Can I Stain My Hardwood Floors Darker

Several products exist that will let you change or restore the color of your hardwood floors.

Can i stain my hardwood floors darker.

I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut. As i mentioned previously i selected dark walnut for the stain color. A good method of staining hardwood floors darker without sanding is to apply the stain directly after screening then cover it with clear finish. Using excess amounts or applying multiple coats of stain can cause the stain to bleed back where it wicks back up to the surface of the board as solvent begins to evaporate.

My floor guy uses masterline oil based poly in a satin finish but i can t find much information on this product. The wood on my floors is red oak. Tinted topcoats varnishes and various types of polyurethane can give you a darker color. If you apply a waterborne finish which dries in a couple of hours you can complete the entire operation in a day.

I shared this with you in my previous post but here is the color of the floors in the downstairs left compared with the upstairs right. Do a dark stain. A dark floor provides visual grounding in a room with. The poly finish is satin.

If your floor is oak maple or another light to medium light hardwood you can choose to make it darker by staining it and many people do. Later i would replace the laminate with real hardwood floors and stain to match the real wood. You can add a glaze or coat to your hardwood floors to give them a darker color. That led to a few customers asking if we can re stain engineered wood floors.

It is simple to deal with any stain immediately before it penetrates the surface finish and dries in the wood. They are a really nice dark rich color. Wipe dark areas of the floor with mineral spirits or acetone to lift the stain from the wood. If the stain resists these chemicals or if a polyurethane topcoat has already been applied to the.

However i think you will have a difficult time matching the laminate you selected. In a previous blog we discussed refinishing engineered hardwood floors and how the thickness of the wood layer determines if they can be refinished. Much like the question about refinishing engineered wood floors there is no easy answer to this question. The floor will not get darker if you flood it with an excess of stain or apply a second coat.

I wanted to avoid orange undertones. You may be better off contrasting with the laminate e g. Yes assuming you have solid hardwood then you can refinish the floors.