I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night.
Dark walnut stain on red oak floors.
I tend to view special walnut as a lighter brown stain.
We ve been wanting to do a wood stain study for years now and in my head i wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each but with limited resources not to mention space we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by diyers with 6 different stains.
This next picture was also taken last night.
I tested minwax jacobean stain dark walnut stain special walnut stain and a mixture of 1 part dark walnut stain to 1 part special walnut stain.
The flooring guys ended up mixing 2 parts natural 1 part provincial.
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The wood on my floors is red oak.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
The poly finish is satin.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
I had dark walnut stained red oak floors in my previous house.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
When my littles were little we were refinishing our red oak floors i scooped up some dirt in the yard and asked for our floors to be stained close to that color.
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You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons.
I shared this with you in my previous post but here is the color of the floors in the downstairs left compared with the upstairs right.
Help choosing stain color for red oak dark walnut vs provincial.
We have red oak dark walnut stained floors in our living room hall and dining room.
Blues greens so i say go with your gut and for dark walnut.
Sep 23 2018 explore kellie wallace s board dark walnut floors on pinterest.
Do you have any suggestions with regard to type of wood and stain.
New house has pre finished floors with a reddish tint and this post reminding me how much i miss the warmth of the dark walnut stain it s not that dark and seems to compliment the colors you are integrating into the house.
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.
I wanted to avoid orange undertones.