Duraseal has a huge color selection with 37 beautiful color choices currently offered. I came across your site and saw the above picture you are in and that is exactly what Im looking for. I want the modern look but my house is small. Ever heard of such a thing? Stuck with Jacobean. Also, the fiooring people say a clear oil poly will not yellow the floor. Hi Tadas, I recently bought a condo. Or in local hardwood flooring stores. I like matte would you recommend that again or would I be better with a different finish? felt pads, vent covers, Hardwood supplies e.g. Im sure youll find a great hardwood floor refinisher where you are in Georgia. We have natural white oak floors currently. I think I may be too late with this reply sorry. As Im sure you can imagine, its a little hard to give color advice over the internet without actually seeing your furniture and room where the floor will be. If you put down a cheap big box store finish, then yes Id be very worried about scratches. Anyway, Im not sure how good these guys are and they tell me that dark stain will cover them. it looks terrible! If I pursue this it needs to have alot of wow factor. Dura Seal Quick Coat Stains are a premium quality penetrating finish that can be topcoated in 2 to 4 hours. But I think all of the above stains/blends will work. That is a nice warm medium brown color that will look good and in style for decades. I would also seriously look into hardwax oils as these can be touched up very easily if the dog gets out of hand. One of the best places to see different flooring styles and colors is in that stack of home decoration and renovation magazines you have piled up in a corner somewhere. My contractor is putting in new red oak floor in my bedroom and refinishing the existing red oak floors in the living room/kitchen (its a small 650 sq ft apt). Sorry about the delay in replying, I was at a national trade event with my employees for a few days keeping up on the latest hardwood flooring advancements. Great website, wish you worked in Mequon Wi! DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. Thats my favorite one and Im VERY curious to know what the wood and stain is! Here's a few before and after photos to show you just how beautiful this stain is -. This blog is terrific and you are very kind to share your knowledge so generously!! Jackie The only way that youll be able to achieve a whitewashed look on red oak is to bleach first. Youll be able to get the color you want as well as having the finish be repairable and if looked after well you will never need to sand them again. Is chestnut too close? One reason for going with a dark colored stain may be to hide blemishes or imperfections. On that note, red/brown shaded stains like Walnut and Chestnut have a very warming, homey effect in a home and are a very safe bet. The photo below shows the huge difference applying a stain can make. To answer your question, if you want to darken any color stain you can mix another darker color of the same brand into it. I like the stain color of the picture you have with the fire place. Duraseal stain mix of 60% Fruitwood and 40% Country white - the fruitwood is warm and the country white should mask the pink Duraseal Silvered Gray is also light, and the green undertones in the color reduce pink/yellow tones I would not try pickled oak stains alone, they won't mask the wood's natural red and yellow undertones. If you want quality with ease of use - look no further. Our floor sealers offer a wide array of coloration possibilities from Scandinavian white to deep amber. Hope you find what youre looking for. We havent used rustic beige on hickory sorry, so I cant give you a solid answer. Resists lapping for even color Dries in 2 hours Rich color in one coat Available in 35+ colors They are your floors and you have to live with them. We are definitely trying :). I have a builder installed engineered Acacia 3/4 inch. Your insight is amazing and so valuable! Having trouble finding them online. Great idea. For different size of floors in different locations there are different suggestions that I might share to you. If you're wanting to go slightly darker than the Pickled Oak or wanting stain with hints of brown and gray, you should probably give Weathered Oak a try. I want to then finish all of them the same stain. This will give the best color match between the different floors but may be too dark for your taste. They were water popped, too. Hi! The kitchen cabinets are also golden oak as well has our fireplace surround and mantle. Youre welcome Lisa. Was told we will have to resend and start over but am not sure how to avoid the redness. I think this comment was for me,Tadas, right? Thats a bummer cause I had this vision of lighter, breezy look. You can see and example here: https://napervillehardwood.com/repairs.html. That might work well. Or, can you recommend a product that would come close to a whitewashed look on a red oak floor? 50 percent of what? Im sure theyll look great in the end. Hi Tadas, First of all thank you so much for replying to all people. Thanks for the great information. The floors are oak not sure red or white, but the house was built in the 1950s if that helps. I am also planning to get stager decorate the house but I am struggling to select the stain color. We want something of a griege, with some warmth, but no yellow or as my husband calls it Hillbilly Gold. 1) I know your windows are small, but if you have light colored walls you could blend the two floors all in together with a darker stain. We are sanding and staining our red oak floors in several weeks. I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided. Im sure they would have no problem water popping the floor for you either (unless they are extremely under-qualified, but Im sure theyre not or you wouldnt have hired them.). If I get up the nerve to go darker, is there a stain that blends well with light and medium oak as well as cherry? You can read about that process here: https://napervillehardwood.com/blog/what-is-water-popping/ Apply stain one line at the time and start wiping after 5-7 minutes if using quick dry stain and 10-12 min if using regular dry stain. No prep is needed. The stain is a DuraSeal product with a mix of Ebony and Coffee Brown. On our sample we did Red Oak and Red Mahogany, I am really drawn to the darkness of the mahogany but I am thinking about mixing a stain in to give it a little more brown tone. And if you cant find the perfect color out of a tin, wed be happy to mix some different stains together for a custom blend that matches your taste and style. It will go on clear and not yellow like oil based finishes. Either way I hope your project turns out well. I have yet to see a hardwood floor that features our color of cabinets with the darker wood stain. 3) Be very daring and become a trend-setter with one of the newest and latest colors coming out for floors greys and whites. Most of the grey floors we have done over red oak have been treated first. How wide are the cracks? It can turn your floors into that light pink look that no one wants. You might end up with a blend that matches perfectly to what you want. Im concerned with all of the different wood and age of wood that were going to have a hodge podge of colors so am hoping the floors will tie it all together. do you recommend? Now we have two different scenerios. HELP! (He uses the DuraSeal brand). I cannot thank you enough for all this information. You can also use Neutral to lighten the shade if needed. Great post. Nice blog. Thanks, you have so much helpful information! That may be close to what youre looking for. The first pic is white oak. Hours ; Color: Rustic Beige, Dark gray floors a soft, satiny sheen stain combination oil-based,! Did it look like this after the stain, before the first coat? Do you have any suggestions? any of them would do for me. To be clear, I did not apply stain. If youve narrowed your choices down to 2 or 3 colors then youre well on your way to getting the perfect stain for your hardwood floors. Our floor guy put samples on our floor and we originally wanted the ebony yet it didnt have the rich color I was looking for. We have the ugly golden oak cabinets from 1997 and all the trim is the same Our red oak hardwood is the natural color which since has turned yellow. The kitchen floors will abut the living room and sitting room floors, so they will all be changed to the same color stain. In between those 2 decades there has been a lot of different looks from very dark floors, to red floors up to the grey floors that are popular right now. Would that be my best bet to modernize the look of the cabinets? As always, you would just want to do 1 coat of stain. Try Jacobean and then 50% Jacobean and 50% Natural. 7. Here is the extensive colored oils Rubio Monocoat has available My son and I are redoing a cottage it has pine floors. And, then on the other end, we have Aged Barrel and Heritage Brown which integrate dark browns and ebony with gray. And if standard color options are not what you desire, Duraseal stain can be mixed to create unlimited custom colors. If you are lucky enough to have an exotic, rare or special wood floor such as mahogany, cherry, rosewood, walnut, aged pine and even maple then we strongly recommend they dont be stained. As you can see providing samples is a very important step in choosing a stain color, otherwise you find yourself where you are right now. For your dark expresso color try mixing Ebony with Jacobean or Dark Walnut like you said. Youll have to have some painting and graining skills though to blend them in so theyre invisible. It was moved off a farm and into town in the 1940s and a second floor was added on. we decided to refinish it. It looks rather dark in my kitchen (ebony on its own reads green in there) and Ive been told I cant try it in my main area. We want to look fairly contemporary and like the color of these photos. At DuraSeal, your reputation is our inspiration. Is that the photo with the fireplace? We are looking for duraseal options that look contemporary and fresh. It is really dark!! Hello Tadas, I have new 7 plank Select White Oak that was stained with water based Duraseal Coffee Brown. 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