General finishes gray gel stain.
Duraseal dark gray stain on red oak.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
We don t sell duraseal stains.
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I wasn t sure how this custom stain would look over the dark inlays we have in parts of our first floor so i had them sample duraseal silvered gray on the red oak floors next to the stain mix i d used upstairs.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
The picture shows duraseal stains from l r weathered oak provincial nutmeg and early american.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
And your flooring guys are wrong.
Lisa in general no as it s so dark.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
Natural wood tones vary so expect your final stain color to vary slightly from board to board.
We wanted a light neutral brown while trying to avoid any pink red yellow and orange undertones as best as possible.
Colors are shown on white oak.
The oil will yellow so the gray that s mixed in won t look right and it will yellow more over time.
Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
They were similar but i still liked the custom fruitwood country white stain mix better.
This chart is for reference only.
But on the red oak floors it may have a subtle green undertone due to the red oak red and green are opposites.
We have new red oak and will have the existing red oak sanded.
The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
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.
Looking for suggestions for wood floor stain for red oak.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.