Classic Gray Stain On White Oak

I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided.

Classic gray stain on white oak. Tis 580 white wash pickling transparent water based fast drying interior wood stain model b458004. 10 awesome hardwood floor stain colors for white oak minwax stain colors on oak 27 test 768 representation custom mixing. Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color. Best to use white oak instead of red oak.

This will hopefully help you see how pine birch poplar white oak and red oak s undertones play with different stain undertones. Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color. The grey combats the yellow tannin pull from white oak. There are a few methods.

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. If you go back in time to 2012 you can read an article i wrote about what can happen when you mix white oak pastel stain and water based finish. Tis 512 classic gray transparent water based fast drying interior wood stain model b451204 11 98. It barely soaked into the oak at all but looked much darker on the maple.

Lastly we thought it would be beneficial to see all the same wood type with different stains in one picture. If you want a slightly deeper greige use 1 2 classic grey and 1 2 weathered oak. Gray classic wood interior stain classic model 339741 4 48 4 48. Vintage blue 288.

See also white oak vegetable oiled color wood flooring large wooden strip. Pine and birch were both splotchy and inconsistent. Use 1 2 country white 1 4 classic grey 1 4 weathered oak. This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.

Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak. My white oak floors are turning out lovely perfect light greige color. Varathane weathered gray stain. Weathered oak by minwax.

The green in the poplar board went to an almost black like in the jacobean stain very stunning. On that job we tried twice to stain white oak with a taupe color and use a water based finish. Red oak has a pinkish tone to it that sometimes interferes with the gray stain results. Classic grey stain by minwax was one of my favorite gray stains that i tested.

This makes a light floor. The color of the varathane weathered gray stain varied widely depending on the wood species.