The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
Whitewash red oak floors.
I ordered the.
My whitewashed red oak floor isn t finished yet but we did get the most important and definitely the most difficult step finished yesterday the actual whitewashing of the wood floor.
American cherry brazilian cherry or pines which typically have orange or reddish undertones.
I only used the white tinted polyurethane for the first two coats and i brushed on these two coats using a 5 inch stain and waterproofing brush.
White floors do not work well with reddish woods e g.
I prefer lighter flooring like natural maple but am refinishing the existing red oak floors as a cost saving measure.
The floor contractor patiently bleached a series of sample red oak floor boards to see what the floor would look like with three different stains.
May 8 2013 explore kymi alexander s board white wash floors followed by 294 people on pinterest.
So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using.
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These test boards were bleached twice.
Most whitewashed floors work best with american canadian hardwoods such as oak especially white oak maple and birch.
White gray and clear.
The floors after two rounds of wood bleach.
The main reason for this is that red oak has red undertones in the wood so when you add whitewash your get a bit of a pink look which is very unappealing for most.
Occasionally you ll find some with ash or hickory.
You can still see a hint of.
For example one of our clients liked the look of unfinished red oak but once the general contractor produced a sample of the whitewashed finish she had requested she was surprised by the.
Dan s floor store 904 887 8303 whitewashed refinished the old yellowed red oak wood flooring for homeowners on the tpc side of sawgrass.
Minwax has a whitewash pickling water based stain and am wondering how this might look on red oak floors the project is a contemporary home remodel.
Diy whitewashed red oak studio floor part 1 i gave the stain a couple of days to make sure it was really good and dry and then i mixed up my custom white tinted polyurethane to seal the floor.
When i saw this i knew there was hope.