White Washed Red Oak Floors

When i saw this i knew there was hope.
White washed red oak floors. So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using. I ve got a clear finish on red oak floors and honestly they read orange to me. From your testing i realized i can use the red oak since my stain although not as dark as the jacobean will make seeing the difference in white vs. Red oak has stronger graining and gives a more traditional look which is often in conflict with the modern whitewashed look.
First we sanded and hand scraped the old red oak flooring and stair treads rails and newel posts to remove the old yellowed finish. White gray and clear. They give you a number of options when it comes to wall colors. These test boards were bleached twice.
I m going to need approximately 20 bd. My studio is so light and bright and i don t think it would look like that with dark stained floors. It creates a look that is very cool. If you want to get rid of the red pink hues completely the only way would be to bleach the floor first.
Most whitewashed floors work best with american canadian hardwoods such as oak especially white oak maple and birch. Quarter sawn red oak. Wall colors for red oak. Of 4 4 and 10 bd.
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. I ll be waiting with bated breath for the upcoming post about oak. The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week. White floors do not work well with reddish woods e g.
You should consider whether you have white or red oak before making your selection for paint color. Here are a few thoughts to consider. Whitewashed wood floors are coming back en vogue. It turned out very white but there will be some red pink undertone if wood is red oak.
You can still see a hint of. The floors after two rounds of wood bleach. Occasionally you ll find some with ash or hickory. 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.
I finished the floors last night so i couldn t walk on them to take pictures until this morning. The other reason that white oak looks better especially for whitewashed and gray floors is the graining and mineral streaks looks more modern and contemporary. It s always good to do a color sample on the floor after it was sanded to be certain that you like the color. American cherry brazilian cherry or pines which typically have orange or reddish undertones.
I was going to use quarter sawn white oak vs. My floors are done and while whitewashing red oak hardwood floors is a huge job i think it was very well worth the effort and hard work. Wall colors that look attractive with oak hardwood. Oak hardwood floors are a beautiful choice in flooring.