Grey Stained Wood Floors

The products that have made minwax an american icon will add color and beauty to your wood in oil or water based stains.

Grey stained wood floors.

Color tones may vary from board to board or within individual boards due to natural variances within the wood. Gray flooring is very on trend at the moment so worth considering if you re building from scratch or refinishing an old floor and really want an updated look gray floors have the advantage of being a more interesting neutral than medium brown but unlike medium brown and perhaps because they are so trendy right now they tend to be paired with mostly modern. Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look. With minwax wood stains there s a color to suit every style.

Other times the cause of blotchy stain is due to not following nwfa sand and finish guidelines or the manufacturer s instructions. Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring. Modern gray greige and brown gray stain shades for hardwood flooring. Staining a floor gray is best to do so on a new floor rather than an existing floor.

In other words staining a floor sanded by a beginner is a lot like putting a big ugly tattoo on your floor. Freshly installed hardwood is the perfect starting point for a gray stain. To help us uncover the hardwood floor color trends that reigned supreme in 2019 we spoke with 14 top designers on their favorite stains and styles. Can i stain my existing hardwood floors gray.

Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors. Over the last 7 years gray hardwood has become super stylish and continues to grow faster and faster. Hardwood that has just been installed will not have any old finish that can have an affect on the way the gray stain is taken by the wood. We ve been getting more and more requests to stain hardwood floors gray.

Some prefer lighter some prefer darker and some prefer somewhere in between. Lighter gray floors can make a room feel open and airy while darker gray stains can visually reduce the space. Be careful with the wood species. Hardwood reflections 1 2 pint weathered gray oil based satin interior butcher block wood gel stain.

Dark gray floors do make for a dramatic contrast with light colored walls and dark gray hardwood floors also provide a perfect backdrop for brightly colored furniture and accents such as red or teal.