Comments on: What Colour Do I Use To Stain An Oak Dining Table, Not Yellowy Or Reddy?

By: Sharinga

Sharinga — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:00:14 +0000

Minwax makes a clear poly that will let the natural beauty of the wood come through. The more coats, the darker it will get. We used it on all of the new oak doors & cabinets in our house.

By: johncob

johncob — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:17:53 +0000

Use a spirit base woodstain, possibly walnut. Try on the underside first, applying it with a ‘ball’ made from an old rag with a piece of sheet or so tied over it. careful how you go, you dont need much stain, just so you can build it up gradually. when its too dark, theres no going back… When you have the technique, slowly build the colour on the top to your taste. The effect of the stain will be to make the surface rough, like wet blotting paper. gently rub this off with very fine wire wool when the stain is dry. Then a good beeswax polish.

By: mywaypin

mywaypin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:12:46 +0000

Try a Walnut stain. Always good to do a test on a scrap of wood first or the underneath of the table in case you don’t like the color!!! Good Luck

By: ben b

ben b — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:59:30 +0000

dont stain it. OIL it. a wood oil (linseed etc) brings out grain and deepens colour. Read up on this technique, and then wax it after, read up on waxing too, the wax can also be tinted. This wont be old fogey wardrobe brown, but do you really want it?
An oiled and waxed natural oak, will look so different from the raw, and not fake!

By: sinkcat

sinkcat — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:45:14 +0000

Please don’t go for the Dark oak. The light oak will age with time and if it is not what you are looking for easier to remedy. You get most wood stains in a good DIY store. Good Luck take your time with it .

By: kevin h

kevin h — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:03:53 +0000

why on earth would you want to stain oak ,just use a bit of oil,or beeswax,

By: blondie

blondie — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:24:26 +0000

Use a dark oak stain – any DIY shop, even Woolworths, sell it.

By: susieque

susieque — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:12:35 +0000

Go to the underside and do a test portion with a walnut color.
I use it on so many woods, and have refinished most of the things in my home on my own.
The walnut takes on different values depending on the fine-ness of the wood I am staining, but I have a favorite oak table I did using the walnut stain, and it is far and away my best work yet!
Good luck! I think you will be happy with it!