Duraseal Coffee Brown On Red Oak
We wanted a light neutral brown while trying to avoid any pink red yellow and orange undertones as best as possible.
Duraseal coffee brown on red oak. This classic product protects and beautifies with minimal maintenance. We have new red oak and will have the existing red oak sanded. I also have jacobean and ebony and combinations of those plus a water popped version too. Is jacobean more red.
Colors are shown on white oak. I would prefer a rich medium brown with the natural wood grain showing through. This would darken the hard grain giving you a darker color overall and a less grainy appearance. Since you added coffee to tone down the orange in your floors how do you think coffee might do as the primary stain color on red oak.
It s common quartered 5 red oak finished with a mix of duraseal ebony antique brown and coffee brown topped with 2 coats do polyurethane. We use it to get a dark color for people avoiding red tones. Prepare floor according to nwfa approved methods. Wood floor stain colorsinterior wall designoak floor stainsflooringrefinishing floorsrefinishing hardwood floors.
Duraseal paste wax is a special blend of five waxes that gives hardwood floors the hand rubbed luster of fine furniture. Available in neutral for light surfaces and coffee brown for dark surfaces. It seems to be to me but i read a lot more about the popularity of jacobean than i do coffee brown. I am trying to update the look of our home but not go too dark either.
We don t sell duraseal stains. Total agreement the jacobean really fell short on my floors maybe it s better on white oak the three duraseal shades i ve narrowed it to are coffee antique brown and spice. 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 brown read more. Directions new floor preparation.
Natural wood tones vary so expect your final stain color to vary slightly from board to board. Now to also decide on which one makes the adjoining kitchen floor in maple look close to its neighboring oak floors. As gregmills pointed out your floor finisher could water pop the floor before staining. The picture shows duraseal stains from l r weathered oak provincial nutmeg and early american.
As long as you don t mind the graininess on oak coffee brown is great. Unfortunately the red in the oak gave both a strong orange undertone. What is your opinion of duraseal coffee brown on red oak. Looking for suggestions for wood floor stain for red oak.
The sample on out floors was a perfect espresso brown with no red undertones but the end result is very red.