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 lightest stain for red oak floors.
Red oak floor stain colors 12.
Well i mean test every dark stain if you want dark floors and every light stain if you want light floors.
This should cover the natural pink in the red oak wood flooring and provide an even lighter color tone you are wanting.
Once a polyurethane finish is put on top of the stain the shine will also cause the floor to appear lighter.
It also comes in different widths which allows you to further customize the flooring to your home.
Thus pick a lighter shade for the ground if you desire a natural and more durable flooring.
See also red oak floor stain samples oakhardwoodflooring flooring.
If you still want to go even lighter try 3 4 pickled oak and 1 4 classic gray.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
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.
Tips for choosing red oak floor stains.
The color of your floor sets the tone for the room.
We are refinishing existing 2 1 4 red oak floors that are currently a darker stain and completely replacing the floors in some rooms so we have to stick with red oak.