So today, I'm sharing an updated tour... welcome to our farmhouse! Below are some examples of common stains that we use. We have all Golden Oak trim and solid doors throughout our home. I would get a few stain colors and do some testing on a small area first. Thanks for your quick reply, Tadas. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, (Comments are moderated and may take a couple of days to be approved.). Personally I like a floor be a bit darker for a “modern” look than natural, but I understand where you’re coming from with your dog (although you can get extremely durable finishes nowadays). So the first decision to make is whether you should even consider adding color to your floor, or if it should be kept in its natural state. It shows more “wavy wood grain pattern” for lack of a better description. I think all the sanding needs to be completed before going to the staining phase don’t you agree? The entire house has wood floors except the bathrooms and closets and one small hallway. Thank you very much Tadas. 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. 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? They are your floors and you have to live with them. The floors now appear wet! My question is should both 1st floor and garden level floors have the same color stain. Colors are shown on White Oak. As far as number of coats, personally I would put on 3 thin coats for a rental. Please answer the question below before submitting your comment: © Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved. The floors are varying shades of orange, a typical aged Brazilian cherry floor. It’s easy to see why this can be such a dilemma for some people, your floors will have a huge impact on the look of your home and if you get them wrong, you’ll be stuck with them for a long, long time. They are stained with Minwax Provincial – satin polyurethane finish. The trim matches the rest of the trim in the house and a black rail is a very clean classic look. My furniture is all Dark Cherry wood. 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 would love to have the floor done in Rubio Monocoat in one of the natural light colours. I’m thinking of sanding and staining the hard wood floor. Will the floor guy need to replace the wood planks in these areas? As far as the door I would stain or paint it a different color. And lastly yes we do install for select customers. The floor plan is exactly the same with the rooms ranging from 10×12 to 14×16 – same small windows. The 1st floor oak flooring has English chestnut stain throughout kitchen, living room, dining room and smaller bed room. What combination of stains would you suggest so I could get the same type of look with white oak flooring? I would not be able to guess what it is from behind my computer though unfortunately. I am in Hoffman Estates, planning to put my house for sale. We are getting ready to refinish our own hardwood floors. We don’t go out of our way to advertise it because we love refinishing hardwood floors more, but at least once a month we’ll do the full package and install, sand and then refinish a hardwood floor for a client :). Thank You for the information! Any experience or advise with this? The company has told us that this is because there is oil in the pine and it cannot be helped. 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. Can you please help? Is there a great Rubio color for walnut or another finish you’d recommend for someone very health/safety conscious? I think two colors should be fine. We have just moved into a new home which has untreated light oak flooring throughout. What, if any, is the difference between Bona stain colors and Minwax stains with the same names? As you know, it’s going to be a little difficult tying in all 3 different woods downstairs. I am currently having my floors sanded and there are some dark circles left that are probably old pet stains. These finishes accentuate the character of the wood, so if you have a lot of variation then it will be hard to mask that with a light color unfortunately. Thanks so much with any advice with this. Any suggestions on the very quickest, easiest way to water pop? Varathane 1 qt. The floors appear painted black ! If you leave a thick coating of stain on the floors, the finish won’t adhere and you’ll have a huge mess on your hands. They must have had some pretty serious urine damage to be able to smell it after it was coated. There is so much trim work, includubg around the windows. Thank you for taking the time to comment Faviola and I hope your hardwood floor refinishing project goes well! Dark Gray. DURA SEAL Quick Coat Penetrating Finish English Chestnut 133. An “almost mahogany” color is a pretty wide range of shades unfortunately. Everything that was changed in the living room and the dining room was happening simultaneously so sorry for the lack of good chronological order in my posts! One of the biggest questions we get here at Tadas Wood Flooring Inc. when it comes to staining floors is: Should I get my floors stained and if so, what color should I go with? The picture was taken with lots of shadows and it will always look different on your computer depending on your screens color settings. I think this comment was for me,Tadas, right? Good luck Teresa, let us know how it turns out. I’m concerned with all of the different wood and age of wood that we’re going to have a hodge podge of colors so am hoping the floors will tie it all together. I would go with the brand of stain your floor guy is familiar with as you don’t want him experimenting with unfamiliar products/systems on your floor. thanks so much. Sorry for the delay in replying, we’ve had a very busy week sanding and refinishing floors here in Naperville. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Make sure your floor guy puts down both colors in a test patch for you though so you can be 100% sure about which one you like better. Start with all of basics like royal mahogany, ebony, walnut and chestnut and go from there adding more or less and then different colors as you go. Aug 30, 2013 - Check out Stylish Floors N Mores custom flooring work and give us a call for a free estimate at 631-642-0906 But if you really hate it, I would get your floor guy to do a few test spots with some different colors so you can see what the outcome will look like. 1) Stain in the gaps between the boards isn’t dried properly. It might be best to re-sand the entire floor – old and new – to make it the same color and sheen. That would be my first assumption. I really wish you were in the Boston area. Spend some time and have some fun experimenting and you’ll soon come up with the perfect color for your floors. Duraseal has a huge color selection with 37 beautiful color choices currently offered. What color stain should I use on my refinished douglas fir basement steps? make spanikopita for Him again too! We are also refinishing cabinets to white and looking for a modern, but rich deep contrast. Will most people who want a plank floor want it naturally colored? In the top picture where you are pictured on red oak floors with straight Ebony stain, were the floors water popped before you applied the Ebony stain? Great post. Ever heard of such a thing? I’m sure they would have no problem water popping the floor for you either (unless they are extremely under-qualified, but I’m sure they’re not or you wouldn’t have hired them.). None of which I am excited about but selected golden pecan becAuse it seems the safest. The first coat was so pretty. That is a nice warm medium brown color that will look good and in style for decades. From the photos it looks like the floor guy did a great job as well. We only ever apply one coat of stain. Please help so confused. Hello Tadas, I have new 7″ plank Select White Oak that was stained with water based Duraseal Coffee Brown. Both are very nice colors. Thank you for sharing! Our doors are solid pine 6 panel doors stained with Minwax Early American 230. Thanks Tadas. Like you, I had also tried the regular Minwax stains (Dark Walnut, Jacobean, and mixed with Ebony) but they just fell short of what I was looking for; a dark, rich warm tone that is more dark brown than red or black. I would also seriously look into hardwax oils as these can be touched up very easily if the dog gets out of hand. Just what I was searching for! I have read that duraseal spice brown or antique brown might get the desired result. Furniture will be neutrals with grey or blue accent pieces and chocolate brown dining room set. Make sure your contractor water pops them all. Much better to practice on test pieces first. The multiple coats of clear finish gets applied on top of the stain. Yes I would recommend a matte finish with a dog as it won’t show scratches in the finish as much. Yes there might be some stain that has soaked down between the butt joints if it was applied quite liberally. Your blog has been very helpful! What are your thoughts. Hi Tadas, Have you ever worked with Australian Blackbutt hardwood flooring? I wanted a light grey so I started testing Ribio Monocoat. Make sure your hardwood refinishing guy provides lots of samples for you to choose from. We’re working with DuraSeal and expect to coat with oil based polyurethane. My cabinets have a reddish ton to them and I don’t want them to clash either. Do you have any suggestion about what to mix to give me a nice dark grey wood stain? I am also planning to get stager decorate the house but I am struggling to select the stain color. They already look great in their natural colors. There’s no way you can have professional results without well trained employees, spending the proper amount of time on each job and using high-end equipment and products – all which cost more money unfortunately. Unfortunately we have three different types of wood downstairs – oak in the dining and living/family room, spruce in the kitchen, fir in the sun room. I have a small dog whos nails leave tiny scratches so I need a good finish. What was the process you used? We want to look fairly contemporary and like the color of these photos. If not, how many coats of stain did you apply to achieve such a dark finish? The result is a warm brownish-red that is perfect for our house. So my point is, make sure you get references and pay the extra few dollars. Having floors stained 75% dark walnut and 25% english chestnut. If you’ve narrowed your choices down to 2 or 3 colors then you’re well on your way to getting the perfect stain for your hardwood floors. You say you used 50 percent rosewood stain. Now we’re seeing a bit of a swing back to lighter colored stained floors, while still having many clients choose a dark stain. We have laid 5″ white oak with character everywhere and are trying to decide on a Minwax stain. 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. Those plain sawn red oak floors were stained with 50% Rosewood/Natural and then finished with 3 coats of oil based finish to give it a nice deep, rich look. English Chestnut. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2685639/english-chestnut-stain-on-oak system should you choose for your floors? Congratulations on the new home. Good luck with your hardwood floor restoration Mickey! Would like to avoid a coating that’s paraffin based. The color palette in the blog post is just a small sampling of our colors, we have many more and all of them can be mixed and blended to get any custom shade you want. A 50/50 mix of dark walnut and english chestnut was recommended to me. To be honest, it will most likely not be dark enough still if you try this. More important though is the quality of the finish. Most people stain their floors in an attempt to get them to look like one of these awesome floors. Congratulations on your hardwood flooring project – heart pine is a beautiful wood! The Dangers of Hardwood Floor Refinishing, A Blast from the Past: Wood Floors in the 1800’s, A Blast from the Past: Wood Floors in the 1920’s. I still want the coffee brown tone but want a lighter brighter look. While dark shades like True Black and Ebony will make a grand statement in a home and show off furniture more. Thanks. Golden oak. Plain sawn red oak is the way it has been cut at the mill. I am in Georgia or I would just hire you : ). To be clear, I did not apply stain. Lighter floors are considerably easier to maintain and keep looking clean. If you’re really worried about white lines then a hardwax oil finish like OSMO or Pallmann Magic Oil would be a good option. I would like a dark expresso color and am wondering if I need to mix ebony with dark walnut? Thanks for your question. How wide are the cracks? What a shame this has happened :(. Always make sure you do a sample piece/section first though as you have found out. Let us know how it goes. It was hot while they were sanding and I didn’t smell anything. 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. 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. We are going to install hardwood flooring (select oak). To be honest I haven’t come across this issue myself. https://ap.rdcpix.com/279006404/697579fce091f1f609ef6fe6978ecf06l-m11r.jpg. On top of that there are many colored products that can be used from hardwax oil companies like Rubio Monocoat, Pallmann and Loba. Unfortunately we don’t have heart pine floors here so I’m not experienced enough to give a professional opinion sorry. Websites like Houzz are great for looking at photos too. We are looking to get a rich brown color with a hint of red. But if you really want to make a statement and still have it blend in with your existing colors, I would start with 3 colors – Dark Walnut, Provincial and Jacobean. The kitchen is cheap natural colored pergo, which looks fine against the Red Chestnut. And I bet you’ll never guess Red Oak’s undertones. Here is the extensive colored oils Rubio Monocoat has available…. I have red oak floors and want to choose a color and finish that will show very little of the wood grain. I am in the process of staining my red oak hardwood floors. Yes they were water popped. Hopefully there aren’t too many dark joints. There are way to many variables that come in to play, some that come to mind are: – Was the Brazilian Cherry water-popped first before the walnut stain was applied? But if you’d like to change the color of your hardwood floors and have a surface finish applied, then they will need to be stained or have a pre-treatment done to them. The main ones are…. Shop Minwax Wood Finish Oil-Based Stain Mocha Interior Stain (Quart) in the Interior Stains department at Lowe's.com. Hi Tadas, Your site is fantastic and hope you can advise us. I want the modern look but my house is small. Could use your expertise on stain color, as we are finishing our new hickory floors soon. Is this because we hand buffed the samples vs using a machine (as we will for the actual floors)? It’s a pretty typical colonial, in the woods with stone walls and white picket fence outside. Really helped me understand staining a little more! I also want to go all Ebony, the current 50:50 mix looks like Walnut brown to me personally. I am thinking of going with natural … very light floors with a white wood work. 5. We are re-finishing white oak floors that were hiding under carpet for many many years. I wish I had come across you earlier! If you want to stay with the traditional stain colors then you could use Ebony or Jacobean and mix it with natural to the lighter shade you’re after. I’m buying new cabinets and granite and want to go with dark cherry and a traditional look. ($4.25/sf range unfinished). Hi Tadas, My floors are oak in a golden color with wider planks and the room is an L shape with the dining room. In this post, I'll try to catch you up on all that has happened in the dining room since we moved in. Or you could do 50% Provincial and 50% Natural for a nice “shade darker and warmer”. It's been 3 years since my first farmhouse tour post; and as many of you know, we've made LOTS of changes and updates in the last 3 years! Okay, let’s go from darkest to lightest. 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. 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. What’s the easiest way to get a nice espresso finish? And yes satin is a good choice for sheen :), I just refinished my 60-year-old oak hardwood floors. The kind of flooring you have shouldn’t be the only deciding factor though. Help! New water-based finishes have come a long way in stopping that effect. Here’s a blog post I wrote on water popping to help you out on this subject: As far as choosing the stain color, we usually do that before the job has begun. Thank you for your time and replying back to me. And yes you’re right that the sanding has to be completely finished before the stain is ready to be applied. Sounds like you have a wonderful house. You can always paint your walls a lighter color down the road if you need to :). Apply by spray, brush or cloth. It has natural oak flooring with that typical yellowish hue. 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