It no longer looks like cherry..Sorry

When I saw the pics I thought -- I like the one in the middle the best! Turns out it is unstained cherry -- of course I have BC in my home so I guess I would like it's natural color.

The floor is beautiful but I like the unstained Brazilian Cherry the best since that is what I chose for my home. I love the red, orange and brown tones that warm up the three rooms I installed the floors in. But we all have different tastes. Thanks for sharing.

I think they look fabulous! Good for you for doing what you want. I did not go with cherry for the reason of the middle sample. TOO red for my taste.

Thanks for your feedback. Too me, Brazilian Cherry has a more modern look. My home will be a traditional farm house.

From reading various sites, I know that most feel that Brazilian Cherry is a beautiful left natural. So i knew lots of people wouldn't like that I stained mine. But, I have also seen people ask whether or not Brazilian Cherry could be stained. I was one of those that searched and couldn't find anything on the subject.

My 6 month old sample is definitely redder than my new floor. So more cherry color will come through.just not as much as you see in the natural sample. I also happen to like the variations and wood veining that the stain brought out in the wood.

They look nice. I think the hint of red was a good choice.

I like yours the best. other has too much red for me.

I am purchasing 1,000 sf Jacoba Brazilian Cherry hardwood but am told the planks have a lot of white and a lot variance so the floor overall is more honey/cinnamon color with white than red. I am not sure how exactly the white planks would age, into what color, so I am considering staining the floor to give it more darker red look. But I am also not sure how much darker if at all the stained wood would get. Any thoughts on the subject? Thank you in advance for your suggestions! And thank you jolynna for posting the stained vs unstained pictures, those were really helpful.

Could you describe or take a current picture so I can see how the stain has aged?

Purchased our home with Brazilian Cherry floors. I too dislike red floors. So, now that we are adding hardwood to the bedrooms I am obliged to continue with the BC. However, I will stain the BC with dark walnut. The samples I stained 10 days ago are holding up well. Once the bedrooms are finished we will go ahead an strip the original floors and do the same dark walnut stain on them. Have your floors held the darker color over time?

If you want to counteract the red, I would recommend using DuraSeal Coffee Brown. It has more green. To my eye the Dark Walnut has some red in it. If Coffee is too dark for you, it can be thinned with neutral.
Should you not want to go so dark, another option is to bleach the floor with two coats of A/B wood bleach. It will eliminate a lot of the red leaving a more golden brown tone to stain over.

Thank you for posting your pictures. I have lived with Brazilian Cherry unstained for quite a while (10 years) & I just cannot stand the orange/red tones any longer. We are having them sanded & stained today & Early American & Walnut were the stains I was thinking about.

Sanders are hard at work as I type this ... Hoping & praying that the walnut stain will take away this orange/red color

Mmmjs5 - how did they turn out?

Even with the walnut stain, they still have the red cast. The orange is gone -- first picture is in a darker room and 2nd is in a much brighter room. At least it looks more uniform. Still not my favorite because I wish there was more brown in it. I thought walnut stain might make that happen. Next color was ebony & I just couldn't go that dark. As it is, everything shows up on these floors!

@jolynna I know it has been a while, but I love your walnut color floors and I would love to achieve the same with my BC. Who did you use? Can you share exact steps and brand/color/oil type you chose?

Duraseal is super low quality hence why they sell it at Home Depot. Go with a reactive stain and an NWFA certified finisher to pull it off. Those earlier posted photos look ok but not totally hi end professionally done. This is of course 'the'website for hacks to follow and pick up leads on work they cannot possibly deliver.Choose wisely...

Ultimate Hardwood, DuraSeal is sold at Home Depot? Silly me. I've been buying it through a distributor. It would be so much easier to run down to the local Home Depot. I can't find it on their website. Please send me a link to a Home Depot page showing me where they sell Dura Seal.

@jfcwood, your floors look great! I LOVE the color. My hardwood is prestained, but hoping I can obtain the same results. I wonder what your floor people did that get them so brown? mmmjs5 looks so different than yours.

Thanks, but that wasn't my floor.

jfc, surely a slip on Ultimate's part. Just like I did a few months ago with open grained maple.

Ken Fisher

@uptown what do you mean a 'slip' on my part? Please elaborate.

jfc, maybe he was talking about the duraseal finish. ive seen the waterbourne stuff there but never stain. but then again he is a fully certified expert installer and sander, and the only one in alberta. so what the hell do we know?

@gregmills Muchly appreciated sir!

Looks like it turned out great! I like the color. I tend to like golds, oranges, and browns for stains, dont really like reds much.

@bella99 white or cream color in BC is a 'common' or 'mountain' grade. I personally love that look. Also what everyone needs to keep in mind is BC darkens significantly in a short period of time. I find it usually changes to a deep dark burgandy color. Most people love this.

Mountain grade BC

@Mary Marks or @jolynna would you be able to share more pictures of your stained floors? We're considering different Duraseal stain colors for our brazilian cherry floors. Thank you!