Light stained red oak floors

We refinished our floors duirng our home renovation. We have Red Oak Wood Floors stained with the Bona Natural water-based finish. Natural, light and airy!

I am trying to decide on a Minwax stain for red oak flooring. I want a light neutral brown. I want to avoid bringing out too much red or yellow, but also don't want to go too dark. I am between Special Walnut and Provincial. Does anyone have any finished examples or advice on a neutral light brown? ...

Duraseal Silvered Gray

Out with the orange color was easy but getting this lighter and blondish color in RedOak took many tries. Hope this will save your time - 5:1 Driftwood/Simply White (both from Minwax & only one coat of the mix); Top coat is Bona Mega One Extra Matte

Stain can easily change color depending on the wood you're using. We tested 10 different stains, light to dark, on 4 different pieces of wood to show you.

Natural red aok no stain only bona mega waterbase over the top

50/50 Minwax Simple White/Silvered Gray

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The Bennett House: Red oak floors

I found the perfect products and stain combination for staining red oak hardwood floors if you want a beautiful medium-to-dark brown color.

We had the most difficult time finding lighter hardwood colors for red oak floors. I searched all over and got some good ideas from Pinterest. We wanted something lighter but didn’t like the way some grays made the floors look with more pink hues or with alot of variations. We ended up making our own and love the color. Duraseal 1/2 special walnut and 1/2 classic grey. Its a light mid tone color that made the floors more consistent with less variation.

Check out one of our most recent floors located in Eliot, Maine. As another beautiful red oak floor, this was a complete team effort. The floor was repaired in several places, as well as sanded, stained and refinished. This floor consists of weathered oak stain, two coats of Bona intense seal, and two coats of [...]Read More...

Super happy how my floors came out after lots of indecision and anxiety lol. The first pic is the newly installed red oak with Bona nutmeg. The second is the older (only 10 years though) red oak which was sanded down and refinished also w the Bona nutmeg to match. Had started the process with Bona p...

1 Year Later: How Our Red Oak Floors Are Holding Up and everything you need to know about refinishing red oak floors to a lighter white oak look