Special Walnut An Weathered Oak Mixed On Red Oak Floors

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Special walnut an weathered oak mixed on red oak floors. We set on minwax special walnut and weathered oak to give us the look we wanted but that did not work at all. Special walnut is one of the go to brown stains that isn t too dark. If you want a darker floor dark walnut mixed with classic gray could be nice. To make a quart of the weathered walnut stain you would need to mix 1 quart weathered oak stain and 11 tablespoons 5 3oz special walnut stain.
Taking pics tomorrow a little delayed. Aug 17 2014 50 50 minwax special walnut and weathered oak stain on red oak board. Choosing a stain color for our red oak hardwood floors. On red oak it just falls flat.
Happy i didn t go with any of the gray floors. I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck. He believes it will be difficult to get the stain to rematch. Weathered oak on 2 red oak flooring is gorgeous.
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. That is a great question. I also ruled out the special walnut. I have added that to my blog post as well.
It looks too light too red and too washed out. I don t really know what i mean by that but it seems to have no life to it and it appears to have a slight green undertone to it. So my favorites are dark walnut stain and the mixture of special walnut stain and dark walnut. Reason being weathered oak pulls out so many colors including gray anyway.
Red oak by nature will always have a red undertone so i would try 1 2 classic gray and 1 2 weathered oak. We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net. Saved by 804 painting 804 floors llc. We also chose minwax stain for our red oak floors.
Regardless test patch at least 3 4 stains to see which you like best. I thought choosing an exterior paint color was hard. You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons. I tend to view special walnut as a lighter brown stain.
I would love to see your finished product using the weathered walnut stain.