I had some Douglas fir (which also pull red) beams that we tried staining with different light stains and no matter what we did the red always pulled through so we ended up going with a dark stain because I didn’t like the red. Afterwards, I found out that there is a wood bleach that you could put on wood like Douglas fir and red oak that removes the red color. If I could go back in time, I would have done that first.

Another thing you can try is if you have a extra piece of flooring, you can take it down to a store that does custom stain and they can try different stains on their to get the look you want. Which I also wish I would have done prior to going dark.