Hi i need to choose a stain color for my hardwood red oak floors and i wanted to achieve something similar to the look bellow.
How to get my red oak floors light color.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
For unhappy hardwood floor colors look to three solutions.
When you love the look of natural wood red oak is one type of flooring that can hold up well to clear coats because of its color variations.
The color of your floor sets the tone for the room.
Our floors are hand scraped red oak and they were a dark color.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
Our floor guy uses minwax.
Stain paint or replacement.
If you want to temper the red tones try off white or light grey colors.
Painting flooring is also an option although it usually requires significant upkeep.
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.
You can choose a light off white color like nantucket white for walls to balance the intensity of these warmer tones.
I want something light and without red orange or yellow undertones more brownish grayish.
I actually love the light color now except that it has a ton of pink in it and it s of course pretty raw looking.