What Is Your Favorite White Oak Floor You’ve Ever Done?

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We asked our readers on the WFB Facebook and Instagram pages to share their favorite white oak installations, and they showed off a great variety of projects.

 


 

2 M 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Justin Combes

Justin Combes

I installed it in my daughter’s house. I had a semi trailer of leftover white oak after 38 years of business. I always love to do curved layouts.

 


 

3 C 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Lorie Davidson

Lorie Davidson

This is an old Olive and Olive floor. Each piece was pillowed and burnished with DuraSeal. I spent a few weeks restoring it.

 


 

2 G 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Will Dennis

Will Dennis

White oak resawn or antique reclaimed is my No. 1.

 


 

2 H 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Wesley Fields

Wesley Fields

This one was a refinish. We sanded up to 100, water-popped and dried overnight, then 120 final pass and water-pop. We stained with Duraseal Dark Walnut, followed with two coats of Bona DriFast oil sealer and two coats of Bona Traffic HD satin.

 


 

 

Andrew Ogden

3 A 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Andrew Ogden

This is a white oak and mahogany basketweave.

 


 

2 O 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Jake Schlichte

Jake Schlichte

I just did this one. It’s Reactive and Natural White Un1co from Ciranova in the Silk sheen.

 


 

2 L 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Kenny Kostelnik

Kenny Kostelnik

2,000 square feet of 71/4-inch rift and quartered white oak that was ebonized reactively (not stained) and coated with DuraSeal oil-based satin polyurethane.

 


 

2 P 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Benny Powell

Benny Powell

This select-and-better white oak herringbone was all milled on site. It has black walnut feature strips cut from slabs on site!

 


 

3 E 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Sohp John Booth

John Booth

This one was my first job with Daniel Antes. He fumed white oak strips, cut quartered white oak, and made us some fabulous border inlays.

 


 

2 F 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Alex Hamilton

Alex Hamilton

It was all rift and quartered solid from Graf. Once I got on site I was able to upsell the client.

 


 

2 J 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Rob Griswold

Rob Griswold

This was a reclaimed floor from the Fred Jones estate before it was demolished; the wood was nearly 100 years old at the time of the demolishing. We finished this floor with Berger-Seidle Natural White and two coats of CeramicStar satin.

 


 

3 B 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Javier Cardenas

Javier Cardenas

Every piece of this 3-inch white oak rift and quartered flooring was custom-cut and stained on site.

 


 

 

Roy Aull Jr.

3 D 626 Wfb Jj26 Talking Shop Roy Aull Jr

In my own house I installed a rhombus pattern using plainsawn white oak I had in scrap. It is wire-brushed and finished with 5% white ProCoat Unocoat.

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