Minwax Classic Gray Stain On Red Oak

Although no red came through with the pine at all.

Minwax classic gray stain on red oak.

Minwax classic gray stain. 3 4 classic gray to 1 4 jacobean. Minwax polycrylic protective finish is also recommended especially over the following minwax wood finish colors. Minwax wood finish classic gray 271.

I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided. Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak. The pine turned more gray than anything. 1 2 weathered oak to 1 2 classic gray.

If you re wanting to go slightly darker than the pickled oak or wanting stain with hints of brown and gray you should probably give weathered oak a try. Minwax gel stain red elm. Pickled oak weathered oak classic gray ebony true black and simply white. The first coat was the classic gray dura sea.

Well i put down three different shades of gray but the red hues still push themselves through the gray. The color on the oak was nonexistent. Our beams are made of cedar which has more red than this reclaimed white pine. Last is the redder of the two dark stains we experimented with.

This should cover the natural pink in the red oak wood flooring and provide an even lighter color tone you are wanting. Minwax wood finish red oak 215. Puritan pine 218. Minwax classic gray came out very light.

Homeowner decided on a mix that i did that was minwax pickled out and ebony. The owner wanted his red oak floors to stained gray. The top three were a similar very light gray with slight blue undertones. Jacobean was way too dark.

Every wood species benefitted greatly from the conditioner with this stain. None of these really gave me the look i wanted from the cedar. Weathered oak and and classic gray did not cover the red in the. This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much.

The second shade was the minwax classic gray. It delivered rich dark brown tones. If you still want to go even lighter try 3 4 pickled oak and 1 4 classic gray. I tested using minwax again.

I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural. Weathered oak by minwax. Pine just looked dirty. In fact it looked almost pinky gray.