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duraseal stains on white oak

11 years ago
I thought this might be helpful to some else. I'm pretty sure we're going with dark walnut. If anyone has advice on the finish I'm thinking satin? I'll post the after when the floor is done!

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  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Satin or even Matte. Both are very popular.

  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Satin or matte unless you are a high gloss fan. Satin gives a nice glow without showing too much dust/dirt/scratches. Matte finish, especially with darker floors, have shown sweaty foot prints (oil from skin = shinier than floor = visible foot print). This is one of the few complaints I've seen with matte finish. Don't know if that matters to you...just thought I would bring it up.

    Personally I'm a fan of satin. My commerical cork floors are finished with satin and they hide a lot of things...like dust and lack of housekeeping (we sweep 1/week in the office...we don't take very good care of our floors and yet people still love how they look). I think some of that has to do with the satin finish hiding our egregious lack of housekeeping skills;-)


  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Matte would look great with that style floor.

  • 11 years ago

    The low sheen looks great and is very durable now days. The trick is putting many coats to make sure there is enough build on the floor for durability.

  • 11 years ago
    Here is the after. It's day light now, the before was at night. The color appears darker where there is no sunlight.
  • PRO
    11 years ago

    Looks like you went with a satin finish.


  • 10 years ago

    I can't seem to find it - but which stain is which?

  • 9 years ago
    Yes, Satin and I'm sorry I thought I posted the names of the colors was the reason I posted them... now I'm not sure what the names were. The only hard part now has been keeping them clean with dogs and we live in a dusty area.
  • 8 years ago

    Did you choose a Dark Walnut stain?