Could I add a stain to the floor finish to make my floors a bit darker?
1721330
This isn't made for restaining. It's just a renewal. Unless you stripped it down to the wood staining won't help. Sorry.
1004773
NO, use a good quality Epoxy Stain.. If the floor is cured concrete, cure time is usually one to two years or more.
1194142
If by natural, you mean raw as in you can finish it yourself, no. The cabinet comes finished ie:stained and polyurathaned in a "honey oak" color. I believe you can get it in a darker color as well.
1997011
It will give a deep shine and protective coat to any hardwood floor, but will do nothing to the stains. They will be visible pretty much as they are now thru the protective coating.
1372741
they are a little darker but since it is on the floor not really noticeable
1907283
The wood is finished, so not sure it would take a stain without sanding or taking off the finish.
517119
i would recommend sanding only the surfaces that will show. as i recall, the rougher spots on the alder will stain a loi darker than the rest, so you want to achieve a very uniform color on the surface.
2090184
I'm not an expert but I think you could paint it if you sanded it first. I don't think you can stain it
1786603
I can tell you the dark oil is VERY dark. I have never seen red oak flooring, however, I looked it up on line... My opinion would be to use the light one. Unless you are looking to darken the grain of the flooring, then you could use the dark and try to darken it. It you are looking more for blending, polishing, shining, I'd go with light.
1108068
On one order, the dark Bruce was sent by mistake and we tried a small area on our light oak floor. It was not pretty at all, in fact, ugly. If you want to darken your light floor, find another product. I would suspect that you would need to sand and then apply a stain. BUT, DO A TRIAL AREA FIRST!
345545
I thinks so.. Actually, I have dark hardwood floor and antique white chairs.. The chocolate brown looks pretty good!!
891514
It is stained the same color as the rest of the unit but is pressed material not wood. It doesn't look totally finished from the back but wouldn't look bad I would say. If you have someone handy, you could likely easily modify it to make it perfectly finished. We love love love our unit!
1779688
Yes, I've found that the lighter color works better on dark floors. The darker wax can add undesired color to an older floor.
1681463
Yes, but it takes a great deal of expertise to get a good match. Many finishes on production furniture are sprayed on with a colored pigment as opposed to stained and then sprayed with or coated with a clear finish. Cherry also darkens with age naturally, so you have to take that into consideration as well. If you how the existing cabinets were finished, it might make it easier to get a decent match.
2015513
I think if its tile floor or vct tile no problem but if its mastic glueNo you need to use remover like a striper so you can stain
2078534
I only used paint and thinned it out with just a little bit of water. If stain is thinner I would assume it would work. I wish I had purchased this a long time ago before I painted 4 rooms!
1355792
Yes, you can stain it darker, but you'll need to sand every bit of the lacquer off it first, which is a BIG job. If you don't get every bit of it off, the stain won't adhere to parts of it, and it'll look bad. Now my hair dresser has one just like mine that she painted a solid color. (I like mine better. Hers looks "bumpy.") Really, I think you'll like it natural. I was gonna paint mine white, but when I got it, I changed my mind. (It matches my kitchen butcher block counter tops beautifully.) It's a nice piece.