Weathered oak looks too unfinished.
Classic gray stain on red oak.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
If you want a darker floor dark walnut mixed with classic gray could be nice.
I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided.
The wood types we chose also are vastly different ranging from extremely soft birch to hard red oak with undertones all over the map.
Not only does the hardness effect how a wood will accept stain harder woods tend to accept stains better and more evenly but also the natural color of the wood.
I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural.
Which will allow the pink blue and purple to show through.
Pine still looks pretty splotchy and oak has a zebra like effect.
Dark walnut 2716.
It s a lighter color than medium brown.
Gray on red oak will always allow the pink blue and purple to show through regardless of the amount applied.
Ginger if you have red oak and want to do some form of gray you will either need to bleach the floors first or choose a darker gray.
Weathered oak by minwax.
Red oak by nature will always have a red undertone so i would try 1 2 classic gray and 1 2 weathered oak.
You just need the polyurethane on top bona traffic hd for protection.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
Special walnut and classic grey 25 75 was beautiful but still had a little too much red showing.
Minwax classic gray stain 2 coats the coverage of this grey stain varies greatly by species.
Regardless test patch at least 3 4 stains to see which you like best.
Therefore you are just thinning out the medium brown.
Classic gray and jacobean was beautiful with the grey lines and brown but still a little too dark used 50 50.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.