Dark Stained Pine Floors

Stained dark with zar s moorish teak and finished with waterlox tung oil system.

Dark stained pine floors. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to change a wax finished hardwood to a urethane finished hardwood. Follow the directions on the can for the wood conditioner. The amount of stain that a floor can absorb is finite.

The floor will not get darker if you flood it with an excess of stain or apply a second coat. General finishes golden pine gel stain pint. In addition to blotchiness the softer areas between the grain lines soak up stain like a sponge creating an unnatural look.

That is challenge 1. Also to keep with the period we face nailed using reproduction wrought iron hand forged nails. Pine plank floors stained with minwax early american.

Using excess amounts or applying multiple coats of stain can cause the stain to bleed back where it wicks back up to the surface of the board as solvent begins to evaporate. If you want the very best stain for pine then the general finishes gel stain is the answer. However making use of the wood conditioner helps make it tougher to stain pine dark.

The widely varying grain and porosity mean some areas turn darker while others seem to resist stain altogether. If you use a high end professional grade finish system either a quality hardwax oil or a commercial grade water based finish system like we do here at tadas wood flooring then you won t have this issue to worry about. Eastern pine wide plank floor.

Nevertheless so long as you re working with a dark oil based penetrating stain you can get the dark shade you would like. Brush on two generous coats of water based conditioner. The photo below shows the dramatic difference between the raw and sealed areas of pine using the same stain color.