Santos mahogany for example is variated with beautiful rich red tones.
Grey stained floors before and after.
Before applying stain to your wood floor you need to know what species it is.
After he sanded and stained and did one top coat the color is all over the place with grays yellows and browns based on the variations in the wood.
Before and after old brown parquet floor.
My first post about the hardwood floor refinishing process focused on meeting with a bona certified craftsman to sample and choose a few stain colors and finishes then i posted about the sanding and staining process.
Before staining your floors gray there are a few key points to consider.
In my area the majority of floors are dark stain.
Sanded stained it a nice light gray and finished only wood floors 260 n.
After filling voids with wood filler and trowel floor installers use a floor buffer to smooth the floor surface and blend the filler with parquets.
If you missed my previous posts i had the hardwood floor in my living room and kitchen refinished by bona.
I wanted to stain them gray and after the flooring guy did a few samples on my floor i chose bona dri fast stain in grey.
Below is a pic of my stained white oak floors not sealed yet we stained today.
We used 1 3 antique white 1 3 classic gray 1 3 weathered oak.
Maple and birch are tight grained woods with very small pores and the density of the pore wall fibers varies drastically.
Jun 26 2017 explore melissa merola s board jacobean stain on pinterest.
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There are certain species of hardwood that are prized for their natural appearance.
Floors made of maple birch and coniferous woods especially pine or fir are all very difficult to stain evenly.
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The information on this thread was very helpful to me thank you to those who contributed.
My contractor said no one has ever requested this.
Applying stain and clear coat although many wood stains are suitable for application with a brush or roller flooring professionals often apply special wiping stains by hand.
Not all hardwood species can be stained gray should be stained gray.