The floor was to be sanded stained a dark brown color and finished with four coats of a leading waterborne finish in a satin sheen.
Maple stain colors for floors.
In my own flooring business natural wood floors i have been asked to stain many maple and hickory floors when refinishing but i usually tell my customers no.
Not being satisfied with this answer myself i began experimenting with alternate methods of creating stained maple floors.
Because of maple s light color any dust or foreign debris left on the floor will show up instantly when you apply stain or dye.
Once the sanding is done then you need to thoroughly clean the wood.
The results have been beautiful.
Over the past couple of years we have experimented re done mistakes and have been able to produce some very nice stained maple floors that have cherry walnut or dark mahogany colors.
For a blonde wood look you ll see bamboo maple white oak red oak and ash.
They have been reproduced using digital production techniques.
While you can use a stain to get the darker colors mentioned above with a light color it s best to purchase a wood floor that is already blonde.
The customer and his designer made it clear that the stain color and the satin sheen level was expected to be even and uniform over the entire floor area.
European white oak in particular is enjoying a steep rise in popularity over its red oak cousin.
The colors shown are for reference purposes only.