Most professional floor finishers use brands other than Minwax. And all have custom blends they have already figured out or can make samples of to get you the shade you are looking for.

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Our finisher used minwax. After sanding the floor down he put several stain choices down for me to look at. Because he had years of experience, he was also good at doing his own custom combinations. We used special walnut & grey stain & I’m very pleased with the results.

You might also look at Early American on your floor. I thought your choices were both pretty dark when we did our floors, but we have a lot of shade outside. Our refinishers mixed as suggested above with 1/2 E.A. & 1/2 Puritan Pine. We liked the yellow in P.P. which lightened the floor. E.A. is more mid brown.

Here is special walnut on old red oak, very neutral:

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@HU-472539249 - any pictures to share of final product/decision? Thanks!

We used Provincial on red oak, with satin finish (water based). We love it! Ciolor varies with lighting, but it is a very pleasing color- a very neutral medium brown.