100+ Year Old Red Oak Stain HELP!

9 years ago

We have a 114 year old Folk Victorian home. The downstairs is Red Oak and we had to do quite a bit of repair work. Our floor guys did samples today and we need help deciding. The natural poly shows a gorgeous patina, but you can clearly see the repair work. If we go with natural, any ideas on how to cover the mix a bit better? Or do you like any of the others? Any pictures of old red oak floors would be really helpful, I have been trying to find some and just can't.

Picture 1: Poly with old wood at bottom and new wood laced in at top

Picture 2: Clock wise from white bucket: 75/25 Provincial/English Chestnut, English Chestnut, Early American, Natural Poly, 50/50 Provincial/English Chestnut, Provincial. Top next to yellow bucket is 75/25 Early American/English Chestnut and the columns are from the top: 50/50 Ebony/Jacobean, Spice Brown, Royal Mahogany, Coffee Brown - Left column is water pop and right column is not.

Picture 3: Close up of splotches clockwise from left: English Chestnut, Early American, Poly, 50/50 Provincial/English Chestnut, Provincial

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JenniferHadsell
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9 years ago
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JenniferHadsell
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9 years ago
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gregmills_gw
9 years ago
Thats a lot of stains on youre floor. Its good to see samples on your floor but you really should have narrowed down to the tone you wanted first. If you happen to go a lighter stain or even the natural youre guy is going to have a hard time cleaning up that ebony sample.

You need to figure out if you want a dark floor or not first. And then decide how much red/yellow you want. We cant see how you plan decorating youre house. Any of those colors would look good. Darker colors are harder to maintain but the darker you start going the better the feather patch will blend in with the exsisting. It doesnt take much to lessen the difference. Your guy is using duraseal it looks like. Nutmeg is an example that would help hide the patch work.
glad2b
9 years ago
My personal favorite stain is Duraseal Coffee Brown, but I have no idea how that would look in your home. As Greg said, do you want light, medium or dark floors? Do you want easy to maintain or are you fine with a little more work? Dark floors show pet hair, dust, etc. What color is all the trim in your home? You can really see the undertones in your third picture, so that can certainly help you in choosing too.