I m in the process of renovating my 1931 tudor revival i recently purchased.
Ebony stain on red oak floor.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
But if it s red oak you could purchase a red oak board from lowe s and do a bunch of tests on your own to get the color right.
So before i get into the oak stain colors and results i thought it would be helpful to provide a few tips on choosing a hardwood floor stain.
With stain more layers likely wouldn t help because the wood is still supposed to come through.
Red oak vs white oak which is darker vs pine vs maple you get the idea as well as the grade of wood.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
They were similar but i still liked the custom fruitwood country white stain mix better.
Last spring we began the updating process of a clients new home and the floors were the first thing that got updated.
Black hardwood flooring stains and how to refinish floors to make them as black as possible.
That floor you asked about is my living room floor it s 25 ebony 75 natural on water popped red oak with an oil based polyurethane applied.
Many people always ask me what are my favorite floor stains and i wrote about my top 3 favorite dark floor stains here.
Hope you end up with a color you love.
Select the products carefully and follow the following procedure to remove stains on your wood floor.
From furniture to floors trust minwax products that beautify and protect wood.
You need not seek the services of a professional woodworker with the right recommended tools.
As you can see in the first picture they re currently very light in color i want to have them stained to a dark ebony.
And if your old floor and new floor don t match 100 do not sweat it.
But one that i have used a few times in different style homes and properties is staining floors jacobean ebony mix and it always turns out great.
Barn red 287.
Sometimes mixing stain colors can help but i don t know what the right formula would be off the top of my head.
The refinisher came and indicated that red oak floors are.
I have a question about the red oak floors.
Remember you are always going to see red in stain unless it is black.
At least i do and it is still better than orange.
You can remove black water stains out of oak or even dark urine stains from hardwood floors and restore wood look completely.
I suggest testing it on the old floor since it will take differently and do the prep work on the wood there will be a difference.
Even though ebony comes out darker on oak remember each species absorbs the stain differently.