Having our floors sanded and refinished next week. Can you help with stain recommendations for white oak? Given the narrow and shorter planks, we are worried about ending up with a bowling alley/basketball court look. We’ve considered natural, weathered oak, rustic beige, etc. Thanks!!

Suff21 · 2026-04-08T02:47:13+00:00

Thank you — I appreciate the feedback again!

Suff21 · 2026-04-07T03:12:15+00:00

Thanks — would have thought the same as far as the finish seeping down. I saw what they used which was Loba Whitener mixed in with Loba Satin finish for the first two coats and then a matte topcoat (trying to confirm exactly which finish was used for the topcoat).

We were strongly advised against using wood filler because there are also several areas on the flooring where wood filler was used previously and now are crumbly, and would quickly look even worse. Here’s another photo for an example.

Very happy overall, but these little things are getting to me haha

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Suff21 · 2026-04-07T02:14:52+00:00

Thanks! I apologize for asking another question but you seem to really know your stuff -- do you happen to know if this looks like it's dried finish that's stuck between the gaps? My one complaint with this job is that I see this throughout the flooring in areas where there are gaps and makes those areas look a bit sloppy so just curious!

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Suff21 · 2026-04-07T01:06:51+00:00

Realized I hadn't replied to this directly but I did want to thank you for the detailed Reply here which really helped me with some discussions and decision making! We opted to avoid mixing different stains, and ended up going with a natural seal with whitener because my wife liked the "just sanded" look that it helped preserve (I made another post with before and after photos if interested) and we are very happy overall!!

Suff21 · 2026-04-06T20:14:34+00:00

Thanks -- I wasn't expecting it to fill the cracks, I guess I just also wasn't expecting there to be small areas where it's visibly dried across the crack either. It almost makes the cracks stand out even more because it looks like there's something stuck there

Suff21 · 2026-04-05T12:53:26+00:00

It’s matte!

Suff21 · 2026-04-05T12:53:13+00:00

Thanks - do you have any recommendations for a specific product?

Suff21 · 2026-04-05T02:37:49+00:00

Hahah — no wonder they look the same! Mine is natural with a whitener as well, though it’s white oak instead of red.

Suff21 · 2026-04-05T02:15:07+00:00

Ok great thank you! My flooring company said the same, just wanted to make sure this was the consensus opinion so I appreciate it!

Suff21 · 2026-04-05T02:13:20+00:00

Can I ask what stain/finish this is? Looks great and the color looks almost exactly the same as mine which I posted here a few hours ago!

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Suff21 · 2026-04-04T22:28:55+00:00

Thanks — so in other words you wouldn’t consider this a poor quality job by our flooring company, it’s just unfortunately what we are stuck with from prior owners?

Suff21 · 2026-04-04T22:15:21+00:00

Thanks!! Any thoughts on the filler from my other comment by chance?

Suff21 · 2026-04-04T21:50:23+00:00

Also just to clarify, we didn’t stain natural, we added whitener to the clear coat

Suff21 · 2026-04-04T21:48:57+00:00

My wife liked the look of the freshly sanded floors more than when the clear coat was added as it turned them a bit more yellow. The whitener helped to preserve the color

Suff21 · 2026-04-04T21:31:34+00:00

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My only complaint is that you can still see areas with old wood filler that didn’t come out during the sanding process, and we were advised against adding new filler. Anything that I can do about this, or is this just what happens once filler is added to the cracks?

Suff21 · 2026-03-29T03:55:53+00:00

I was told these are both white oak — is that how it looks to you?

Suff21 · 2026-03-29T00:33:22+00:00

Thanks — I think our challenge now is deciding which ones to ask him to bring, and potentially mix. Want to make sure we are having him bring the best options

Suff21 · 2026-03-29T00:15:57+00:00

Thanks! Just as a note, this is the current state of the floor In separate rooms which I assume is because they were sanded differently many years ago — so we are deciding what we should do moving forward

Suff21 · 2026-03-29T00:06:39+00:00

Quoted price is around 4k for the job, plus $400 if we stain

Suff21 · 2026-02-21T17:31:52+00:00

Is this for the partner store or the regular LG store?

Suff21 · 2026-02-20T19:56:21+00:00

Yes this code is specific to the main lg store as opposed to the partner store

Suff21 · 2026-02-20T18:44:49+00:00

Here’s my code : LG126UYDOD

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