Ebony Stain On Pine Floors

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Ebony stain on pine floors.

In addition to blotchiness the softer areas between the grain lines soak up stain like a sponge creating an unnatural look. For those that feel this way ebony may be a better choice. Experiment with sealing the wood on your next pine project. It s easy to end up with megablotches and it s hard to avoid grain reversal a peculiar effect that makes stained pine look unnatural.

Unfortunately when woodworkers try to duplicate that color on new pine by using stain the results are usually disappointing. We ve been wanting to do a wood stain study for years now and in my head i wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each but with limited resources not to mention space we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by diyers with 6 different stains. Fresh green wood stain cabinets stained a leafy deep green from sherwin williams would look amazing atop a rich black walnut wood floor. From furniture to floors trust minwax products that beautify and protect wood.

Maple and birch are tight grained woods with very small pores and the density of the pore wall fibers varies drastically. Floors made of maple birch and coniferous woods especially pine or fir are all very difficult to stain evenly. Blotchy stain or colorant is when there is the appearance of an inconsistent color from one area of a finished floor to another. Nov 23 2017 explore julie north s board stain pine on pinterest.

Often this is simply a physical property of the wood species itself such as maple black cherry and pine whereby it does not evenly accept stain or colorant. This post is sponsored by minwax. Antique pine often has a dark mellow color. 2 light 2 medium and 2 dark.

Use our stain color guide to pick the right stain color for your wood projects. Dark stains on pine can look horrible. Ebony is a very cool color but the stain is translucent so you can still see the graining on the wood. See more ideas about staining wood stain on pine wood stain colors.

The photo below shows the dramatic difference between the raw and sealed areas of pine using the same stain color. Stained colored floors should be uniform in color.