Sep 23 2018 explore kellie wallace s board dark walnut floors on pinterest.
Dark walnut stain on red oak floors.
The poly finish is satin.
I wanted to avoid orange undertones.
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Do you have any suggestions with regard to type of wood and stain.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
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.
The wood on my floors is red oak.
You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons.
I had dark walnut stained red oak floors in my previous house.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
I would like to install some type of hardwood floor in the kitchen but would prefer to complement our current hardwood floor vs match it.
The flooring guys ended up mixing 2 parts natural 1 part provincial.
As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color.
I tend to view special walnut as a lighter brown stain.
Help choosing stain color for red oak dark walnut vs provincial.
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.
I wanted to get a look at the colors in different lighting so the picture above was taken last night.
2 light 2 medium and 2 dark.
This next picture was also taken last night.
Blues greens so i say go with your gut and for dark walnut.
We have red oak dark walnut stained floors in our living room hall and dining room.
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.
Special walnut is one of the go to brown stains that isn t too dark.
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.