The kitchen floor is only two years old.
How to get red oak floor less red.
Red oak is the type of wood used in many standard fixtures around the home like stairwell banisters handrails and more.
The flooring people put 2 coats of a water based sealant on it which did not change the color.
Note that these colors will come out different on different floors so it s important to test.
Did he pretreat the red oak by water popping before applying the stain.
This means that white oak is a bit more more durable and bit less prone to denting than red oak but there s really not that much in it.
If you want those pieces to feel.
The next step for the floor would be 2 coats of street shoe.
We had red oak installed in our kitchen and living room.
After it dries it has a gray haze to it.
I ordered the.
But also this was another patch job.
Below are a list of reddish stains.
We decided not to stain it just leave it natural.
Maybe you can get a light golden cover to shift the pink a bit.
My whitewashed red oak floor isn t finished yet but we did get the most important and definitely the most difficult step finished yesterday the actual whitewashing of the wood floor.
So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using.
Both are red oak but the original floor in its raw state had a more red tone to it while the kitchen floor had a more pink orange tone to it.
The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
Over time they lightened and mellowed more a golden color we have oil base poly.
Pre finished red oak has up to 10 layers of sealer that.
Also you want to make your decision based on the wet look on red oak or with finish on it not stand alone stain.
The flooring guy s staining process is probably the issue.
Pre finished floors are more expensive in the beginning but the finish tends to last longer than those applied onsite to unfinished floors.
The living room floor is part of the original hardwood floor that s almost 70 years old.
My red oak floors were pinky went first installed.
The reason why you didn t get the result you were expecting.
They look more golden oak now vs red oak.
The floor looks gorgeous but in certain light looks a little pinkish or red to us.
Hardness white oak has a slightly higher janka hardness rating at 1360 compared to 1290 for red oak.
You could experiment with some different stains on scrap.
Like a fingerprint no board looks the same.