There are several simple affordable ways to make wood darker that you can do right at home.
How to make a finished stained oak floor darker.
Red and white oak are the most common types used in america with white oak being the cheaper variety.
By using a chemical wood stain or trying.
At 7 10 per can it might be an expensive way to change cabinet doors but for light oak frames small furniture items etc a good way.
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Dampening the surface opens the wood fibers and allows the stain to penetrate more deeply which results in a darker finish.
If a darker color is what you want you are in the right place.
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Oak wood has a porous quality to it which makes it very absorbent of staining materials.
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The floor will not get darker if you flood it with an excess of stain or apply a second coat.
Wet a dishcloth and wipe down the oak.
Using excess amounts or applying multiple coats of stain can cause the stain to bleed back where it wicks back up to the surface of the board as solvent begins to evaporate.
The color of the original stain and the tinted polyurethane combine creating a darker slightly different shade.
Allow the wood to dry overnight.
For example neutralize a light warm maple with a darker oak to neutralize orange.
If the wood has been stained but not finished do not scuff or sand.
They are a really nice dark rich color.
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The amount of stain that a floor can absorb is finite.
Doing so will remove the color from the edges leaving the project looking.
Make it more red or brown without darkening it polyshades can help.
The table is now a pretty dark brown the grain still shows the spray paint comes out as a very fine mist easy to work with and a coating of spray poly added to the effect.
I just had my red white oak hardwood floors stained with 2 coats of ebony dark walnut.