We are adding an addition to our home and added red oak in the addition with the intention of trying to match it with what we have in the rest of the house. The company I hired could not successfully match the floor color. I ended up having them resand the entire addition since what they did didn't match and we made the decision to refinish the floors in the old part of the house as well so everything would be the same color.
The new stain color (Early American by Duraseal) is down now with one coat of water based poly and I can see dark spots from where they put the samples bleeding through. There is one large spot as well as several areas of uneveness and a few smaller splotches where the stain is much darker than the rest of the floor.
The stains are in an area where they will be highly visible and will not be covered by cabinets, rugs etc. Is there anything that can be done about this? Is this a result of poor preparation? Trying to understand why this happened and what can be done about it before going back to the flooring company.