Red oak by nature will always have a red undertone so i would try 1 2 classic gray and 1 2 weathered oak.
Classic gray stain on red oak.
Otherwise you ll have pink mixed in.
Minwax classic gray stain 2 coats the coverage of this grey stain varies greatly by species.
Weathered oak by minwax.
I liked that it added a gray finish to the wood in a more subtle way and still allowed the wood grain to show through and look natural.
If you do a stain you don t need a sealer as the stain is the sealer.
The top three have less pronounced grain lines so the color looks fairly uniform.
The wood types we chose also are vastly different ranging from extremely soft birch to hard red oak with undertones all over the map.
Therefore you are just thinning out the medium brown.
Not only does the hardness effect how a wood will accept stain harder woods tend to accept stains better and more evenly but also the natural color of the wood.
Which will allow the pink blue and purple to show through.
Pine still looks pretty splotchy and oak has a zebra like effect.
Which also means the wood grains still show through the stain color.
This classic gray stain creates the perfect weathered look without over saturating with too much gray.
Classic gray and jacobean was beautiful with the grey lines and brown but still a little too dark used 50 50.
Regardless test patch at least 3 4 stains to see which you like best.
Weathered oak looks too unfinished.
Ginger if you have red oak and want to do some form of gray you will either need to bleach the floors first or choose a darker gray.
Every single piece of wood took on a gray hue including the red oak.
Gray on red oak will always allow the pink blue and purple to show through regardless of the amount applied.
It s a lighter color than medium brown.
I used two coats to really enhance the gray color that the stain provided.
Classic grey stain by minwax was one of my favorite gray stains that i tested.
Dark walnut 2716.
Special walnut and classic grey 25 75 was beautiful but still had a little too much red showing.