Now I’ve installed countertops & appliances are going in & all I see is pink. (No 1, 2, select?). For reference here are bona Nordic (top left), classic (top right), intense (bottom left) and natural (bottom right) on red oak with matte (left) and satin (right) finishes. I'll share pics when it's all done :) Thanks! I'd be quite pleased if my floors turned out like yours. The pic with the door and also the wetspot does not yet have sealer or finish on it. @Julie Olsen hi! Thanks for your help!! Finish is Bona Traffic satin. Want not too light, not too dark, rich, warm and not red/orange. Hope this helps. I'm approaching naturally wjth some trepidation. I did this on the red oak with Mega One satin finish and it looks great. You seem to know a lot about this/or have used it yourself. Stains. Amy-we just refinished our red oak floors, and I completely understand the anxiety involved in choosing a color! Anyone used bona nordicseal on red oak? Thank you for your feedback!! Put VINEGAR into your TOILET and WATCH What Happens!! I'm in Chicago and would highly recommend my contractor, Michael at https://www.hardwood-flooring-chicago.com/ who was recommended to me by a friend who also had a great experience. If you do a stain, you don’t need a sealer…as the stain is the sealer. We are taking on the same project as many of you are in this thread which I just read the entirety of and it was very helpful. Super fast dry time plus, it doesn't have the same odor issues as the oil base. He recommended satin layer, then matte. If you know how long ago the floor was finished can help determine what type of product was used to finish the floor. red oak will always have that slight pink tone if you choose a lighter color. It was the exterior of the house at some, point and you or someone added on? @dominy your floors look beautiful. The smaller squares are more diluted white/grey mixtures and a minwax grey stain. I need advice for a finish on red oak hardwood flooring. Thanks! Bona's new DriFast Stain Collections offer the latest choices for hardwood floor inspiration in your home. Not too light, not too dark. Unfortunately we didn’t like the fact that the Bona gray, although did a great job of diluting the color, it also made the stain look hazy. They bleached the red out prior and they looked great. I have also uploaded the video from my Youtube channel.I hope this he… @trump2 It was 1 NaturalSeal and 2 Mega One Satin. He told me our red oak is #2 Common, also known as Builder’s (i.e., cheaper) grade. We chose espresso prefinished red oak for the main level and then did a sand and stain to match on the existing red oak upstairs. Project by The Flooring Artists in Thornton, CO. The floors look great. They assure me that once finished it will all blend well. Mehr erfahren. I agree! Jul 31, 2018 - Red Oak hardwood floor refinished with Bona Gray stain an waterbased finish. They don’t seem to look anything like the sample we tried and … But still the red was still peeking through. Any pics? My before flooring looks very similar to yours and I’m in the process of choosing stains. Application of Bona grey stain on 2 1/4x3/4 #1 Red oak. Consider these professional pointers before you lay the first plank, Gleaming wood floors are a thing of beauty. Feb 26, 2016 - Finished! In my experience, two coats was the “just right” amount of Nordic Seal. Battle Ground, Wa 98604. We are having ours done right now and think they look too light with just the natural seal. We are happy. The only stain that came close was Bona seal gray stain. Im definitely bleaching them and i was nearly set on doing Nordic seal but am getting nervous it’s too stark. I've heard that bleaching turns red pink :o, Thanks. @Ryan Alex, How'd your NaturalSeal and Bona Mega ONE turn out? 22 Best Hardwood Floor Stain Colors for Red Oak - 3 4 X 3 1 4 Natural Red Oak Bellawood Lumber Liquidators. they look amazing!!! This is such a helpful thread! I love the openness/ natural light—all the windows and the trees . We chose Duraseal Chestnut in the satin finish (not English Chestnut--which looked quite red in our sample patch). I'm dying to go lighter, but I keep reading with red oak, I'm out of luck. Check It Out! I posted the exact formula somewhere in this thread. If I’m not mistaken they used a tannin bleed block to block out some of the red. If the floor is a couple years old it looks like it was finished with an oiled sealer or natural stain and finished with a non yellowing clear finish. So for the second sample, I added just a bit of green tint to the stain to try to cut the red undertones of both the stain and the floor. Thank you. (under the chair leg is Bona Graphite for those wondering) But we loved the darker grains and the variations of color. @dominy have you done your floors? With the Naturalseal and traffic, you can see some of the natural red in the wood, but they are not pink. No biggie- I don’t mind because I threw a busy area rug over the hall so nobody pays attention to the pink there. I needed something to neutralize the red … I'm also in the process of finishing my floors and tried many stains on my sanded red oak floors. The NaturalSeal has a slight amount of pigment in it to offset the visible darkening that happens when the wood gets wet/sealed. Any last thoughts? I would have to agree fully with your brother... trends come and trends go. He suggested the lightest we go is Special Walnut stain, water based finish. I used Special Walnut on old red oak and here's what it looks like: It will look much better than the pink wood floors you have now. Did you buy the stain from Home Depot?Thanks. Even after the poly was done I still just thought it looked fresh & new, but my eyes weren’t seeing red. Floors only have stain on it so far and I’m not sure how they will look different with the water based poly. What's the purpose of a big wall of brick? As Julie has mentioned it changes throughout the day. Better The two part finishes are very durable and considered suitable for heavy residential use and light commercial use as well. 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Effects of Different Stains on Red Oak Wood: A few weeks ago on Youtube, I wanted to see the effects of different stains on White Pine and Poplar, well this time I used common Red Oak that you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. 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. Help!!! This thread provided a lot of great information so I wanted to share my findings with others. Project by The Flooring Artists in Thornton, CO. My understanding is regular 'poly' made the red oak look 'wet' and therefore the red comes out more. Red could pop through a bit, as could more grays and more brown. Test every stain! He said it's a good true brown that's neutral, not too dark and will really go with all paint colors and furniture and not be an on-trend color that will get dated. What's the reason for it? it looks like you and another person both used Naturelle and had different outcomes (her's was quite pink - pretty, but pinker which probably won't jive with walnut's browns). My experience was the same as Ryan. See if your contractor can make some samples for you. So we went with Bona 1/2 medium brown and 1/2 classic grey on our red oak floors. so curious what you tried and liked and how they look - share photos and details if you can :) thank you! Natural, special walnut, white, driftwood, grey, graphite a mixture of 50%white + 50% grey and Nordic seal (which gave the red oak a pink hue). What can I do with this corner in my foyer/entryway? They will look like this while they are 'fresh' (the first month or so). Likewise- your home is beautiful. Thank. I have a question though, the top picture without the satin looks so different from the bottom picture with the satin....is it just the different lighting or did the satin finish change the color that much? our floor saga continues and funny enough is supposed to be resolved this week. Would love to see pictures and/or hear how turned out and if had any red/pink undertone come through? You said above that you used Bona NaturalSeal and 1 coat of traffic. Stay away from gray. I went back and did some touching up with a stain marker. Our floor is not pine. I am looking for a red oak finish (no stain) that compliments walnut -- so, light with a little brown in them. Our flooring guys are finishing with water based finish. I will say with the darker colored prefinished you can see the lines between planks more prominently as mentioned before, especially where they have been cut or trimmed during installation or if any glue has seaped through (if you're doing a glue down installation). Could you share details? We are VERY happy with it. But, it's always hard to determine colors on a computer, so you need to be the final judge. Relax! your floors turned out beautifully, dominy! @Katie Sanderson your island looks gorgeous! I just had a sample square of my red oak floors bleached once - still pink - and then a second time and now superrrr light. My contractor did not and there are a couple white chunks. How do you like them? Barnum Floors - Lake Okoboji, Iowa Bona Traffic Finish - Red Oak Hardwood Floors. Project by The Flooring Artists in Thornton, CO. I would go with what you feel good about all around. lilmiche just seeing this....I’m prob too late:( (I’ll add pics.) I just did my red oak floors with Bona NaturalSeal, and traffic HD matte - the floors look like their naturally freshly sanded selves. Bona Adhesive, Bona DriFast Stain, Bona Traffic HD; Designed by world … Most satins start out life looking 'shiny'. @msmcnulty oh gosh, I just noticed this message! But that rustic look may not be to your taste. I am looking for a red oak finish (no stain) that compliments walnut -- so, light with a … If you don't mind the pinkish tone, do this: to downplay the red tone, pick a neutral or ash based color, nothing with red in it. I'm dying to go lighter, but I keep reading with red oak, I'm out of luck. Thanks:). Is the first picture without sun on the floor? @Andy ... Care to share any more photos? Of course, you will pay more for the better product. Red oak also has a more character than white oak which means it can conceal imperfections better over time. I think they look nice but I do like the darker stain and think it would look good with what you have going on in the kitchen. The only stain I can find from Olympic in driftwood gray is an exterior stain. Read this series of posts. Just what i want for my red oak. I decided to embrace rather than fight the natural redness...and there *will* be some redness. Also the stair treads are a different wood. You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons. Katie, I agree--you need to re-sand and stain them a medium brown color. We are getting ready to do ours. Anyone have opinion or experience with deciding between bona fide natural or nordic sealer color scale on a red oak floor to minimize red/pink/amber colors and increase a natural light finish? Nov 21, 2018 - This Pin was discovered by Michelle Jennings Hoffenberg. Well he just put the stain on (didn't put the satin finish yet), love it! Is it a loft? Apr 17, 2017 - Red Oak hardwood floor refinished with Bona Gray stain an waterbased finish. So hard picking out a stain. I'm having my 20-yr old, yellowing oil-poly red oak floors professionally sanded and finished. Thanks. I'm torn between trying this combo, or sticking with something more traditional (special walnut is a runner up). Any suggestions? did you add a stain or seal? Hope so! Our stove looks like a pink iPhone. Next decision is weathered oak stain cut by 50%, to keep it a light stain, or the natural finish? I would have felt yucky tearing out a full house of wood. Any thoughts on which direction I should go in. Red Oak. Yes! I'd do a warm medium brown to add warmth and the look of real wood. @msmcnulty where are you at with your flooring process? I don't know, I can try to find out, I'm sorry! Laying tile over existing tile in a very small entryway. How do I know if my oak floors are white or red oak ? We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain (which I found scouring the net). Thank you all so much - your photos are all gorgeous! Red oak by nature will always have a red undertone, so I would try 1/2 Classic Gray and 1/2 Weathered Oak. I hope this is helpful for you :-). The floor does stain more easily than with our 20 year old Glitsa. And it looks great light, not too light with a stain for my red oak might so! 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