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Select White Oak Floors, stained, looking for images

2 months ago

Hello - We are doing a kitchen/living room remodel. Select-grade White Oak flooring (5 inches) has been recommended. We want a mid-to-dark stain. All the pictures I'm finding of white oak is a natural/very light stain. Does anyone have pictures of white oak stained another color?

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JAN MOYER

2 months ago

What is the other flooring???: )

Below..... Weathered oak D.S x 2 coats

Depends what you want.....

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
You will need to get the person doing your flooring to give you samples . Dark stain can mean many things . Usually people choosing white oak tend to make that choice because they do not want the pink hur from red oak so usually more expensive too, So name the stain colors you are asking about but really seeing this in some one elses home with not help much .You can get a pretty good idea with Google just ask for dark stainns on white oak,
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G & S Floor Service
2 months ago
I agree with Patricia here. Have the contractor make samples. They have their own process to achieve stain colors. They may or may not have limited skill level or resources trying to match someone elses stain sample/color.
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The amount of effort and money it would take to get this to work is getting into the same amount of money as floating a laminate floor over top and trimming all your doors. White oak is yellowish. Liming removes some of the yellow (not all) and adds a pretty "silver" appearance on the surface. Red Oak turns PINK in the presence of "white" or silver. Oh dear. Not good. Salmon coloured flooring went out with the 80's. You would pay your HIGH END professional (and I mean "artisan refinisher" who has an opening sometime next spring) to BLEACH the SNOT out of your red oak. Then some conditioning would occur. Then the the stain would be purpose mixed just for you. It could take several days for him/her to get it right. Then the application would happen and you will pay the astronomical price s/he asks for/deserves. If you try to find a "flooring guy" to do this, you will pay a better rate...but the failure rate will be SUPER high...and you will probably have to hire someone else to fix the mess created by the first "flooring guy". I will say this look is *possible with your floor but not *probable. The amount of effort you have to go through to get this "right" is huge. And the chance of failure is very very high (that's where the 'not probable' comes in = statistics term).
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I'm a big fan of Special Walnut--it's not to light or too dark, not too red/yellow/orange. It's kind of the Goldilocks of floor stains! It works great in traditional homes like yours, classic but not dated, if that makes sense to you. I also like the natural look, if you can get it, and if it works with your decor, but I can't say for sure it won't go out of style. I've read some DDs here that complain of pink or yellow tones in natural wood, so I'd make very sure to try the exact finish you are considering to see if you like it. Working with a very experienced floor refinishing company is key. Good luck--maybe some flooring pros will weigh in for you! Here's my special walnut floors--very old oak (90+ years) not sure if it's red or white (photographed in natural light): Here is a photo of the same stain on old oak (above the transition strip) and new white oak (below the transition strip), photographed using halogen lighting:
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Unique Wood Floors
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Here are a couple of Rift & Quarter White Oak in medium to dark stains, Soho and Tribeca. They both come select grade.
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JAN MOYER
2 months ago
First, what is the flooring in the rest of your home?

Is it tile is it carpet is it a different wood.......etc?

Where does the kitchen connect to whatever other tflooring you have?

As to a stain on oak, white, red any size? That is selected by you on site, with the installer.

Iif you've no idea what you may like? Borrow a few samples of finished ENGINEERED FLOORING from a local source to show the flooring installer. " I like this tone.........." and then return the sample boards.

But first answer please........what is the rest in your home.?
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chispa
2 months ago
Mine is an engineered floor, European oak with character, but it is a medium stain. Very happy with the color. The camera always make it look a bit more blonde/gold than it is in person.
Mollie Carson thanked chispa
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Minardi
2 months ago
Save money and choose red oak if you want a dark stain. No point in wasting dollars on white oak.
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Debi Rotert
last month
Is that a satin poly on top? Stunning!!
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