We stained the red oak floors in our last home with country white and then clear coated them in water based polyurethane.
Red oak floors stained gray.
Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results.
Refinishing wood floors adds value to both residential and commercial properties.
Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring.
White oak is preferred over red oak for gray stain.
Rubio monocoat fumed reacts with the tannic acid in hardwood causing the flooring to turn gray.
Left swatch duraseal fruitwood mixed with country white stain right swatch duraseal silvered gray.
Can i stain my red oak gray.
Ginger if you have red oak and want to do some form of gray you will either need to bleach the floors first or choose a darker gray.
Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors.
Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look.
If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
Often old wooden floors can be refinished to look good again and provide years more useful life.
There are a few methods.
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.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.