Pine still looks pretty splotchy and oak has a zebra like effect.
Ebony and classic gray stain on red oak.
Minwax classic gray stain.
I m dying to go lighter but i keep reading with red oak i m out of luck.
Bottom is 75 classic gray 25 jacobean.
Mar 3 2016 top is 50 50 jacobean and classic gray.
Minwax jacobean and classic gray.
Sherwin williams rustic gray 2 coats.
We are considering a mix of weathered oak and mixed with gray stain which i found scouring the net.
We are refinishing existing 2 1 4 red oak floors that are currently a darker stain and completely replacing the floors in some rooms so we have to stick with red oak.
Dark walnut 2716.
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I wasn t sure how this custom stain would look over the dark inlays we have in parts of our first floor so i had them sample duraseal silvered gray on the red oak floors next to the stain mix i d used upstairs.
These new stains are more charming more contemporary and have more pigment than the gray whitewash and weathered oak stains.