Floors Refinished. Different Colors?

[Hotwash544]

Hi, we are having our hardwood floors refinished and having some new installed. The old were sanded down and everything was stained golden oak. Where the old and new meet there is an obvious difference. The pics uploaded don't have poly yet. What could be causing this?

 

[C.J.]

Someone didn’t match the new wood to the old wood.

 

[Hotwash544]

Someone didn’t match the new wood to the old wood.

He said they are both white oak and both stained with the same golden oak color.

 

[C.J.]

There’s more than one type of white oak as well as there are a few different grades of hardwood floor that differ by the visual appearance of the boards. All you have to do is to look at the floor and you can see there’s two different floors there. When done correctly your floor should blend nicely and you would never know the floor was added onto.

 

[Tile Tom]

Old never matches new. Not even with the same species wood.
Looks close enough to me.

 

[C.J.]

There’s a lot more swampy looking (face grain) boards in one section. Doesn’t blend with the other section.

 

[JPfloor]

He said they are both white oak and both stained with the same golden oak color.

He said same stain, I don’t see where he mentioned both being same species? Maybe white oak and red oak?

 

[Incognito]

It gets complicated:

http://wchristopher.com/wood-grades

 

[driftinwoods]

You can tint the stain on the new wood to match up with the old patina'd wood. Just takes practice and testing first.