My hallway floor does not match the living room or kitchen floors

Jacquie kitten
by Jacquie kitten
I redid the dining and living room floors sometime back but am using the same product on this hall as back then . Does not look the same.

  8 answers
  • Norris720 Norris720 on Jul 17, 2017

    Jacquie kitten - are they not matching from the stain you applied, or are you asking how to make the floor stain match on all the floors.

  • Kim Kim on Jul 17, 2017

    Is both jobs what you are showing? If so, that is definitely a darker stain. Maybe the manufacturer changed its formula?

  • Norris720 Norris720 on Jul 17, 2017

    Jacquie kitten - are they not matching from the stain you applied, or are you asking how to make the floor stain match on all the floors.

  • Shirley Gilleland Shirley Gilleland on Jul 17, 2017

    Restain it all to match, if you have the time and money, or use peel and stick tile for a temporary fix. Then use the end connection (I can't think of the exact name right now) that finishes a wood floor, to stop the flow and cover the seam.

  • Joolzmom Joolzmom on Jul 18, 2017

    The old has aged. I have had this problem and a light sanding on the old then stain to match

  • Sharon Sharon on Jul 18, 2017

    Looks like the bottom half has faded from sunlight? I would strip up the top half using a stripper made for stain, and then match the floor using either the internet color chart or a brochure from either Minwax or Varathane stains. If the color is in between 2 stain colors... buy both and add the darker stain to the lighter stain a little at a time, making sure both are well mixed to the bottom until it matches. Try on scrap wood, in strips until one matched older floor.

  • Cynthia Odell Bull Cynthia Odell Bull on Jul 18, 2017

    Use a floor sander to get all of it down to bare wood. Stain it all at the same time after that. Polyurethane everything to protect it.

  • Charlee Hunter Charlee Hunter on Jul 18, 2017

    I would do what Cynthia suggests. If you want it all to match, I'd get a floor sander and start all of it new with the exact same stain.