The next day our super nice floor guy frank applied them to the floor to let us see the stains on our red oak floors.
Expresso vs special walnut minwax floor.
I hope you have some left over wood to play with until you can get the color you want.
She said to choose one of the three if using minwax and if using another brand use the minwax colors as a comparison and never go darker than dark walnut nor lighter than special walnut.
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If espresso looks red on your floor i am guessing that you have red oak floors instead of white oak.
Hard to find pics of espresso thanks.
Refinishing red oak floors in my house.
Provincial often works better in more traditional homes and special walnut often looks a bit more contemporary.
Four colors from the left 1.
Next to my cabinets espresso seemed a little less red.
Minwax dark walnut vs.
Anyone have any ex.
They are dark walnut provincial and special walnut.
They are very similar.
Most people stain their floors in an attempt to get them to look like one of these awesome floors.
This floor has a mixture of half minwax special walnut and half minwax dark walnut.
I really loved the special walnut top left because it was truest to color without undertones and doesn t highlight the grain as much but also liked golden brown bottom left.
Chestnut is similar to special walnut but lighter.
I have followed this advice and it has never disappointed.
The golden brown definitely emphasizes the grain giving it a slightly more rustic look.
Dark walnut ebony and jacobean.
They already look great in their natural colors.
Ebony is too dark espresso is a tad too gray jacobean is a tad too brown and dark walnut is too old school.
Minwax design series washes wood effects and waxes offer new options for bare wood and wood that s already stained.
Combine the minwax design series with other minwax stains to produce on trend looks finishes and special effects.
I think it s also very pretty and i do like that it s a bit lighter and less red so it might not show dirt as much as the straight dark walnut.
Ebony 2 espresso 3.
A few posts ago we talked about hardwood floor stain colors as we mentioned we narrowed down our options to three.
I m deciding between dark walnut and espresso and just can t decide.
Special walnut is very similar to provincial but a tad browner so usually i recommend that a customer tests both colors on their floor to see which they prefer.
If you have red oak one trick you can use is to take fruitwood stain and add other stain colors to it.