The main reason for this is that red oak has red undertones in the wood so when you add whitewash your get a bit of a pink look which is very unappealing for most.
Whitewash red oak hardwood floors.
So if you want a whitewashed look or even a light to mid gray you ll want to take an extra step and bleach the floors first to camouflage the pink.
None of the above reflected my vision.
So i wanted to show you how it turned out and also share the whitewash stain formula that i ended up using.
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.
Ebony walnut and chestnut which are commonly used on red oak flooring.
The floor still needs to be polyurethaned and that will happen later this week.
I was adamant that i wanted an all white house with white floors and i was prepared to go to battle for them.
Diy whitewashed red oak studio floor part 1 i gave the stain a couple of days to make sure it was really good and dry and then i mixed up my custom white tinted polyurethane to seal the floor.
To resolve the red problem he suggested a range of dark stains.
I only used the white tinted polyurethane for the first two coats and i brushed on these two coats using a 5 inch stain and waterproofing brush.