How To Stain Wood Floors Gray
How to refinish a hardwood floor.
How to stain wood floors gray. Refinishing hardwood floors can be a tough yet rewarding task. Https youtu be gsowp0ik0ss hey everyone my name is calvin and my. Some prefer lighter some prefer darker and some prefer somewhere in between. Over the last 7 years gray hardwood has become super stylish and continues to grow faster and faster.
I built my own wood floor out of douglas fir 1 6 and wanted to stain it grey. Staining the hardwood floors that were just sanded. Modern gray greige and brown gray stain shades for hardwood flooring. Here s how you can easily stain a floor using white vinegar and steel wool to achieve a gray aged look.
Sanding 50 year old hardwood floors. We knew we did not want to go the traditional route of dark walnut but give new life to hardwood flooring in this new build. Iron acetate is easily created by soaking steel wool in white vinegar. Grey hardwood floors vary in many different ways depending on the species of wood the intensity of the stain and the variation of the coloring.
Despite all of the work involved letting wood dry putting in the tongue and groove nailing it down sanding and more sanding filling a few gaps and more sanding then a stain prep and then the bona. Hardwood that has just been installed will not have any old finish that can have an affect on the way the gray stain is taken by the wood. We started off by exploring three stain mixes all by miniwax. Drill brushes and floor sander.
Applying a stain to hardwood floors is a great way to give them beautiful color and tone. Staining hardwood floors grey so not sure if you remember but a few weeks ago we were in the midst of deciding what shade of grey to stain my clients hardwood floors. Host david thiel offers some tips on using a floor drum sander to get the job. Most often we see warm or cold shades of gray with hues of yellow brown or beige hues in the warm end of the gray palette or blue and green tones in the cold end.
Can i stain my existing hardwood floors gray. Let the vinegar and steel wool sit overnight to three days. Follow these steps to stain your wood floors. You can give your white oak floors an aged look by staining them with iron acetate.
I used the bona grey since it works well with the bona traffic hd.