Pickled Oak Stain On White Oak Floors
White oak exhibits a rosy tone when it s pickled.
Pickled oak stain on white oak floors. This is much whiter than the white stain options from minwax pickled oak and duraseal country white. 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. All of the wood types accepted the stain well except the non conditioned birch side. Next use a clean synthetic brush to apply the hydrogen peroxide.
When pickling soft woods like pine apply a water based wood conditioner first then sand lightly to allow the pickling to take evenly. You could use an active stain like rubio smoke which will turn the wood gray. Mix 1 part white latex primer sealer with 3 parts water. A foaming action will take place as the two solutions react.
I ordered the. We have found those to be a bit too watery so they aren t as translucent or white as most people expect. The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week. They are too transparent.
The best white stain we ve found is bona white. They do this by brushing on a white or light colored stain. My whitewashed red oak floor isn t finished yet but we did get the most important and definitely the most difficult step finished yesterday the actual whitewashing of the wood floor. There s a couple things you can do.
A variety of companies offer pre finished bleached pickled and lightened hardwood floors. This is the actual bleaching process and usually takes 30 minutes to an hour to complete. Using a 4 inch brush paint on a patch of the pickling solution. It can be thinned down with water to make it less dark.
Step 4 rub it in wipe it off photo by wendell t. See also white oak vegetable oiled color wood flooring large wooden strip.