Since no one has responded--I have 3" quarter sawn red oak floors if that helps. The main difference between the appearance of red oak and white oak (I'm no expert so I may be wrong) is the color (reddish tint as opposed to greenish/white tint) and the rays in white oak are longer on average than in the red. Also, there is a big difference between the look of quartersawn and regular sawn though, and it sounds like you are going with regular sawn so my pictures probably wouldn't help.

Here is a picture of the corner of my kitchen. Clear white oak, 3 1/2", satin poly, no stain.

Carolyn, yes, it'll be regular sawn white oak. I'm sure your red oak quarter sawn floors are gorgeous, though.:-)

Sue, thank you for sharing your pretty floors!

Anyone else?? :-)

Our floor is 4" select white oak. It has a red oak stain and a satin poly finish.
The stain was not left on as long as I would have liked so it is more of a medium oak stain color.
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1sst, thanks for sharing. Looks pretty. We're wanting a light to medium color, close to yours. Something warm and rich but not so dark to show every dust speck either.:-)

mitri89,

We put in white oak, site-finished floors. I think they are 3 1/4 in. and they are a #2 common so they have some
'distressing' and color variation in them. We just have a clear poly finish, no color.

HTH

Here is a link that might be useful: white oak floor

twotogo - Your floors are beautiful, thanks for posting a picture.:-)

All these pictures are making me anxious to see our floors going in soon.

#2 common 4 in. with coffee bean stain.

dallasbill - Beautiful floors, thanks for posting.:-)