Do you think the Red Oak with a Simply White stain would turn pink as it ages? Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. Puritan Pine by Minwax. A. What color stain would you use to achieve a blonde look with Douglas fir? Very interesting! Im sure you have saved many of us from buying the wrong stain/wood combination for a project. He owned and operated a manufacturing business building Compact Utility Vehicles for homeowner use. Plywood if usually birch veneered for these reasons. But the request for teak comes in so rarely I don't really have an idea of what would be a good replacement wood. Its interesting because on White Oak, in our experience, the color is much lighter than what is shown in your post. Thanks for this post. This is another mid-range stain color, but with a more neutral base undertone. 2. That is bland. 6. Im looking for a medium toned, neutral-ish stain (I guess). A place to shop our home room by room, or just catch up on what Julia's wearing / loving right now? It totally removes the red/pink undertones! Incredibly helpful! to this site, and use it for non-commercial use subject to our terms of use. Iron acetate reacts to tannins in the wood to make a chemical reaction within the wood cells. If you have a piece of wooden furniture you'd like to replace with teak, consider just creating a faux teak look instead. Would that eliminate the pink? Weve done a lot of projects, and theyre all here. We have been using Pickled Oak on a ton of projects lately. It's very importantly that you allow enough drying time in between your layers of stain. Im not sure how (or if it is even possible) to achieve the color I want. This is so helpful as were trying to pick a stain color for a piece of furniture. Thanks for sharing! Ive always read that you should use the pre-stain conditioner, but never really believed the hype. Sapele is now being used on the boats as a teak substitute but the cost gets driven up by the need to custom make moldings. Cant usually see good stain variations anywhere online. This effort is sooo great! Use a brush or roller to apply an even coat of paint, working in small sections at a time. I have, however, been waiting for his buddies to call wanting one of those nice mahogany libraries - close to that inflated price. I appreciate any thoughts on this. You'll need several pieces of oak to practice on until you get the technique down cold! At the moment I am working on an old student desk made of white oak that I would like to stain in contrasting dark and light shades. So it looks like mahogany may be the first choice. This type of oil or stain can be purchased at any home improvement store. >>>> That looks more like oak or ash than teak. Infact, the grain in some of the boards take on a blue/gray colour. Most excellent! Would the stain obscure more of the grain if left on more than 2 minutes? The samples each got a sealer coat of thinned . Dilute ? 5 - Sherwin Williams Rustic Gray. When working with maple or birch, you usually leave the stain on longer to achieve a darker result. 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). Poplar looked a little bit like watermelon. What should I do with old teak furniture? Your stain study was most helpful. Very useful to see how various woods behave and really helps in choosing what kind of wood to use! Apply light pressure to the wood that you're trying to lighten and work in long back and forth strokes in the direction of the grain. You should really check out Invisble by Loba. This post was super interesting! 4 - Varathane Carbon Gray Stain. Add Minwax Ebony color stain to this experiment! Do you think Provincial banister and spindles will look right with Dark Walnut stairs and floors? Is that weird? Oh no! Yes! And I LOVE that white stain someone mentioned they cant find it hope that isnt an issue. White Wash by Varathane. 6.17. 7. I am looking to build a platform / platform bed and I have white oak grey pink floors and looking to contrast it with either a less grainy wood like natural Birch, Maple, and not White Oak, but may want to stain it with a semi glossed Charcoal Gray. It doesnt look like it from the red oak samples. If the furniture is going to be used outside, use a sealer that has a waterproofing agent in it so the furniture will be protected from the elements. This is so helpful!! Thanks for doing this experiment and sharing! The Jacobean was a one of our choices, Im leaning toward Ebony now with 2 coats. I think each wood species looked great with some stains and subpar with others. Canyon View. Every wood species benefitted greatly from the conditioner with this stain. Thanks for sharing. Ive been dying to redo my 1990s era red oak floors for a long time now, but havent been able to find any really useful information. Red oak. And I bet youll never guess Red Oaks undertones. if you have other ideas let me know. lighten, darken, turn redder, etc.)? This is the BEST ever and so thorough! But if its red oak, you could purchase a red oak board from Lowes and do a bunch of tests on your own to get the color right. 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. 1 - General Finishes Gray Gel Stain. Ill be saving this as reference for all of my future projects :), Love this, thank you! How to get raw wood look on furniture: Remove the old finish (leaving some darker color in nicks and grooves is fine) Apply 1-2 coats of a hydrating wax finish (like Fusion Mineral Paint's beeswax) Apply 1 coat of Amy Howard's cerusing wax. Wipe off any extra stain that does not soak in, and allow the stain to dry completely. Thoughts? We chose to experiment with this stain color because of its mid-range tint with red undertones. Maple is another hardwood that can be stained to look like walnut. Im guessing theres no poly on top of any of these? I also tried with and without conditioner, which didnt seem to make much difference with the darker samples. Looks like it could pass for walnut at a glance, especially with the unconditioned side looking like wood grain. It looks like different furniture now. Just put a coat of JOAT yellow on everything and it will all match. To add color to sapele with a stain, you don't want to apply an oil pigment stain straight to the raw wood. If he gets too cheap and slippery, dump that chump. 2. paint with "blond" wood fax finish. But then there is the world of bleaching! My project is to build a side table and coffee table using 1/2 black iron pipe and then picking an edge glued wood for the top of it. They look incredible. I had to comment because I am standing in front of the stain display at Lowes and I am trying to pick a stain. 4. use a Gell stain that has a similar color to the grain on your sample Maple piece. On a side note, am I the only one that reads these blog posts in Julias voiceover since they started the podcast? Comparing different woods to each other can make the undertones easier to see. We literally just finished stripping and sanding down pine stairs that had been painted and coated in sand by the previous owners yesterday. Instead of the wood grains picking up redness, you can see they all went a very neutral brown. Minwax Golden Oak. And it's VITAL that you do this in your own home . Red oak definitely is more tricky, but so beautiful, too. Ultimately, I think Ill need to coordinate a color so that I can leave the inside of the cabinets gold, which suggests black to me. If this is a potential series, Id love more in depth on layering stains and working with Gel Stains as that is surprisingly easy to do but provides very next level results. 6.13 Step 2: Brush On A Primer (Optional) 6.14 Step 3: Apply a Base Coat for the Faux Wood Stain. It turned out a very neutral, medium brown colour. I cant thank you enough. WOODWEB is a registered trademark of Woodweb.com. Seriously SO HELPFUL!!! Oh dear. After One Coat. This is the type of post I love since I learn from it and wouldnt want to put the $ into it myself. The teak is extremely dense and smooth, the red oak has large pores. 6. My goal is to avoid buying new furniture that would "clash" with the older teak furniture. Minwax Simply White. Thanks! and test out the stain first. We used Jacobean everywhere after testing a small area and it hid the old spots, and the old and new floors matched! No sanding, hard scrubbing or bronze wool required. Go with the grain in the wiping or in the case of the drawer front go in the direction that the wood would go, if it were real wood. 6% softer than red oak. However, I noticed in your photos showing Dark Walnut and Jacobean, the pine samples for each color look much lighter than the same colors do in the photo of only pine boards with all of the colors. 3. Originally, the old doors, were all maple and at one point in the 80s, my mom had the door facing the living area painted along with along with a lot of of solid-wood paneling. Remember to be careful and use a rag to blend the stain as evenly as possible before allowing it to set in completely. I loved this. 4th step. Ive been struggling with finding the right color for so long now! Natural color is darker than chocolate grain can be manipulated to be very busy or very formal. Maybe Jacobean. I love the white oak with the simply white stain. As a reminder, here are all the types of wood in their natural, raw state: 1. Love this post. Wipe up the excess stain and then let it dry and cure. What do you think!? This is so great that you are partnering with Minwax. Ebonizing Wood (Option 1) Iron Acetate. Look carefully at a peice of Hard Maple to see how the grain flows. Sand the Teak. This was incredibly helpful. Dark Walnut by Minwax. In order to use an oil or stain, the wood will need to be sanded if it has an existing finish. Useful helpful post. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am sanding a 18C vanity unit that is Chestnut. WOODWEB is a registered trademark of Woodweb.com. Ill 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. It also appeared to make the wood look softer. I am getting ready to refinish a dresser and the Simply White is the look Im going for. Such useful info! simply the best thing Ive seen on how various stains work on various woods Thank you for doing this. So Dark Walnut it probably is and Ill save the white/light colored floors for my next house! Im not a fan of grey but Im thinking if I sand off the varathene, would weathered oak tone down the orange????? 90% of my customers choose a slightly different color on other materials that isnt flooring. Use a tack clock to wipe off the dust. 2. Would it be too white going that route? this post has disappeared. Minwax is my go to stain. Thanks a lot for all the help! 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. You could even paint it a contrasting color! Let it dry for a few hours. Im about to work on a project that consists of staining some wood, so would appreciate any tips! Really! Note: We're using a wipe-on oil finish as the sealer. Was about to get a bunch of milled pine moulding to stain dark walnut, but now Im leaning towards the white oak the stain really brings out the grain in the oak. Minwax makes a a few really great topcoats. 4. Seal before stain to avoid blotch, do some test samples. Hi, I have sanded an old pine dresser that was coated years ago in an orangy shellac. I have a red oak floor Id like to redo. First, you need to sand the wood with 220 grit sandpaper until it is super smooth. JavaScript is disabled. Im so sad I was using this for reference. i want to try the white after sadning but i think ill do the walnut to match my dark floors and grey corrian counters. Darker pigments tend to hold their color the best, lasting for up to 7 years on outdoor furniture and fences! I personally like their water based Polycrylic. The wood in the pictures is certainly not teak. Getting teak to look nice is easy, pine is hard. Classic Gray by Minwax. 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