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Anyone putting in white oak floors? Can I see pics?
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Posted by mitri89 (My Page) on Thu, Nov 5, 09 at 11:54
| We have decided to go with 4" nail down, site finished white oak floors as opposed to the prefinished, engineered type. They will be installing the wood right after sheetrock(hopefully coming soon!), but then the sanding, distressing if any, and staining will come closer to the end of the build. I would love to see pictures of other white oak floors if anyone has some to share. Thanks! |
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RE: Anyone putting in white oak floors? Can I see pics?
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| Since no one has responded--I have 3" quarter sawn red oak floors if that helps. The main difference between the appearance of red oak and white oak (I'm no expert so I may be wrong) is the color (reddish tint as opposed to greenish/white tint) and the rays in white oak are longer on average than in the red. Also, there is a big difference between the look of quartersawn and regular sawn though, and it sounds like you are going with regular sawn so my pictures probably wouldn't help. |
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| Here is a picture of the corner of my kitchen. Clear white oak, 3 1/2", satin poly, no stain. 
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| Carolyn, yes, it'll be regular sawn white oak. I'm sure your red oak quarter sawn floors are gorgeous, though.:-) Sue, thank you for sharing your pretty floors! Anyone else?? :-) |
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Our floor is 4" select white oak. It has a red oak stain and a satin poly finish.
The stain was not left on as long as I would have liked so it is more of a medium oak stain color.
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| 1sst, thanks for sharing. Looks pretty. We're wanting a light to medium color, close to yours. Something warm and rich but not so dark to show every dust speck either.:-) |
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| mitri89, We put in white oak, site-finished floors. I think they are 3 1/4 in. and they are a #2 common so they have some
'distressing' and color variation in them. We just have a clear poly finish, no color. HTH |
Here is a link that might be useful: white oak floor
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| twotogo - Your floors are beautiful, thanks for posting a picture.:-) All these pictures are making me anxious to see our floors going in soon. |
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| #2 common 4 in. with coffee bean stain. 
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| dallasbill - Beautiful floors, thanks for posting.:-) |
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