Special walnut and classic grey 25 75 was beautiful but still had a little too much red showing.
Classic gray stain on red oak.
Regardless test patch at least 3 4 stains to see which you like best.
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.
Red oak by nature will always have a red undertone so i would try 1 2 classic gray and 1 2 weathered oak.
Therefore you are just thinning out the medium brown.
Minwax classic gray stain 2 coats the coverage of this grey stain varies greatly by species.
Classic gray tends to be slightly blotchy so make sure to use pre conditioner with this stain color.
If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
Gray on red oak will always allow the pink blue and purple to show through regardless of the amount applied.
Pine still looks pretty splotchy and oak has a zebra like effect.
Weathered oak looks too unfinished.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Classic grey stain by minwax was one of my favorite gray stains that i tested.
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.
If you want a darker floor dark walnut mixed with classic gray could be nice.
Dark walnut 2716.
The wood types we chose also are vastly different ranging from extremely soft birch to hard red oak with undertones all over the map.
This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.
Classic gray and jacobean was beautiful with the grey lines and brown but still a little too dark used 50 50.
It s a lighter color than medium brown.
You just need the polyurethane on top bona traffic hd for protection.
Which will allow the pink blue and purple to show through.
Weathered oak by minwax.