Thanks so much and hope you are doing well! We have been told we have a humidity problem (was anywhere from 19% to 65%), so we bought an induct whole-home dehumidifier and a humidifier and were told to keep the humidity level at 35%. Thank you for your help. I’m going for a transitional rather than traditional look and was going to use Jacobean thinking it was a medium stain but it looks a bit dark and flat in my rooms. Sanding is happening today, tomorrow it will be stained. We have stained many different species of wood floors for clients, including Brazilian Cherry and maple floors that clients weren’t in love with. It is dark brown in color with warm undertones. I’m looking at getting my floors stained in the near future. I asked you about this earlier as I have red oak floors and was concerned about the outcome. your own Pins on Pinterest He’s not done yet, but I have confidence in this guy. He therefore experimented in a small bedroom. DriFast Stain's advanced technology, quick-drying formula provides speed and high performance for … It’s always hard to give advice over the computer without seeing your home in person and your wall and furnishing colors as well as your decorating tastes. A celebration of American innovation, Early American has been the cornerstone of many palettes and continues to inspire more colors today. Great site! Thanks Tadas. Hi Tadas, I never knew picking a floor color would be so difficult. They are pushing me for the stain color and want to start even before they finish sanding my closets. He resanded and started over saying in 20 years he had never seen this – was thinking it had something to do with my subfloor and the air underneath. They spread easily, can be repaired, blend effortlessly and have plenty of open time. Original owners had a medium-dark dull brown. This video covers step by step how to sand, stain, and finish red oak floor.We start by sanding with 40, then 60 grit on Clarke EZ8 drum sander. – it looks terrible! How bad are the sanding marks in the existing floor? Aged Oak If it was after the floors were stained it could be that the excess stain wasn’t removed before applying the finish. In order to match the various colourings in the grains, I thought of investing in several different colours of putty. Downstairs, we’re thinking of putting a light color, and a Red Chestnut single border around the living/family room which would tie in the color on the stairs. Just a thought and another option. Hi Tadas! Hi, I am refinishing my staircase which is red oak and want a warm brown color. What stain did you use? Early American Colored Stain Features: For any unfinished wood surfaces Penetrates deep into wood fibers to highlight the grain America's favorite wood finish Early American Quart Anything between 30-50% is good. Sorry you have had to re-do them. Would love it if you could answer a few questions if possible: We are having our entire first floor redone for the third time in Jan 2020, whole home (3500sq ft) 4 inches, white oak, 50:50 ebony: jacobean, matte finish, new construction (late 2017), 1. I’m guessing it must have been an oil based finish applied because water based wouldn’t make it darker. In the third image/chart there is a color called Monsoon Grey that has some cool looking variations of the color. Sorry for the bad news. The sheen of the finish won’t effect the color. Hope your hardwood floors turn out great. Yes I would recommend a matte finish with a dog as it won’t show scratches in the finish as much. Tada, also, on another forum they were saying that unless you change out the boards of the urine stains, in the hot weather you will smell it… is this true? I would love a light chocolate hue but don’t know if it possible. The neutral colors of your place allow for pretty much any color to look good though. Thank you so much for all of your expertise you share on this blog. We want to go with a medium brown-yet-warm stain. – you need to ask your refinishing guy about these. Unfortunately you have no other choice but to sand the floors to bare wood again and start from scratch if you want to change the stain color. What is your feeling on a custom stain? I’m mentioning it, just in case one of your website visitors happens to read this. Maybe by the time you reply the job will be completed, but I still want to know your input. B) Put stain in the finish and applied too thick. I don’t want to make another mistake. Thanks. Thought of this after reading the following article about various ways to fill gaps: http://www.cinhome.com/gapfiller.html. I greatly appreciate your help. Love your site! My suggestion would be not to waterpop the floor so the stain is a bit lighter. As far as dust, yes the darker floors will show it more, but that’s a small price to pay for having awesome looking floors we think. I would like to stain it in a Jacobean Blend with gray 75-25, Dark Walnut or Espresso but I am not seeing many examples out there of Acacia being used or re-stained. Thank you Mathen. The guy did Colonial Maple sample but it turned out too light. As far as color, it’s very tough for us to make a call without seeing your place in person and knowing what your “style” is. Great post. I just got guy installed Red Oak hardwood floor, can you advice what color should I go with should I stain or leave it natural. Do you like the light, clean open look of a lighter colored modern grey shade…, Or do you fancy the deep, elegant and bold look of dark black floors…, Maybe your eye is drawn to the brown shades in between these two palates…. View Product Page. I really like the look of the darker colors and don’t love anything “reddish”. There is some very good information about staining heart pine flooring in this pdf attachment (from the NWFA) here you should read: http://www.heartpine.com/resources/downloads/finishing.pdf. Good luck with your project! The rooms range from 10×12 to 14×16 and have small windows so I would like a light stain on the floor. He is wanting to do the entire 1st floor with that color. Our house is an old schoolhouse from 1888. Lighter shades like Cherry and Golden Oak will accent the natural grains and beauty of a floor while still giving it some depth and color. Hi, we are in the process of laying white oak in our home and I am wanting a medium brown color (want a warm feeling). No poly applied yet…! But it’s always best to do a sample patch on the floor in an out of the way spot first if you’re concerned about the color. I feel that our local red oak is great(even if out of favor right now), and since I am used to drying lumber for cabinet makers, furniture, etc. To answer your question – that’s a Maple floor stained red mahogany (Bona brand stain). Was told we will have to resend and start over but am not sure how to avoid the redness. I liked it but I think it may be a bit too dark for our home. Our furniture is similiar in coloring. Looks pretty good, except in a few spots I have what appears to be bleed back in the joints between boards. If you have a certain taste in furniture or a design style you’re going for, it will be a big help to decide on a wood floor stain color. Thank you very much for writing quality content for people like me to read and research. I’m sure they’ll look great in the end. I want to know what my options are? Good luck with your endeavor Jerry. I love the fireplace room floor above. You should be able to find images of houses with all sorts of wood flooring colors, stains and shades within them. What, if any, is the difference between Bona stain colors and Minwax stains with the same names? The project was about 400sqft comprising of the kitchen, dining room and living room. If there are large areas of water damage or pet stains, then a dark stain and maybe a pre-color treatment might be able to adequately mask these areas and other imperfections, without having to do extensive repairs (assuming the wood itself is stable). Seems like the good brands of stain do not carry it. It might be best to re-sand the entire floor – old and new – to make it the same color and sheen. Wondering what stain shade to go with. Sorry for the delay… been a busy month here. Hi tadas I have enjoyed reading the blog but have a question of my own my husband and I are building a home and I need to pick out the color I want for my floors I really love the darker shades but I am nervous my 115 lb dog is going to ruin them everyone keeps telling me if we go to dark it will show all the scratches is this true?? My furniture is all Dark Cherry wood. Sorry you’re having trouble. Make sure you get hold of a large sample and keep it up against the cabinets for a few days so you get a good idea of whether you like the look or not. I’m not a fan of the golden oak. What color do you suggest we stain our red oak floors to get the same affect or close to same color? This house with the #2 I am worried will be too dark and I would rather have it lighter anyhow, because the Jacobean showed more dirt and scratches. If you put down a “cheap” big box store finish, then yes I’d be very worried about scratches. Yes it will be a bit of a challenge trying to tie in all that different wood together. Sorry it didn’t turn out as you wanted them to. The temperature has dropped here to the 40’s at night, so I don’t know how long it will take before going to the poly phase which I’m doing the mid range shine… not flat and not high gloss. I have a ton of sunlight and feel they are too yellow. Also, I wanted to ask your opinion and suggestion on what color I should paint the stairs or the rail? I say go for it. Glulam vs. I’m ok with it, despite the dust and extra cleaning…….ugh. Still running the dehumidifier (December 2019 in WI). We are deciding between ebony and Jacobean on an oak floor thanks. We have been told it was from water popping, humidity, the floor color (50:50 ebony and jacobean mix). in REFINISHING Pine Wide Planks with Early American Stain. Like all things what was once modern is now outdated. My goal is to create a warm cozy feel. While dark shades like True Black and Ebony will make a grand statement in a home and show off furniture more. I hope you can get it sorted. To start out, I would use Special Walnut as the base color like you suggested and then start experimenting with percentages of Jacobean or a similar shade. I hope your project goes well for you when you decide to start. Maybe I should do a more in depth blog post about this down the road. Hope you can get it sorted out to your satisfaction. When this article was originally written almost 9 years ago, dark colors were all the rage in magazines. But in the flooring industry, those are referred to as ‘finishes’. The third floor photo in the post (the one with the fireplace) is a red oak floor and you can still see the natural color variation with the wood there. Hi Tadas, I own a sawmill, dry kiln, planer, etc.. All are not too dark and are more brown than orange. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. which color stain of the two is most likely the color(Milwauee), and do I use varnish or poly on top of it for protection? 8. Style of decorating will be contemporary/classic. We were thinking chestnut. In the end it will all come down to your own tastes and preferences. I did experiment with a natural mix but the color was a bit uninspired. I hope you can get it sorted out Janice so you can enjoy your floors. Congratulations on the new home. If Jacobean and Medium Brown are to dark why don’t you try blending them with Natural to lighten them up but still keep the tones you want. I was worried it might be too dark and when sampleing they mixed in natural to lighten it, but then the red showed more. Our apt. That would look great with light gray walls if you want something different and trendy. Just so you’re realistic and don’t get your hopes up too high… it’s pretty much impossible to make oak look like exotic wood because of grain patterns and different colorations in the same piece of wood. From my very limited observation, it seems like there is some sort of contaminate in the gaps between the boards. I wish I had come across you earlier! What’s the easiest way to get a nice espresso finish? An “almost mahogany” color is a pretty wide range of shades unfortunately. refinishing dark floors. Do you have any suggestion about what to mix to give me a nice dark grey wood stain? He put one coat on and it wasn’t dark enough so he added another ( he may have tweaked the formula a bit not sure) and the color was perfect; however after a few hours – of course after he left, lines started forming in between the cracks of the wood, (lihter in color). Can you please advice me. Going for a “costal” look Hampton’s style / or southern costal – also have a wood front door that i need to stain the interior of.. do I go lighter darker or the same as the floors for the door? I’m pretty sure it was Duraseal. It looks very nice. If so, is there a way neutralizing or bleaching the remnants of the original stain? 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. If you need some extra help in choosing a stain color all you have to do is ask us and we’ll be happy to lend our professional help. If you want the matte look and keep the original color, then a low VOC water-based finish like Loba Invisible Protect would be best. Unfinished Planed Douglas Fir. These colors go with a lot of different styles of decorating so the new owner will be able to picture their furnishings in the space, which will be very important for selling. And one more question… do you think two coats of poly is enough for a rental with dark stained wood floors? Many people think ‘staining’ means applying the top coats of oil or polyurethane. What do you recommend? in REFINISHING Hickory Wide Planks with Cherry Stain. Thanks! 1) Stain in the gaps between the boards isn’t dried properly. General Finishes Water Based Stains are formulated to provide workability similar to oil-based stains. Hope that helps. Paints are beige (Grant Beige, Dove White), phillipsburg blue, etc. That’s why you should never choose colors from a photo :). This is the stain color chart from DuraSeal…, And here are the colors available from Bona…. My floor guy didnt do any samples for me. Once you had decided on a color you were happy with we would then start the job. As far as the door I would stain or paint it a different color. Do you happen to know if that color is in the same range/tone as Provincial and or Spice brown? It looks good and I think the reverse would look fine as well. As always, prepare lots of samples to help make the right choice. With Minwax® wood stains, there’s a color to suit every style. Unfortunately, yes, you need to wipe off the excess stain as you apply it. Have you seen Bona Graphite? Have an older 1924 home with lots of stained trim and cabinets..darker color..likely mahagony or dark walnut…likely, not cherry, since not as reddish tint. Come back and let us know how you go. Yes they can be stained, but it can be tricky staining tropical wood because of the natural oils in them. After sanding and refinishing hundreds of hardwood floors in the Naperville and Chicago area, we have experience with pretty much every color available. In the end, I highly recommend you have your wood flooring professional make you some samples. Most people stain their floors in an attempt to get them to look like one of these awesome floors. For a timeless color I would suggest Antique Brown or Spice Brown. Do they have to fully sand down the floors and restain another color to achieve the color I want. Thanks for your quick reply, Tadas. i say start doing it this way and down the road, if you really don’t like it, you can paint it then :). The previous color on the floor was a deep ebony (I don’t know the actual color from the previous owners)that I would like to replicate but maybe a little lighter. The wood most likely will be a different type and it will not take the stain the same as your floor. We are going to weave together the old floor with a new red oak floor. I wanted a light grey so I started testing Ribio Monocoat. It was hot while they were sanding and I didn’t smell anything. However, need some contrast. Then it looks like you’ve tried to match it but missed the mark :), Helllo I was wondering how you achieved the dark stain on the first picture on this blog? i.e. But I don’t have a clue about finishing or staining. I still want the coffee brown tone but want a lighter brighter look. More Options Available. If they are there in the winter and you fill them, the floor won’t have any room for expansion when the humidity rises in the summer. Minwax Early American Stain on Planed and Chamfered Douglas Fir. Any experience or advise with this? It didn’t look good as there are gaps between the planks (and the gaps are very dark from the previous staining) and they are showing a lot. Our style is cozy and comfortable – not too contemporary and definitely not modern. 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