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Red Oak Flooring - want to refinish with only Bona Traffic HD

5 years ago

I'm refinishing all of the red oak flooring in my 2700 sq. ft. home. Does anyone have a photo of this application? The last thing I want is a pink or red floor! Thanks.


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  • 5 years ago

    Check out G & S Floors projects. They have plenty of this on line and on Houzz.

    Michelle Pat thanked SJ McCarthy
  • 5 years ago

    @SJ McCarthy , I've searched for posts/photos of red oak with no-stain and Bona Traffic HD finish only...no luck. I guess I'm not entering good search terms. Can you point me to some links? The refinisher rep is coming out on Friday. Thanks!

  • 5 years ago

    Look for G & S Floors under 'professionals' on Houzz (top buzz bar). You will find their DOZENS of projects and photos. You will also find their activity. That's when you go into their posts...and find dozens and dozens of photos they have uploaded over the years.


    Just in case you can't find them on Houzz...here's their business link. I've already found 3 different red oak floors finished in water based products!


    hardwood flooring service: Gandswoodfloors

    Michelle Pat thanked SJ McCarthy
  • 5 years ago

    I found their page but I'm unable to find a photo of red oak with only Bona Traffic finish.

  • 5 years ago

    Red oak is red. A natural finish will have peach and salmon tones as well as amber and wheat tones. Trying to manipulate red oak to be pale usually ends up with pink oak.


    Change to white oak. Or accept the peach and salmon tones that you have.

    Michelle Pat thanked User
  • 5 years ago

    @map And your floors dont look pink. Do you remember what they used to cut the pink?

  • 5 years ago

    I suspect maybe he water popped with some green tint to cut the red from turning to pink?

  • 5 years ago
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    @map, did they water pop the floors first? I see little to no pink in there. How many coats of Nordic seal? Also did u use a satin Traffic finish?

  • 5 years ago

    @map Did you water pop? And what did you use to cut the pink? Your floors are beautiful!

  • 5 years ago

    @Michelle Pat he used the Nordic Seal.

  • 5 years ago

    @Jeff Koz he did not do a water pop. He used the Nordic seal...I’m not certain how many coats. We used the HD traffic for the finish sealer.

  • 5 years ago

    @map You wrote in a post: My floors are Appalachian red oak and Bona products was used. If I’m not mistaken they used a tannin bleed block to block out some of the red. I love them. Would love to know if you remember the name of that product and if it was used in addition to the products you mentioned. Thanks so much!

  • 5 years ago

    @Michelle Pat maybe this will help you understand. There are different Nordic Seal colors that you can use. We chose the white-ish color. Look at the container, see the different colors? The Traffic HD is a top coat to seal all of it.

    I found this article perhaps this will help.
    https://theflooringgirl.com/hardwood-flooring/bona-nordicseal-whitewashed-hardwood-floors/

    Michelle Pat thanked map
  • 5 years ago

    @map Oh, I get it now! Thanks for seeing me through this dilemma!!

  • 5 years ago

    @Michelle Pat what did you end up with? Are you happy with the results ? Pics?

  • 4 years ago

    Hi everyone! We are doing a full home renovation and have red oak floors on one floor of the house and white oak on the other floor. We are trying to get the floors to look as close in color as possible. I’ve seen a few threads and articles about using Bona Nordic Seal, Traffic HD Poly, and some mention using a country white stain (I think duraseal makes country white, and Bona just makes a “white”)- did any of you have the issue of two different woods and if so, did you do the same number of coats/combination of seals and stains on both floors? Or did you stain the red oak to dull the pink while leaving the white oak natural? We are going to sample some of the combos in the house to see before we decide but wanted to see what worked for others. Thank you!

  • 4 years ago

    Finished my red oak in natural seal and embraced the color variation. They are beautiful with a coat of High traffic on top of that. Adding white seals to red oak will create pink. Plenty of posts here that show that. Not everyone has the same types of red oak and the outcome depends on the age. Bleaching red oak may be an option but will ruin the color and grain IMHO

  • 4 years ago

    Thanks Jeff. Can you post a picture of your floors?

  • 4 years ago

    Pic of my floor

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