varathane summer oak on pine

Still, I know that being able to visualize the stain in my space is the key for me. Birch rocked Simply White and Golden Oak. My project is to build a side table and coffee table using 1/2 black iron pipe and then picking an edge glued wood for the top of it. I really liked the way pine took pretty much every single stain, and of these four I actually think it was the most consistent and true to the color I expected. Get our monthly DIY Digest in your inbox. You guys did a fantastic job with this. Do you think Provincial banister and spindles will look right with Dark Walnut stairs and floors? I have debating about what the difference a primer or conditioner will make, this was a big help! It totally removes the red/pink undertones! This was very helpful and appreciative. Any thoughts or stains you might suggest would be so grately appreciated. I would test it in a discreet area. }); Im trying to get a greige color using knotty Alder.

simply the best thing Ive seen on how various stains work on various woods Thank you for doing this. They will never match but they are closer than before. That would be a lot of work but our house is small so its doable. I loved this post so much!

Very useful to see how various woods behave and really helps in choosing what kind of wood to use!

Sent it to my boyfriend Im the researcher in this love. 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? As a result, I was delighted to have discovered your website. Ft. of 6/4. Thanks so much! varathane oleum based It is an elusive stain!! Do you have an picture example you could link me too?

I personally like the look of really light-colored wood, so often, all I want is a coat of a clear finish. The wood types we chose also are vastly different, ranging from extremely soft (birch) to hard (red oak) with undertones all over the map.

How many coats of stain did you do on the samples?

I love this! I love seeing all these options! The top flat surfaces were a disaster, but the legs cleaned up just fine and have a lovely patina. Thanks so much!!

So interesting to see the stains all lined up. Thank you!!!

Great job.

Ive personally used the weathered wood one for this project, and I used the aged wood one on this DIY raised garden bed. Yes, this is one coat of stain. Probably, but youd likely need a combo of stains and Im not sure what that combo would be. These are such a fantastic option for anyone who is nervous about trying out stain and wants to get their feet wet. White Oak has the most neutral undertones. You can get a matte finish polycrylic and that often causes the least amount of change. And were so happy to have you here. You could definitely go with black paint instead! Do you know by chance if you could go over the Jacobean with the simply white to get some contrast?

This is very helpful and well organized, thank you! Similar quality, but less prone to the orangey tones because it has more of a yellow undertone that works with the yellow undertones of white wood. Poplar looked awesome in almost every one except the Golden Pecan. Lastly, we thought it would be beneficial to see all the same wood type with different stains in one picture. We put pine floors in last year and I stained them with a colour called Special Walnut from minwax. Same with hinges.

Thanks for sharing! I am so glad I found this post and your blog. Treating raw wood with conditioner helps prevent streaks and blotches by evening out the absorption of oil-based stains. Brilliant- thank you for doing the work . Amazing photography as well.

It doesnt lean warm or cool, its that just right in-between.

The can shows how the accelerator will look on both pine and red oak, and I found that those two were the ones I tended to like them on the most! What can be mixed with #2716 Dk Walnut penetrating stain, to bring out a touch of red.

By far the best post Ive seen on explaining the nuances of staining wood. We have really loved putting it everywhere in our house.

Im having a pine table made, but I dont love any of those stains. This feels almost black on most of the wood, except for on the red oak where there are definitely more brown tones happening. Im curious of a recipe for red oak to match white oak. I love when you really get into DIY builder posts. Even when you dont want to rip down a wall, you can make that space in your home better. Thank you for your help, creativity, time and amazing design inspiration. and loving the color but they are not very easy to maintain in family homes. The blanket ladder is built with white wood (spruce, pine, or fir), and the bath/breakfast tray is made from hemlock. Oh no! As beautiful as they are, wish we had stuck with oak due to the hardness factor. At first I was planning on pine because its cheaperjust not sure which stain to usethen I thought I would spend a little more and get red oaknow I have come here and Im not sure if I want poplar, white oak, or red oak.

Thank you so much for doing this post. And I thought the pickled looked good on red oak you didnt?! Its a little smelly.

Which stain on which wood do you think is closest to West Elms pecan, like the pecan legs of their Drake sofa?

Thank you so much.

Birch has pink undertones. On the left half, I used Watcos Lacquer in Matte, and on the top right is the unfinished wood. Instead of the wood grains picking up redness, you can see they all went a very neutral brown. Also agree with comment about poly. Loved seeing all the side by side comparisons. Were in a rental so were stuck with the very dark mahogany cabinets with brushed silver hardware. Im building a Arts & Crafts hall cabinet. 4. Would the stain obscure more of the grain if left on more than 2 minutes? Im interested in the simply white stain. After reading so much about poplar being homely, I thought it would behave closer to pine. ), so I just stuck to four colors: I also wanted to show off the wood accelerators, and those are: Note: All of the photos below are straight out of my camera. It can be applied over any wood but is especially necessary when working with soft or porous woods like pine, alder, birch, and maple. The floors were sanded and then stained with Minwax Provincial. My floor guy really doesnt want to change the color of banister and spindles. I was also thinking it wasnt sanded. Im not crazy about the idea of a huge sanding project. Thanks! In the process of building a house and the trim color really has me struggling. Its important to know what undertones your wood has, because those will often become even more noticeable when you add stain. We are in the process of refinishing old pine floors. Can these stains be used for outdoor siding? Clad with durable textured thermofoils, this line is compatible with Sektion, Akurum, Godmorgon, and Besta cabinets from IKEA. Varathanes Natural stain is the lightest in their selection. I dont think it will work as well over stain, since it reacts with the wood itself), but it may help. I loved this. This was originally a part of my How to Stain Wood Guide, but I wanted to pull out this information into a separate post for those of you who know how to stain wood but want to see how wood stain colors look on various different types of wood. One application I would call subtlethe other, not so much. I think this comes out the most in the photos of the six-pack holder, which is constructed from hemlock and Doug fir. Required fields are marked *. This bed frame was built with a variety of white woods (spruce, pine, or fir).

Get the tools, mentorship, and training to be a Good Influencer professionally. I found one of the photos through a google search but a whole S load of spam sites had the photo. 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. Thats why today, Im sharing a guide I put together that showcases photos from the projects weve made over the years in different settings, with different stains, and using different wood species. Yes!! Plywood if usually birch veneered for these reasons. :). Im afraid we wouldnt be able to tell you which to choose far too many factors involved and were not there to see any of them in person. Minwax is my go to stain. You can compare this with the Provincial stain on the six-pack holder and see a slight difference. Youre right, there are so many iterations you could do of wood and stains. And though it might look even color toned, I would attribute that more to the editing of the photo. I had never used a pre-stain conditioner and also wanted to see the denefit of doing so.

You could even paint it a contrasting color! Youll notice with this stain that the effect on different wood species is less pronounced than the previous stain. Youll notice that I definitely have my favorite go-to stains that Ive come back to a lot over the years, so this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the options out thereor all of the options at Dunn Lumber. This is so great that you are partnering with Minwax.

This maybe the most helpful blog post ever. I love this! In the chess set you can see the natural stain on cedar, and with the napkin rings, you can see it on white wood. Not only did this help me decide on stains, it really helped me to better understand how different wood grains vary. We did provincial stain lightened 50%. The bed frame and the nightstands are both Doug fir, and the lanterns are hemlock. Using on pallet wood, probably pine as yellow seems prominent. Ive got you covered!

Thank for doing this! This is super helpful! The shoe storage bench and the umbrella holder are both made with white woods, and the vertical shoe rack uses a combination of cedar and poplar. containerEl: document.querySelector('#fd-form-5d839e061f3845000f2e624c') In the poplar, I felt like it really drew out some of the green undertones. This is excellent! window.fd('form', { Its also great for those of us who are comfortable with staining but just want a really easy finish!

The wooden advent calendar is a mix of white wood and hemlock. Available in 70 kid-friendly, pet-friendly fabrics, this line was created with families in mind. So, I decided to do an actual experiment to show you how different types of wood react to different stain colors. On the copper pipe boot tray, I used Doug fir and the stain resulted in almost a pinkish shade that plays off the copper color really nicely. You can see that the Minwax Dark Walnut color is more intense than the Varathane version. Haha! Thank you for taking the time to do it.

Most stains are great for interior and exterior, but youd need to check the label on the specific color and brand you want to try. Dark walnut is a go-to for me when I want a good, pure brown color that feels pretty consistent no matter what wood species Im using! I bought silver-toned door hardware for the painting gray side and antique brass for the side I want to stain. Its a truly horrible color thats hard to work with. Hi Maria!

And the second one is General Finishes Oil Base Gel Stain I read about in this article https://woodimprove.com/best-wood-stains/#product1. I would like the old world type of look to the finish.

You should really check out Invisble by Loba. My White Oak with Golden Oak Stain is going to look great this weekend :). Youll also notice that whitewood (the one on the left and the cheapest wood) occasionally gets a somewhat splotchy finish. Thank you so much for doing this! Isnt that going to make staining tricky as shown with this post, different woods take on different looks? Minwax is always my go-to for wood staining, Ive been using it for almost 20 years now. I think my blocks got mixed up on this picture from left to right you have: select pine, poplar, red oak, and then the common pine. Thanks for this post! This is another mid-range stain color, but with a more neutral base undertone. Riftsawn and quartersawn oak is gorgeous, but plainsawn needs to go away! So Dark Walnut it probably is and Ill save the white/light colored floors for my next house! Just let them sit for 30-60 minutes and youll achieve exactly the effect shown below! This DIY vertical planter is the perfect solution for small-space dwellers looking to grow a garden.

My first go around I noticed an embarrassing amount of blotching from the stain.

Thanks so much for your help and for this wonderful post! Minwax makes a a few really great topcoats. This was perfectly timed! The white oak looks even, but the red oak looks like zebra stripesalthough the dark walnut showed less contrast than the jacobean. Everything Ive used makes my red oak look pink! Is that weird? :D I hated every single stain on both oaks! Thank you!

Yes, this is my childhood home. Have you found one color stain that makes them similar? I assumed it was soft because it had the most trouble accepting stains. Thank you so much! Ive been researching for weeks and driving myself nuts with my white oak choice. I know I will always reference this post! Sorry if I missed it, but are all of these showing just one coat of stain? This was so helpful for me, and my most amateur endeavors. 5. Looks like it could pass for walnut at a glance, especially with the unconditioned side looking like wood grain. Im going to try the simply white on white oak. Thanks for this post! Teak oil is very similar to a natural oil stain because it colors the wood ever so slightly, brings out the golden tones, and doesnt change the color much beyond that. Useful helpful post. :D Thanks for the comparison so useful!! I agree with Sarah! We are in the middle of updating our 1940s fixer upper and last month we stained our upstairs, red oak floors Jacobean and I LOVE them. We finally had our floors refinished last summer to try to get them a similar color. I would have really liked to see a gray stain used as well.

I had to comment because I am standing in front of the stain display at Lowes and I am trying to pick a stain. Over time, clear stained maple goes from an almost birch white to a really deep yellow gold. Very helpful.

None of the charts here state what kind of wood is being tested. 90% of my customers choose a slightly different color on other materials that isnt flooring. It was extremely helpful. Birch is similarly light in color, but with a cooler undertone. I wouldnt feel bad about painting it, really. I love wood refinishing, hope maybe someone finds this useful :). Joining our weekly newsletter gives you access to exclusive content, never-before-seen photos, your questions answered, and our favorite DIYs. You can see the stain has a slightly more orangey tone on the white wood than the hemlock and Doug fir.

I really really love how this one looked on every single wood species! Thoughts? Very helpful post!! Im afraid of having the oil based turn simply white on white oak any bit of amber or golden. So, mix gray and brown, and thats exactly what you get! I really like the Jacobean, yet what light stain would you suggest as contrast? Wow! It got its name from being used on teak ship decks. We did a very light sanding and did stain these inside.

I have several yellow and knotty pine (I think?) You all did a lot of work thank you! more expensive) and there was some improvement. 3. (This turned out to be because I was using an older can, where the pigment had really firmly settled at the bottom of the canand I just didnt stir it enough to get the results I was looking for. Have a green thumb but nowhere to flex it? By mixing equal parts Minwax Early American and Classic Gray, I came up with my very own personal stain. Ultimately, I think Ill need to coordinate a color so that I can leave the inside of the cabinets gold, which suggests black to me. I really appreciate the effort put into this and the comparisons are really useful. Thank you for this post!

I had such a challenge finding a color that worked with the trim, floor, and lighting in the roomuntil I saw a photo in a paint catalog of a room with a trim color and lighting similar to my bedroom. It looks pretty pink even right after staining, so I dont think the white stain is on Red Oak is what you want. Ill be saving this as reference for all of my future projects :), Love this, thank you! You can see clearly the woods color undertones (yellow, pink, green, neutral, red) but they arent nearly as pronounced. These dont have poly on them. Its definitely worth trying! Darn! it feels almost blue-ish purple with the common pine, and it leans pretty green with the poplar! If this is a potential series, Id 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 love how classic / timeless it looks butthat white oak with Simply White stain definitely gives me the heart eyes. Great post & great blog!! This is a really awesome post, thank you so much! We recent had a fireplace mantle done in Red Oak and were afraid to stain it. This was a great post!! The unconditioned Birch side, again, struggled with accepting the stain, but you can also see the conditioned side of each board is slightly darker. Were a couple of homebodies, working to uncover the home our home wants to be. WOULD LOve to see samples of stains on cedar! This was very helpful in moving forward with our birch project! Wonderful!!! If nothing else, looking through our list may help you identify what elements of a stain you like and dont like. The Douglas fir has a orange tent I need to tone down.

It took me forever to find this site!

Thank you!

Nealjust curious.what stain are you going with for an A&C piece? Minwax Dark Walnut. For this particular experiment, I stuck to just wood that can easily be found at your local big box hardware store no specialty wood here.

I think this is due to a yellow undertone in those wood species, becauseon the birch midcentury litter box, you can see a different result. I guess Ill have to look up prices of birch next time I want to forego paint on my project. You may also note that the grain on the red oak really becomes obvious once you add on stain. Without being in the space we cant really say, but one thing I would do is find a piece of red oak that matches the finish of your banister etc. Not staining is also an option (one I opt for quite a bit).

Im looking for a medium toned, neutral-ish stain (I guess). Another way for us to stay in touch! Birch did surprisingly well and the oaks were naturals. I only want to create more pieces, just so I can stain them, haha! Thank you! But if its red oak, you could purchase a red oak board from Lowes and do a bunch of tests on your own to get the color right. Now I cant wait to do the downstairs, which are white oak floors. Why would they do that and not stick with white oak??? totally perfect sponsored post. Im having white cabinets/white granite with greyish Island, and butcher block counters and white windows. Ive been struggling with finding the right color for so long now! Not one of my favorite stain colors, but a good reminder to test your stain on your specific wood species before applying it to your whole project.

Ive always read that you should use the pre-stain conditioner, but never really believed the hype. But the Dark Walnut goes with our new wood floors and the vibe of our house better. Learn how to build an attractive, customizable, and colorful wooden baby gym for your nursery orliving room. Any more questions about staining? To give each wood the best chance at sporting stain, we started our study with Minwaxs Pre-Stain Wood Conditioner. Im guessing Minwax sent you one directly since they sponsored this post? Definitely referencing this any time we have a staining project. Here is an interesting link on hardwoods: http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/consumer/rediscovering-hardwoods/types-of-wood/ Article you wrote was interesting and I will assist those reluctant to try staining to maybe give it a try. which is not what I want.please help. . They look blotchy and uneven in some spots, but what bothers me more is the really darker areas and even black. You know what would make this complete? Dilute ? This experiment has been a great help! On a side note, am I the only one that reads these blog posts in Julias voiceover since they started the podcast? Looking for how a specific stain color will look on a certain type of wood? Any help would be appreciated. They look too orangey for my liking which I find happens frequently with stains and now wonder if I can go over them in a neutral darker stain but it will be a major mess, time commitment and height bravery (as they are on high parts of our house).

Can I use the accelorator Aged Wood (love that look) over one coat of a stain to deepen the dark wood tones? Its interesting because on White Oak, in our experience, the color is much lighter than what is shown in your post. We have rustic birch floors and they are quite soft, they took a beating to upstairs, moderate use. What about bleaching the red oak first then applying the simply white stain? Minwax Simply White. This is SO and great and helpful- I seriously loved reading this and studying the results.

My best guess is about $30 less coming out of my pocket which will cover door hinges, door pulls and the shelf pins..

And Red Oak should probably stay away from things that add even more red to it (like Pickled Oak and Golden Pecan). Wow, I didnt realize that about sanding! Both of these woods take stain similarly, so theres not a lot of contrast with this one. :).

Sign up below! Thank you for a fantastically organized review of stains on various woods. Youll 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. But with limited resources (not to mention space), we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by DIYers, with 6 different stains; 2 light, 2 medium and 2 dark. Its a beautiful medium shade that doesnt read yellow at all. I want a matt black stain with no shine at all.

The wood stake doormat is made from Doug fir, the chess set is made from cedar, and the tiki bar is made from a combination of cedar and white wood. That was one my absolute favorite! By the way, that article mentions Minwax Stain also. Is there yellow pine and white pine? Help! Like I said, I wish we could do 15 more of these! I loved pine with the lights and darks, but not the medium stains.

This has been a go-to stain for me over the years because its a nice neutral brown. Best bet is to cut a sample board into small pieces and do some tests until you find the right color. Great information! The use of this site is an acceptance of the Dunn Lumber Terms and Conditions.

Dalys is a less well-known stain brand to me, partly due to a misconception that their stain was less pigmented. Very helpful post! Great post. I made it custom for myself!

It takes a stain well, is durable, inexpensive, and a good cabinet choice. However, going really light has some appeal, too, but I can just envision that dingy gold coming through! It really softened each wood tone and color while not masking any grainlike semi-opaque stains do. I have a bit of a dilemma in that I have white oak floors in my newly renovated kitchen and original red Oak from 1930 on the rest of my main floor. Also was a polyurethane topcoat added which would yellow the stain some? It will really help me to choose the right product for the wood floor of my future house.

VERY instructive and helpful. THANK YOU so much for this! Curious how an oil based vs water based would affect the colors especially on the white oak. 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. Oh and Im spraying the shelf bracket flat black. Im going to need approximately 20 Bd.

Whitewood sometimes got blotchy (again, thats likely to do with the quality of the wood), and poplar looked great but its just not my favorite wood to work with so I tend to favor the others more. The pine to me looked very different from my own experience.

Anyway thank you again! So always thoroughly stir your stain!). The white on the pine makes my heart race! Any insight on how the gold would affect the stain color? This is a great example of the color difference between brands. I used Minwax Pickled Oak and it turned out gorgeous, for a first attempt. Thankyou for doing this! Could you please help me choose the right one? How many coats did you apply and how long did you leave each coat on for? Gorgeous!

Weve been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to doeverytype of wood with about 20 different stains each. This just confirms my hatred for oak. Such useful info! My favorite black paint is Limousine Leather by Behr! I have a rustic oak console with knots and grain-finished in a medium matte stain. Hi! We took 3 feet of water, in our 1955 mid century home, with Hurricane Harvey last Aug. Ive had one nightmare after the next, ever since. Thanks for sharing.

I think each wood species looked great with some stains and subpar with others. Thank you for this helpful post and for answering this question! Doing an oil based poly over them vs a water based. Think of all trim and stair parts as furniture. Im leaning towards a dark stain with no red, to contrast with the white oak floor. Really nice job on this! We let the conditioner penetrate for 15 minutes and then wiped off any excess and removed the tape and got to work applying 6 different stains to all five of our types of wood. However, it does seem that the difference in color is more noticeable with lighter stain once you get into the darker colors, they seem much more similar. I would like to see an experiment in reducing contrastboth grain and defects, such as nail holes and gapsto produce an attractive even dark tone. Renovating our #cljmoderncottage in Idaho and headed for new adventures in Raleigh, NC. I have a red oak floor Id like to redo.

Im having pine wood and cant decide to have it painted white or go with a stain. They often do. Welcome to our online community where we've posted home, DIY, style, renovations, and family since '09. So thorough. Perhaps someone could give me their opinions of what wood and stain to use with black iron pipe? Thanks for pulling this together!

I have an old 90s red oak dining table and Id like to go for the PotteryBarn Seadrift color. They were applied and excess removed within about 3 minutes. The below image demonstrates what I mean.

Minwax Pickled Oak. This post was super interesting!

This was incredibly helpful. The other three projects (the display case shelf, desktop organizer,andairplane swing) that are stained in Provincial are white wood or SPFa mixture of spruce, pine, and fir. Thank you for sharing! Do you think the Red Oak with a Simply White stain would turn pink as it ages? In the red oak, it made the board look very pink! Im considering using a dark stain, which will work better with the stone counter top color. Most excellent!

Other wood possibility is oak. With that in mind, I decided that to help you all out, I would put together a collection of photos from the projects weve made over the years in different settings, with different stains, and using different wood species.

This is one of the most helpful blog posts Ive seen on stain colors. The color looked really nice, and I instantly knew it would work in my space, too, because it was similar enough. Infact, the grain in some of the boards take on a blue/gray colour. Im currently working on a dining table for our British Colonial interior using Red Oak and was concerned with color matching the existing dark woods. What are your thoughts on this?

I didnt know they made a white stain, I want to try it! Teak oil is generally an exterior wood finish that both oils the wood and creates a protective barrier at the same time. This collection houses a great mix of traditional and modern rugs, in cottage-y colorways, as well as vintage-inspired beauties that youll want to roll out in every room.

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