Hi! So interesting to see the stains all lined up. Probably, but you’d likely need a combo of stains and I’m not sure what that combo would be. yes! Do you have any recommendations? I loved this post so much! Great article – one of the very best I’ve seen on the effects of Minwax stains on different woods. I’m having white cabinets/white granite with greyish Island, and butcher block counters and white windows. I really would like to cool down the warm undertones some, and I am wondering- do you think more coats of the white would do that? Furniture that you ... For more information about Minwax Wood Finishes, please refer to their website. Would it be too white going that route? Also, professional pros (the ones who take their time to listen to you and do the job right) always water-pop the wood when using dark stains. The pine looks SO MUCH better with the conditioner. Did I mention we bought bright orange appliances by the Big Chill pro line? The cherry does not ‘show’ where any of the doors are. Amazing photography as well. We recent had a fireplace mantle done in Red Oak and were afraid to stain it. yes! I just wished you used cedar wood for this experiment (that’s what I’m using on my next project ;p), My only gripe is that I have been trying to find the Minwax Simply White stain, but it’s nowhere to be found both in stores or online. This is a great post and helped me decide which stain to use on the twin bed my husband is making for our son! Can you explain what you meant by “lighten if 50%” – how did you do that? We have rustic birch floors and they are quite soft, they took a beating to upstairs, moderate use. Thanks so much!! They’re not bad and look nice but not my color of choice. Thanks!! more expensive) and there was some improvement. We’ll try out Golden Pecan, Golden Oak, Puritan Pine and Natural. Do you have tips for re-staining newly nailed western red cedar shingles? There is not much worse than putting on the wrong stain, especially if you are working with dark ones. Great post & great blog!! Just wanted to say thank you. I’m going to try the simply white on white oak. They look incredible. All of the wood types accepted the stain well, except the non-conditioned Birch side. I really like the Jacobean, yet what light stain would you suggest as contrast? We put in red oak because our flooring guy had a bunch of it and we got a good deal. Had I known that I would’ve picked red oak again for my kitchen although it’s not my preference. Please send any attachments to [email protected]. Any thoughts or stains you might suggest would be so grately appreciated. We take a personal approach to every single floor we stain, to make sure you are satisfied with the color. It should! Loved this! You’re right, there are so many iterations you could do of wood and stains. I’m open to suggestions on which of the ones here to use or if you have something else I should look at (different color stain), let me know! I’m going to give it a try. I’ve heard that using ebony obliterates contrast. There is very little difference between the conditioned and unconditioned white and red oaks, but the other three definitely benefited from the pre-stain conditioner. I should add, I did solid cherry butcher block countertops, kitchen cabinets painted Repose Gray (as are all walls and trim). 'http' : 'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)) {e = d.createElement(s);e.id = id;e.src = p + '://' + 'widgets.rewardstyle.com' + '/js/shopthepost.js';d.body.appendChild(e);}if(typeof window.__stp === 'object') if(d.readyState === 'complete') {window.__stp.init();}}(document, 'script', 'shopthepost-script'); Your email address will not be published. Thank you for sharing! How many coats did you apply and how long did you leave each coat on for? I was wondering how the oak would look with a stain – now I have a better idea! These don’t have poly on them. I’m not sure how (or if it is even possible) to achieve the color I want. I can’t thank you enough. Mesquite Red. Very helpful. It is an elusive stain!! Prep- if you sand wood, the grit that you finish at will dramatically change how much stain is absorbed. I think ‘General Finishes’ is better because as the author says it’s great for difficult to stain pine and it’s easy to apply for the person who has no experiences in staining wood like me. This is absolutely one helluva valuable test and comparison. Stain the front of the cabinet doors with light and even strokes to avoid clumping. Minwax Dark Walnut. Thanks for that. Yes, the harder (denser) the wood, like yellow or white birch or maple, oak, the more difficult it is to accept stains where you want darker results. Thanks for this! Do you know how Chestnut stains? Thanks for the inspiration. Same. Help me with your special undertone eyes! I personally prefer medium colors so I actually really like the medium stains best on the pine (although that birch is beautiful and I wish I was doing that haha). Would you please share the technique you used on the simply white? Love my pine floors! There are 2 options of stains I found for me but I can’t decide which one would be the best. Thanks for doing this experiment and sharing! Minwax Golden Pecan. And Red Oak should probably stay away from things that add even more red to it (like Pickled Oak and Golden Pecan). Poplar has green undertones. Hopefully I’ll be able to decide if this is something I want to tackle. Great post idea. When working with maple or birch, you usually leave the stain on longer to achieve a darker result. I only wish you could have tested all of them. You could check you local Home Hardware store in the stain and paint department's they have little wood samples and how a certai stain looks on the different woods, finding a similar dark waterbase stain for comparing. This was very helpful and appreciative. This is a really cool post. We took 3 feet of water, in our 1955 mid century home, with Hurricane Harvey last Aug. I’ve had one nightmare after the next, ever since. This stain added very little color to any of the boards, (maybe slightly lighter … I also tried with and without conditioner, which didn’t seem to make much difference with the darker samples. About Stain & Poly Water-Based Cut your application time in half with Rust-Oleum® Varathane® One Step Stain & Polyurethane. Minwax 70041 1 Quart Wood Finish Interior Wood Stain, Golden Pecan by Minwax. Shop Minwax Wood Finish Oil-Based Stain Golden Oak Oil-Based Interior Stain (Half Pint) in the Interior Stains department at Lowe's.com. I had to decide quickly (insert problem) for selecting a stain and was not used to staining any type of cedar and made the mistake of teak (color choice). Thank you for doing such a great post! View Product Page. i want to try the white after sadning but i think ill do the walnut to match my dark floors and grey corrian counters. What about bleaching the red oak first then applying the simply white stain? I’ve been dying to redo my 1990’s era red oak floors for a long time now, but haven’t been able to find any really useful information. We’re in the process of refinishing our red oak floors and have searched what feels like the entirety of the internet for a post like this! We have aged red oak floors that are very orangey and when we reach the point of refinishing I’m trying to decide if I want to stain it with something to neautralize the red just a little or go light. I found that anything with even a slightly blue-ish undertone (some of the whitewashes and grays have) turned our floors lavender! I will definitely refer back to this in the future. As a reminder, here are all the types of wood in their natural, raw state: 1. Add Minwax Ebony color stain to this experiment! Is that weird…? Thoughts? Yes!! Doing an oil based poly over them vs a water based. totally perfect sponsored post. Thank you for taking the time to do it. But if it’s red oak, you could purchase a red oak board from Lowe’s and do a bunch of tests on your own to get the color right. Gorgeous! Minwax Pickled Oak. Wow, I didn’t realize that about sanding! Need your advice. The green that is generally very pronounced in Poplar, turned into more of a warm gray. That being said, I do love pine in those middle shades. Thanks so much for putting this together. This helps a lot!! Really! It’s a beautiful medium shade that doesn’t read yellow at all. I must have read that wrong somewhere. :D Thanks for the comparison – so useful!! :). Thank you for doing this! thank you for showing me how to stain my red oak cabinets. This is one of the most helpful blog posts I’ve seen on stain colors. Im looking for the perfect stain for my coffee table made of poplar. Would the stain obscure more of the grain if left on more than 2 minutes? And I bet you’ll never guess Red Oak’s undertones. I don’t know if everything else (floor, walls) is ‘cool’ if the tone should be warm? I don’t have the same wood as the doors, to do samples on, but I’ve used the conditioner and sampled Red Mahagony (way too purple and dark), Dark Walnut (too dark), Special Walnut (a contender), Gunstock (way too orange), English Chesnut (not too bad), Cherry (very light) Honey (very dark!? But then there is the world of bleaching! Darn! This just confirms my hatred for oak. if you have other ideas let me know. Minwax Golden Oak was applied to whitewood, poplar, pine, and red oak to show the various colors it will stain depending on the wood. Best option is to cut small pieces of what you’re going to be using and do some at-home tests to see the impact. To give each wood the best chance at sporting stain, we started our study with Minwax’s Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner. We will be glad to provide you with an actual stain sample on the wood you choose for your door with your approval package if requested. I thought the pickled looked nice too. Thank you for this helpful post! We chose to experiment with this stain color because of its mid-range tint with red undertones. I used it mixed with Golden oak to match the stain on my new white oak treads to the mellowed natural red oak that was polyed with oil based poly which mellowed very golden. See more ideas about staining wood, stain, merillat kitchen cabinets. Although, no red came through with the pine at all. I’m building a Arts & Crafts hall cabinet. Minwax is always my go-to for wood staining, I’ve been using it for almost 20 years now. Red Mahogany. It absolutely helped me to decide on a stain color for our floors, and we will use conditioner, which I wasn’t aware was even an option! Also was a polyurethane topcoat added which would yellow the stain some? The effect can change not only from stain to stain, but from wood species to wood species and even from one board to another within the same wood species. Going to bookmark it or future reference. Using on pallet wood, probably pine as yellow seems prominent. The other woods took the stain well, with more redness coming out of the conditioned sides of the boards. In the past, if what I stained was too intense, I mixed a little light grey paint with lots of water, brushed it over the stained wood, then wiped it off. I wanted to point out 2 other variables though that would affect color, just in case someone with different results might be wondering why: 1. It doesn’t look like it from the red oak samples. None of the charts here state what kind of wood is being tested. And I LOVE that white stain – someone mentioned they cant find it – hope that isn’t an issue. THANK YOU so much for this! It turned out a very neutral, medium brown colour. And yes, the prestain saves the day on birch. I would have really liked to see a gray stain used as well. Never saw this before. Thanks for this post! Poplar looked awesome in almost every one except the Golden Pecan. I have some white oak chairs I bought half finished from an antiques place and stained dark walnut… they came out like a dream. It totally removes the red/pink undertones! I have been doing wood finishing for over 20 years and I can’t tell you how hard it is to get a client to appreciate how different stains look on different types of wood. It takes a stain well, is durable, inexpensive, and a good cabinet choice. I think some people just don’t care about that sort of thing! I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to tell you which to choose – far too many factors involved and we’re not there to see any of them in person. Thanks, all! I think each wood species looked great with some stains and subpar with others. And the second one is ‘General Finishes Oil Base Gel Stain’ I read about in this article https://woodimprove.com/best-wood-stains/#product1. This is sososo helpful! Thanks so much for your help and for this wonderful post! My mistake! I think the huge variation in poplar might drive me a little crazy, but birch does look awful stunning in those two dark stains. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. From your testing I realized I can use the red oak since my stain although not as dark as the jacobean will make seeing the difference in white vs. Red oak undetectable. <3, Thank you SO much for this post!! Shop Minwax Wood Finish Oil-Based Stain Golden Pecan Interior Stain (Quart) in the Interior Stains department at Lowe's.com. looking to refinish our hardwood floors. Maybe Jacobean. I’m leaning towards a dark stain with no red, to contrast with the white oak floor. Thanks for doing all the hard work! I’m having a pine table made, but I don’t love any of those stains. :D I hated every single stain on both oaks! I really like this post and would love to see another post just like it, but with different woods and stains. We found some pieces of the cypress in the basement, and our contractor should be able to give us a piece of oak. It’s not even like it’s a huge price difference! Not only does the hardness effect how a wood will accept stain (harder woods tend to accept stains better and more evenly) but also the natural color of the wood. Natural 209. Any insight on how the gold would affect the stain color? What can be mixed with #2716 Dk Walnut penetrating stain, to bring out a touch of red. Thank you. We’re in a rental so we’re stuck with the very dark mahogany cabinets with brushed silver hardware. "Thanks for following along as we uncover our home's potential. Curious how an oil based vs water based would affect the colors especially on the white oak. Wood conditioner is certainly key (learned that the hard way). Also agree with comment about poly. The pine turned more gray than anything. You want some contrasts. Full Disclosure on Sponsorships & Affiliates, Casual Friday: Polly’s Sleeping, Eating and Schedule at 6 Months old, How much is all this costing? Also, which wood would be most like maple? Question, do have any idea as to whether the sealer/shellac will change the stain colors at all (i.e. Treating raw wood with conditioner helps prevent streaks and blotches by evening out the absorption of oil-based stains. It really is gorgeous! I just sent them an example photo of something I like, but didn’t specify a stain. Gunstock. I bet this would be true for furniture refinishing too! I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I love wood refinishing, hope maybe someone finds this useful :). Thanks! We hope you feel welcome and maybe find inspiration, because we should all love where we live.". I am fairly positive birch, and pine woods moreso pine fake stain darker than oak, and depending what stain and sealer is on it now even if lightly stained, make a difference. Minwax Jacobean. Thank You! Best practice would be to get a piece of walnut and do some tests. It applies easily and You’ll see just how necessary it is in a minute, because of course we took our observations one step further and only used conditioner on the bottom half of each piece of wood so you can see the difference it makes. yes! Golden Pecan 245. Customize color or achieve a darker color by adding additional coats. It is important to realize that wood changes colors when exposed to light and air. This is so useful!!! I cannot thank you enough for doing this experiment and sharing it! Sugar Creek Amish Furniture offers a variety of options for almost every piece of hand-crafted furniture we sell. var rsLTKLoadApp="0",rsLTKPassedAppID="714598600"; This content requires JavaScript to be enabled, and the site or browser may be disabling it. Please sponsor at least one more post just like this but with other woods and stains. nightstands I’d like to refinish to make more at home — after this post I’m seriously considering stain instead of paint. © 2018 DOORS BY DECORA, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Everything I’ve used makes my red oak look pink! This is SUCH a helpful post! Its interesting because on White Oak, in our experience, the color is much lighter than what is shown in your post. I used Minwax Pickled Oak and it turned out gorgeous, for a first attempt. This makes me want to get some wood and stain it for a piece in my house. If this is a potential series, I’d love more in depth on layering stains and working with Gel Stains as that is surprisingly easy to do but provides very ‘next level’ results. I had never used a pre-stain conditioner and also wanted to see the denefit of doing so. Love this post! Applies easily with high quality synthetic brush, lint-free cloth or foam applicator. This is one of my favorite posts I have ever read – ! My first go around I noticed an embarrassing amount of blotching from the stain. I wondered why the pine wood looks such a different color in the picture where you have all the pine boards next to each other vs. in the pictures with the Jacobean and Dark Walnut stains? Great information! I’ve always read that you should use the pre-stain conditioner, but never really believed the hype. I am sure it has something to do with the particular piece of wood. Do you have an picture example you could link me too? I’m loving the simply white on the pine but I was hoping to get your opinion!? The ever popular and inexpensive Pine has yellow undertones. So I remembered your post and whipped it up.. thank you. This is excellent! thank you so much for this. one i have used cuprinol dries to s shine. I’m about to work on a project that consists of staining some wood, so would appreciate any tips! White Oak has the most neutral undertones. Plywood if usually birch veneered for these reasons. I’m curious if you sanded the samples, that also makes a big difference especially with pine… I’m surprised by some of your results on the pine, I use pine with minwax everyday to build furniture and I get very different results. Nutmeg. Loved seeing all the side by side comparisons. Golden Pecan Classic Wood Interior Stain provides a rich natural color that beautifully enhances the wood grain. It takes an expert to know wood species and how the floor stain absorbs into the wood grain. It is recommended that hardwood doors be stained before applying the finish. And I didn’t realize how much I loved birch and poplar before this! Exactly what I was looking for. My husband and my new contractor think I’m nuts. This is so helpful as we’re trying to pick a stain color for a piece of furniture. I have a red oak floor I’d like to redo. The information I came to the comments looking for! I was also thinking it wasn’t sanded. and loving the color but they are not very easy to maintain in family homes. This effort is sooo great! Thank you so much! Cherry 235. formId: '5d767f96afdf3e000f968472', White Oak can’t take a bad picture. I’m surprised how subtle simply white was on oak, less painted white looking than I expected. You can see clearly the wood’s color undertones (yellow, pink, green, neutral, red) but they aren’t nearly as pronounced. Ipswich Pine 221 ... Gunstock 231. 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