Ebony Stain On Pine Floors

Ebony is a very cool color but the stain is translucent so you can still see the graining on the wood.

Ebony stain on pine floors.

Keep the countertops simple with a medium gray quartz material such as caesarstone s concrete. For some people true black is just too dark and yes it is more challenging to maintain. It s easy to end up with megablotches and it s hard to avoid grain reversal a peculiar effect that makes stained pine look unnatural. Floors made of maple birch and coniferous woods especially pine or fir are all very difficult to stain evenly.

Often this is simply a physical property of the wood species itself such as maple black cherry and pine whereby it does not evenly accept stain or colorant. Unfortunately when woodworkers try to duplicate that color on new pine by using stain the results are usually disappointing. The photo below shows the dramatic difference between the raw and sealed areas of pine using the same stain color. Blotchy stain or colorant is when there is the appearance of an inconsistent color from one area of a finished floor to another.

In addition to blotchiness the softer areas between the grain lines soak up stain like a sponge creating an unnatural look. We ve been wanting to do a wood stain study for years now and in my head i wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each but with limited resources not to mention space we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by diyers with 6 different stains. Maple and birch are tight grained woods with very small pores and the density of the pore wall fibers varies drastically. Fresh green wood stain cabinets stained a leafy deep green from sherwin williams would look amazing atop a rich black walnut wood floor.

Use our stain color guide to pick the right stain color for your wood projects. 2 light 2 medium and 2 dark. For those that feel this way ebony may be a better choice. From furniture to floors trust minwax products that beautify and protect wood.

See more ideas about staining wood stain on pine wood stain colors. Before applying stain to your wood floor you need to know what species it is. This post is sponsored by minwax. Experiment with sealing the wood on your next pine project.

Dark stains on pine can look horrible. Wood finish water based penetrating stain tintable colors reds.