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ARCHIVE
2010
apr days
• color
concept &
theory widgets and apps
mar days
• red:
a portrait of a artist rothko
feb days
• talking
heads as figure/ground
jan days
• tanja's
black light dance party
dec days
• tootsie roll pop wrappers colors & flavors
nov days
• stephen vitiello's four color sound
oct days
• atmospheric perspective
sept days
• a rainbow
of antioxidants
colors
aug days
• floor stain colorants
jul days
• minimal colors
jun days
• wildflowers cataloged by color
may days
• tennis court colors
apr days
• morandi's neutral colors
mar days
• grid colorists
feb days
• black as
film noir
jan days
• flood of toxic minerals used in paints
ARCHIVE
2008
dec days
• comple-mentary
colors
nov days
• kettle korn
packaging color change
oct days
• green fluorescent protein
sept days
• red palms - not green
aug days
• blue tunes
jul days
• “blue” - textile museum
jun days
• “fiesta- ware”
colorants
may days
• “blue alchemy” hive gallery
apr days
• “sennelier” selecting
watercolours for travel
floor staining project: to replace an old, dilapidated bedroom closet in a 1907 Queen Anne Victorian home. On thing leads to another and after removing the wall of the closet and adding a floor where there was none, the first challenge was to match the color of the new oak flooring to the old oak flooring.
The first attempt to match the old and new floors failed. Instead of using an oil based stain, we opted for a water based stain as that formulae is less toxic. Only, the water based stain can never achieve the warmth or richness of the oil based tone of the original oak floor
Only, even with using the oil stain, trying to match a new floor to a floor that was probably last finished in the 1950's did not make sense. Instead, sand the old floor and apply a fresh coat of stain to both floors.
We considered three possible stain colors: Natural, Golden Oak and Provincial
Natural is too light and too red, Provincial too dark. Final color: Golden Oak.
Minwax Stain Swatches
Please note that the company wants you to be aware of the limitations of digital color samples.
The contractor pointed out that the floor had been sanded several times before and that this was the last time it could be sanded without nails becoming exposed.
Until this much of the floor was covered, we were still unsure if we has selected the correct color. However, at this point, we were assured the Golden Oak (oil base) was a good choice and later we will stain the front rooms this same colors.
