under the small undercounter fridge so we removed the fridge and he refinished that area but without first changing out the damaged wood. So now my water damage is still there and my kitchen floor is shinier than everywhere else. In addition to swirl marks everywhere, the kitchen floor is also shiny! I asked him whether he's accidentally used semigloss instead of satin but he denied that and said everything will be consistent when he comes back to add another layer on the rest of the area. We are paying more than 30k and I feel that we're not getting the quality that we should be getting :( I feel that his "fixes" do not really fix the issues and he just want to do easy fix asap so he can get paid fast....See Morehelp diagnose red oak problem
Comments (6)I am a bit surprised that any qualified arborist wouldn't recognize a leaf gall Yes - does this party market themselves as a certified professional? One with credentials that can be verified? Or when it gets down to it is this really just another guy with a truck and some saws etc.? Who's in it primarily for the money that can be made from topping, removals and the like? Jive talkers who sell themselves as "arborists" but are actually tree killers looking for big bucks quick are out there. The attraction is that because it's often hard and dangerous work they can make sometimes thousands a day wrecking trees....See Morewhite oak and red oak floor next to each other stain help
Comments (5)I don't think you will be able to get that light look consistently with red and white oak. You probably need to go with a medium neutral stain on all floors, one that has green tones in it. Green is the complement to red/pink, and mixing complementary colors neutralizes them. I've had success with Special Walnut stain throughout my home. The floors in the original (1920s) part of the home are oak, not sure if red or white. The new white oak floors in the kitchen were installed in 2014; all are stained special walnut. Here is a photo of the transition area between dining room (above the saddle) and kitchen (below the saddle). The color is not too dark and not too light. Depending on the light it can look warmer or cooler. It's my "go-to" color for me and my clients for many years....See More- 11 months ago
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