Grey Stained Pine Floors
Floors made of maple birch and coniferous woods especially pine or fir are all very difficult to stain evenly.
Grey stained pine floors. I remember the first phone call we received for gray hardwood. Stain can turn out blotchy on maple floors as these are close pored species this blotchiness occurs with all stain colors. Test the stain out on a small corner of flooring. Varathane weathered gray stain.
Pine and birch were both splotchy and inconsistent. While trends come and go gray stains have seemed to find a niche of their. It was a trend that has crept its way up to westchester from nyc. Before applying stain to your wood floor you need to know what species it is.
It barely soaked into the oak at all but looked much darker on the maple. The color of the varathane weathered gray stain varied widely depending on the wood species. Red oak has underlying red tones and often a darker gray is needed to achieve the desired look. Apply the stain using a 3 in 7 6 cm paintbrush.
Before you stain the entire floor test the stain in an inconspicuous are to make sure that you like the color. Gray stained floors tend to turn out best on white oak flooring. Let the stain dry for 24 hours.