Thanks for that. And I LOVE that white stain – someone mentioned they cant find it – hope that isn’t an issue. Great Post! And the second one is ‘General Finishes Oil Base Gel Stain’ I read about in this article https://woodimprove.com/best-wood-stains/#product1. This really helped me determine the piece I am working on is red oak! Thanks for this post. And yes on the water popping! Because there are so many items available to you, this can be a slow process. You could even paint it a contrasting color! And yes, the prestain saves the day on birch. Dura Seal Quick Coat Stains are a premium quality penetrating finish that can be topcoated in 2 to 4 hours. Definitely referencing this any time we have a staining project. Colors are shown on White Oak. I have some white oak chairs I bought half finished from an antiques place and stained dark walnut… they came out like a dream. Isn’t that going to make staining tricky – as shown with this post, different woods take on different looks? In that picture, the last two look much darker. I’m going to try the simply white on white oak. Help! Originally, the old doors, were all maple and at one point in the 80’s, my mom had the door facing the living area painted along with along with a lot of of solid-wood paneling. I was wondering how the oak would look with a stain – now I have a better idea! That is bland. Awesome post. Very helpful. Additionally, Iâd say on 95% of our jobs, the stain color of the floor is generally a mix multiple stain colors where they mix both dark walnut and jacobean, or even mixing between minwax duraseal varathane etc. We finally had our floors refinished last summer to try to get them a similar color. looking to refinish our hardwood floors. My White Oak with Golden Oak Stain is going to look great this weekend :). like you said, i wish you could do more colors (was crossing my fingers i’d see provincial on here! Minwax Dark Walnut. So Dark Walnut it probably is… and I’ll save the white/light colored floors for my next house! This was very helpful and appreciative. This choice was Greg’s favorite. We took 3 feet of water, in our 1955 mid century home, with Hurricane Harvey last Aug. I’ve had one nightmare after the next, ever since. I really would like to cool down the warm undertones some, and I am wondering- do you think more coats of the white would do that? 3. 171 Dark Walnut 86171 12 81171 6 175 Jacobean 86175 12 81175 6 101 Country White 86101 4 81101 4 172 Classic Gray 86172 4 81172 4 170 Weathered Oak 86170 4 81170 4 173 Espresso 86173 12 81173 6 199 True Black 86199 12 81199 6 Solids 33% to 42% Viscosity 22-65 centipoises Coverage 500 sq. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much for your help and for this wonderful post! I’m going to need approximately 20 Bd. This is one of the most helpful blog posts I’ve seen on stain colors. thank you for showing me how to stain my red oak cabinets. I love your choice( I am partial to that shade of wood) and from what you described early on as to what you were looking for I was pretty sure that this was the one you would settle on. Help me with your special undertone eyes! Chestnut Ebony Sedona Red Coffee Brown Classic Gray Rosewood English Chestnut Red Mahogany Early American Jacobean Antique Brown Colonial Maple Special Walnut Spice Brown Provincial Cherry Gunstock Medium ⦠Thank you for this helpful post and for answering this question! Minwax Jacobean. Naturals in a very red way. more expensive) and there was some improvement. Oh dear. Our cabinets are white dove and colors mainly greys/blues. It is an elusive stain!! I’ll use your post to give her some examples. We told Frank, our “floor guy”, we wanted it somewhat darker than the sample if at all possible. This is another mid-range stain color, but with a more neutral base undertone. Nov 30, 2014 - Red Oak with Jacobean Stain THIS IS THE ONE! Our floors are … a maple color, I guess? I love wood refinishing, hope maybe someone finds this useful :). Ended up going with red oak and golden oak stain and the color is exactly as seen in person. I assumed it was soft because it had the most trouble accepting stains. And I bet you’ll never guess Red Oak’s undertones. Great post & great blog!! Ashley, thank you for sharing your experience. Probably because we are getting ready to choose a stain for floors in the house we have been renovating. Just wanted to say thank you. The floors were refinished by a previous home owner, so I don’t know exactly what color to call it, haha. So interesting to see the stains all lined up. Thank you. My mistake! I am sure it has something to do with the particular piece of wood. The first of the dark stains we tried was also the more neutral in tone. Sunny. Thank you SO much for doing this! I do need help though. Also, professional pros (the ones who take their time to listen to you and do the job right) always water-pop the wood when using dark stains. Minwax makes DuraSeal so we knew the stain color would be the same. This is so helpful as we’re trying to pick a stain color for a piece of furniture. Never saw this before. Within seconds of being handed the sample deck, I said, “Yep, this is it!” We had our reservations about it being too dark, but we wanted to see it on the floor just in case. Minwax Golden Oak. Oh no! Duraseal also has a wider selection of colors. Do you think the Red Oak with a Simply White stain would turn pink as it ages? I think the huge variation in poplar might drive me a little crazy, but birch does look awful stunning in those two dark stains. Which stain on which wood do you think is closest to West Elm’s pecan, like the pecan legs of their Drake sofa? Thanks for this! The red oak… brr… nightmares of 1980s cabinets and heart cutout furniture. I wasn’t too crazy about it at first because I didn’t think it was dark enough. However, I became a big fan when we saw the sample on our floors. It looks pretty pink even right after staining, so I don’t think the white stain is on Red Oak is what you want. The first of the dark stains we tried was also the more neutral in tone. Dura Seal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish Wood Stain is a semitransparent stain formulated to seal, color, and provide exceptional durability when used on interior bare wood masonry surfaces. Is there yellow pine and white pine? Thanks for doing this experiment and sharing! Really appreciated it – you could totally make a series out of it! I’ve been researching for weeks and driving myself nuts with my white oak choice. Do you have an picture example you could link me too? formId: '5d767f96afdf3e000f968472', Any experience or advise with this? This helps a lot!! It’s one of their new stains. I am mid-century-modern by design and a touch of industrial (the concrete floor). This was incredibly helpful. I have been exploring the idea of staining my maple cabinets. Formulated to provide unsurpassed durability and simple maintenance. Best option is to cut small pieces of what you’re going to be using and do some at-home tests to see the impact. It helped me tremendously! Anyway – thank you again! Perhaps I should apply a double coat of Provincial to the stairs and floors to make it all match? Can’t usually see good stain variations anywhere online. Finding the Perfect Lamp for the Living Room and FINALLY Tackling the Honey Oak Game Cupboard at the Bottom of the Stairs. Seriously SO HELPFUL!!! Required fields are marked *. and test out the stain first. Could you please help me choose the right one? The white oak looks even, but the red oak looks like zebra stripes–although the dark walnut showed less contrast than the jacobean. Did you sand the woods before staining them? The cherry does not ‘show’ where any of the doors are. Yeah, it all depends on who you ask. I would like to see an experiment in reducing contrast–both grain and defects, such as nail holes and gaps–to produce an attractive even dark tone. Dang- wish I had seen/used your wood stain tips! DuraSeal ® Quick Coat Penetrating Finish is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. You can see clearly the wood’s color undertones (yellow, pink, green, neutral, red) but they aren’t nearly as pronounced. Or 3 coats stain? I would have really liked to see a gray stain used as well. Hooray for floor stain! I’ve always read that you should use the pre-stain conditioner, but never really believed the hype. White Oak can’t take a bad picture. We crossed this one off the list. After reading so much about poplar being “homely”, I thought it would behave closer to pine. I’m curious if you sanded the samples, that also makes a big difference especially with pine… I’m surprised by some of your results on the pine, I use pine with minwax everyday to build furniture and I get very different results. 141 Fruitwood* ... 171 Dark Walnut* 110/210 Neutral. The pine to me looked very different from my own experience. The wood types we chose also are vastly different, ranging from extremely soft (birch) to hard (red oak) with undertones all over the map. I’ve heard that using ebony obliterates contrast. 145 Golden Pecan* 139/239 Rosewood. Like I said, I wish we could do 15 more of these! We are so proud about this work. Stain Gallery. Duraseal Quick Coat stain is a quick dry 2-hour formula that ensures your flooring project keeps moving along. and loving the color but they are not very easy to maintain in family homes. Please be patient... We're looking up all of your individual pricing and inventory levels. Thank you so much. Minwax Dark Walnut. So, for example, dark walnut is better than jacobean (which has some red undertones). Thank you for taking the time to document and share the results ! Great job. You’d think MinWax would have this on their website. That being said, I do love pine in those middle shades. This was the best article on staining I have ever seen. It will really help me to choose the right product for the wood floor of my future house. In my mind, it would have a similar effect to the red oak, but I’ve never worked with mahogany before. Now I can’t wait to do the downstairs, which are white oak floors. The first one is ‘Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating Wood Stain’ that you mention in your article. Add Minwax Ebony color stain to this experiment! Thanks so much! I will definitely refer back to this in the future. Last, is the redder of the two dark stains we experimented with. It really is gorgeous! This is an awesome resource, thank you! 10 Gifts I Got For My Girlfriends This Year, Faye’s Bedroom Transformation and her dream “Princess Bed”, https://woodimprove.com/best-wood-stains/#product1, http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/consumer/rediscovering-hardwoods/types-of-wood/. It can be applied over any wood but is especially necessary when working with soft or porous woods like pine, alder, birch, and maple. SO SO SO SOOOO helpful!!! 2. I personally prefer medium colors so I actually really like the medium stains best on the pine (although that birch is beautiful and I wish I was doing that haha). And I didn’t realize how much I loved birch and poplar before this! var rsLTKLoadApp="0",rsLTKPassedAppID="714598600"; This content requires JavaScript to be enabled, and the site or browser may be disabling it. I built a queen sized farmhouse bed a YEAR ago this month and I have yet to gain the courage to actually stain and finish it, fearing I’ll hate it after I screw it up with an ugly stain color or horrible application of it. All of the wood types accepted the stain well, except the non-conditioned Birch side. Very interesting! What are your thoughts on this? Oh man, where was this post in the summer when I got new floors?! Yes, this is my childhood home. Very useful to see how various woods behave and really helps in choosing what kind of wood to use! We want something with no red in it and is pretty dark but not as dark as ebony. Thanks! I bet this would be true for furniture refinishing too! which one you will prefer ? This was such a great post! Hi, I Am searching for best stain for cedar fence. We refinished and extended our original hardwood floors and there were gross dark stains on the original floors which didn’t sand out. Do you think Provincial banister and spindles will look right with Dark Walnut stairs and floors? The unconditioned Birch side, again, struggled with accepting the stain, but you can also see the conditioned side of each board is slightly darker. The pine turned more gray than anything. Feb 27, 2013 - Duraseal stains, from left to right: Dark Walnut, Special Walnut, Antique Brown, Provincial It was extremely helpful. I personally like their water based Polycrylic. I just wished you used cedar wood for this experiment (that’s what I’m using on my next project ;p), My only gripe is that I have been trying to find the Minwax Simply White stain, but it’s nowhere to be found both in stores or online. In addition to our lighting experiments, we went through an extensive process of elimination to make sure we were making the right decision. Can you explain what you meant by “lighten if 50%” – how did you do that? Some refinished do not sand super smooth (finishing below 220) for this reason, and instead use top coats to gain smoothness. Your post was the clincher. LOL. My wife and I have decided on Dark Walnut as well. (Then wash with 1/4 vinegar/water and lightly sand.) I’m having a pine table made, but I don’t love any of those stains. This rich blend of oil and resin gives hardwood floors a soft, satiny sheen. I’ve referred back to this so many times. Minwax makes a a few really great topcoats. I would test it in a discreet area. The effect can change not only from stain to stain, but from wood species to wood species and even from one board to another within the same wood species. I would like to figure out a way to make them look the same but really don’t like the pink red undertone . We can’t wait to see it… the anticipation is practically killing us! They look too orangey for my liking which I find happens frequently with stains and now wonder if I can go over them in a neutral darker stain but it will be a major mess, time commitment and height bravery (as they are on high parts of our house). But then there is the world of bleaching! That’s so good to hear! Minwax is my go to stain. Actually, we did 3 coats of polly. I’m curious of a recipe for red oak to match white oak. Learn how your comment data is processed. DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish 175 Jacobean Hardwood Flooring Stain 1 qt Stains DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish (175 jacobean sheen) is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. Hi Lisa! How many coats of stain did you do on the samples? Any thoughts or stains you might suggest would be so grately appreciated. I’m not a fan of grey but I’m thinking if I sand off the varathene, would weathered oak tone down the orange????? It dries quick and doesn’t yellow! This post was super interesting! We especially recommend that on a project like this, that takes so long to do and has a very prominent visual presence in your home. I’m considering using a dark stain, which will work better with the stone counter top color. Any idea how many coats of stain/poly you used? I’ll be 75 in January and am in the process of making my last big project – a daybed that will eventually be used as my casket. Right now the jury is out regarding the pricing. Birch did surprisingly well and the oaks were naturals. Not too! Is that weird…? I’ve never used a pre-conditioner but after a few not so great results, I decided to do so in the future. We have rustic birch floors and they are quite soft, they took a beating to upstairs, moderate use. This is so beyond helpful! I really want to stain some birch wood in a medium reddish stain now, for a MCM inspired TV cabinet. Also, did you have the floors “popped” with a water soak to better take the stain (I have read this tip elsewhere). Thanks for putting in the work to share. Thank You! I really appreciate the effort put into this and the comparisons are really useful. I’m guessing Minwax sent you one directly since they sponsored this post? never regretted the choice!! We sampled Jacobean and dark walnut on pine and our samples came out much darker than yours. Thanks for sharing! Treating raw wood with conditioner helps prevent streaks and blotches by evening out the absorption of oil-based stains. Most excellent! Since I poured concrete flooring (this is our second flood) and it is gray and my walls are repose gray, the bedrooms, where most of the doors are, I feel – need a wood stain to give the rooms warmth. Thank you again for all the time you put into keeping the general public informed. We have been using Pickled Oak on a ton of projects lately. This is sososo helpful! Tough to know! Kind Regards, Susan Our home is a traditional colonial with all white oak floors… except the previous homeowners remodeled the kitchen and dining room and put in red oak! I loved pine with the lights and darks, but not the medium stains. I agree with Sarah! I prefer Red Oak. Maybe a celebratory Ukrop’s cupcake will have to do until we move in, though : ). How many coats of stain did you put on the wood samples shown in the photos? I’ve done several wood projects, but I was considering using birch plywood for the first time. Minwax is always my go-to for wood staining, I’ve been using it for almost 20 years now. Try reactivating it to view this content. Ft. of 4/4 and 10 Bd. We’re in the process of refinishing our red oak floors and have searched what feels like the entirety of the internet for a post like this! 140 Colonial Maple* 102/202 Nutmeg. None of the charts here state what kind of wood is being tested. Hi Maria! nightstands I’d like to refinish to make more at home — after this post I’m seriously considering stain instead of paint. It will look fine. Best practice would be to get a piece of walnut and do some tests. Both brands offer most of the same stains, especially the more popular ones such as golden oak, gunstock, provincial, special walnut, dark walnut, jacobean, and ebony. This was so helpful for me, and my most amateur endeavors. The other woods took the stain well, with more redness coming out of the conditioned sides of the boards. Thank you for this helpful post! Minwax Dark Walnut was the first stain color that I fell in love with when I first started woodworking. This video shows you the final look when refinishing old hardwood flooring. Thank you for your help, creativity, time and amazing design inspiration. Looks like it could pass for walnut at a glance, especially with the unconditioned side looking like wood grain. Birch has pink undertones. I have a bit of a dilemma in that I have white oak floors in my newly renovated kitchen and original red Oak from 1930 on the rest of my main floor. I’m having pine wood and can’t decide to have it painted white or go with a stain. I may do something with some blue glaze to help neutralize the yellow but we’ll see. I bought silver-toned door hardware for the painting gray side and antique brass for the side I want to stain. This is SUCH a helpful post! Same. As beautiful as they are, wish we had stuck with oak due to the hardness factor. And Red Oak should probably stay away from things that add even more red to it (like Pickled Oak and Golden Pecan). Question, do have any idea as to whether the sealer/shellac will change the stain colors at all (i.e. :) Thank you so much for this post!! It’s not even like it’s a huge price difference! haha. Really! !function(d,s,id){var e, p = /^http:/.test(d.location) ? Gorgeous! I thought the pickled looked nice too. I don’t know if everything else (floor, walls) is ‘cool’ if the tone should be warm? Infact, the grain in some of the boards take on a blue/gray colour. I’m currently working on a dining table for our British Colonial interior using Red Oak and was concerned with color matching the existing dark woods. Love this post! A few posts ago, we talked about hardwood floor stain colors.As we mentioned, we narrowed down our options to three: Dark Walnut, Ebony and Jacobean. That was one my absolute favorite! What do you think!? Appreciate your help :). I assumed it was the quality of wood. In the past, if what I stained was too intense, I mixed a little light grey paint with lots of water, brushed it over the stained wood, then wiped it off. are you still pleased with your choice of Dark Walnut on your red oak floors? yes! Thank you for this post! They’re not bad and look nice but not my color of choice. This is super helpful! The information I came to the comments looking for! Love your post! We really have nothing bad to say about this stain, other than it could stand to be somewhat darker on the non-grain portions. Thanks for this post! Thank you for doing this! Poor kitchen floors, they deserved to match! we love it too. window.fd('form', { Lastly, we thought it would be beneficial to see all the same wood type with different stains in one picture. Is the Minwax conditioner a substitute for water-popping? Curious how an oil based vs water based would affect the colors especially on the white oak. Interesting! I think some people just don’t care about that sort of thing! Very helpful. The Douglas fir has a orange tent I need to tone down. What color stain would you use to achieve a blonde look with Douglas fir? I love the white oak with the simply white stain. I’m about to work on a project that consists of staining some wood, so would appreciate any tips! Probably, but you’d likely need a combo of stains and I’m not sure what that combo would be. It absolutely helped me to decide on a stain color for our floors, and we will use conditioner, which I wasn’t aware was even an option! I am so glad I found this post and your blog. I had to decide quickly (insert problem) for selecting a stain and was not used to staining any type of cedar and made the mistake of teak (color choice). The last time I did research for a staining project I couldn’t find this info, glad I looked again and found yours, you did the testing so we don’t have to. hi, this thread was from five years ago. To give each wood the best chance at sporting stain, we started our study with Minwax’s Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner. White Oak has the most neutral undertones. Not only does the hardness effect how a wood will accept stain (harder woods tend to accept stains better and more evenly) but also the natural color of the wood. Great article – one of the very best I’ve seen on the effects of Minwax stains on different woods. I’m about to make a few frames with pine and I’ll definitely be getting the conditioner now! But with limited resources (not to mention space), we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by DIYers, with 6 different stains; 2 light, 2 medium and 2 dark. Still love the solid wood cabinets, still love the arrangement. It think it looks even better when itâs finished with an oil based polyurethane which really enhances the dark walnut color and the grain of the wood. :D Thanks for the comparison – so useful!! YOU ARE AWESOME. Any cherry or red furniture I bleach before doing all the other steps. WOULD LOve to see samples of stains on cedar! A few posts ago, we talked about hardwood floor stain colors. I love when you really get into DIY builder posts. I am getting ready to refinish a dresser and the Simply White is the look I’m going for. Note: Stains look very different on different species of wood. I want to change that to Dark Walnut. Useful helpful post. This is a great post and helped me decide which stain to use on the twin bed my husband is making for our son! Yes, the harder (denser) the wood, like yellow or white birch or maple, oak, the more difficult it is to accept stains where you want darker results. Birch is a hardwood (both yellow and white) and rates a 4 out of 5 on the hardness scale. It delivered rich, dark brown tones. Not only did this help me decide on stains, it really helped me to better understand how different wood grains vary. I’m having white cabinets/white granite with greyish Island, and butcher block counters and white windows. 2 offers from $186.96. Would the stain obscure more of the grain if left on more than 2 minutes? yes! Hopefully I’ll be able to decide if this is something I want to tackle. I will be making a stain choice this week. Any thoughts on how I can approach staining them without making it a thesis project? THANK YOU. one i have used cuprinol dries to s shine. We’ve been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each. On a side note, am I the only one that reads these blog posts in Julia’s voiceover since they started the podcast? What can be mixed with #2716 Dk Walnut penetrating stain, to bring out a touch of red. Thank you so much for doing this! We tested a few for ourselves but this is helping me to find some direction in what to try next. Jun 29, 2019 - Duraseal stain on white oak. 6. Was about to get a bunch of milled pine moulding to stain dark walnut, but now I’m leaning towards the white oak – the stain really brings out the grain in the oak. As we mentioned, we narrowed down our options to three: Dark Walnut, Ebony and Jacobean. Do you have any recommendations? With stain, more layers likely wouldn’t help because the wood is still supposed to come through. Thanks for sharing. 111 Provincial* 143/243 Sedona Red. I used Minwax Pickled Oak and it turned out gorgeous, for a first attempt. Bravo! Sep 21, 2017 - Duraseal Stain on Red Oak Wood Flooring. ft./gallon Number of Coats 1 to 2 VOC 550 Shelf Life 2 years The photos are so nice. Thanks for doing all the hard work! The wood is extremely dry. My walls will be white dove and we are doing grays and blues. 199 True Black. Incredibly helpful! But the Dark Walnut goes with our new wood floors and the vibe of our house better. As a reminder, here are all the types of wood in their natural, raw state: 1. In the process of building a house and the trim color really has me struggling. This effort is sooo great! We feel like we should have a floor staining party or something! Red oak definitely is more tricky, but so beautiful, too. Here is an interesting link on hardwoods: http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/consumer/rediscovering-hardwoods/types-of-wood/ Article you wrote was interesting and I will assist those reluctant to try staining to maybe give it a try. By the way, that article mentions Minwax Stain also. THANK YOU so much for this! Thank you so much for doing this post. Hi Julia & Chris. In our market the two colors that stand out are Jacobean and Netural. Really nice job on this! They often do. Thankyou for doing this! I only want to create more pieces, just so I can stain them, haha! This is one of my favorite posts I have ever read – ! Thank you for follow us! Yes!! My kitchen table is made of rosewood and the weathered oak stain appears very gray like driftwood, but on red and white oak the stain will take on more golden hues. This next picture was also taken last night⦠Only one on each. This is a Medium video about 12 minutes. I really like the Jacobean, yet what light stain would you suggest as contrast? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. This stain added very little color to any of the boards, (maybe slightly lighter with a tinge of green), but really brought out their natural color and grain. Thank you. Description. I have debating about what the difference a primer or conditioner will make, this was a big help! You lucky duck :P. Thank you, I just stained my floors with Jacobean. I see more red in the dW – am I correct? We are in the middle of updating our 1940s fixer upper and last month we stained our upstairs, red oak floors Jacobean and I LOVE them. (Hint: Red). The white on the pine makes my heart race! 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It’s funny, when looking at the picture that was the color I was hoping you chose! Prep- if you sand wood, the grit that you finish at will dramatically change how much stain is absorbed. Darn! So helpful with all of the images and great descriptions! I found one of the photos through a google search but a whole S load of spam sites had the photo. This just confirms my hatred for oak. thanks. "Thanks for following along as we uncover our home's potential. Poplar has green undertones. That proved to be really helpful in getting the look we were going for. I am thinking I will use a golden oak stain and if it’s not perfect I may add a coat of white over it. We see a lot on the web about jacobean and dark walnut but not as much about antique brown. 123/223 Coffee Brown. Also was a polyurethane topcoat added which would yellow the stain some? This is absolutely one helluva valuable test and comparison. Same with hinges. I can’t thank you enough. Do more!! 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