General finishes gray gel stain.
Silvered gray stain on red oak.
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We have red oak floors and would love to have a lighter oak look.
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.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
All this before we realized the country was about to shut down for covid19.
We gutted our kitchen in february and emptied the first floor to have the hardwood floors refinished.
The grain of the wood is still visible on all the samples with one coat.
Duraseal silvered gray stain on red oak floors.
This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.
You may have seen on instagram we are just wrapping up a large set of home renovation projects.
Duraseal silvered gray on red oak.
I m sharing a look at duraseal silvered gray and a custom mix stain as we refinished our floors.
I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided.
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The general finishes grey wood stain is highly pigmented so one coat of stain is all you need for most applications.
It has a slightly blue tint to it but the color is fairly consistent from one wood species to the next.
Colors are shown on white oak.
I know i ve read that it is very difficult to achieve a light wood color on red oak without having the red.
Jun 28 2020 looking to refinish your red oak hardwood floors to remove the orange effect.
Weathered oak by minwax.
Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
Natural wood tones vary so expect your final stain color to vary slightly from board to board.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
Silvered gray is lighter than classic gray and dark gray is a bit darker than that.