Pickled Oak Stain Floors
Pickling is the best choice for white staining oak.
Pickled oak stain floors. When you talk about pickled floors first of all you have to determine what is a pickled floor. The whitewash collects in the darker grain creating a sort of sun bleached negative of the natural wood for a weathered driftwood look. So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using. I ordered the.
Once the whitewash has dried use a clear water based finish to protect the wood. All of the wood types accepted the stain well except the non conditioned birch side. In its bare essence a pickled floor is one that is white in its stain tone. Minwax wood finish is a penetrating oil based wood stain which provides beautiful rich color that enhances the natural wood grain.
The best white stain we ve found is bona white. This is much whiter than the white stain options from minwax pickled oak and duraseal country white. Once a polyurethane finish is put on top of the stain the shine will also cause the floor to appear lighter. If you still want to go even lighter try 3 4 pickled oak and 1 4 classic gray.
Pickled floor refinishing without sanding can turn out beautiful with the worn wood magic method read on to find out why. The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week. We have found those to be a bit too watery so they aren t as translucent or white as most people expect. Along with furniture like the red oak bench shown here pickling is a great choice for pine floors beadboard wainscot and paneled shutters.
It applies easily and. This stain added very little color to any of the boards maybe slightly lighter with a tinge of green but really brought out their natural color and grain. When pickling oak wood again apply the stain with a brush but it s important to wipe the stain against the grain. Gently brush on the clear finish to protect both the wood and the stain.