Use these stain matching tips to replace broken or missing parts or to make new furniture match existing furniture or trimwork.
Matching old and new hardwood.
From bullnose trim to stain pens to t molding there are many ways to blend new wood floors with preexisting floors to ensure a seamless transition and a polished designer look.
Let s say you want to match a new oak table to an existing baseboard.
Conclusion on matching new and existing hardwood if you have solid hardwood it s relatively simple for a professional hardwood flooring contractor to match what you have.
To make your floors match make sure that you install site finished hardwood floors in the new room and then refinish the old floors at the same time that you finish the new floors.
You must first determine which colors went into the baseboard.
Had a similar experience in my old house.
Matching the new floors to the old is imperative to give the house a complete look.
This handy tool represents common.
If you are willing to sand possibly restain and finish the old and new floors together and you do all the things stated previously about matching the size grade type of wood etc in my experience you will not see a difference.
Start with a finisher s color wheel shown below.
Whether you ve just recently moved into your new home and some old flooring needs replacing or you ve lived in the same house for years and just want to add more hardwood in with the current wood floor as part of your renovating project it certainly is a challenging task matching an existing hardwood floor with a new one.
It s important to look at height type species grade width color and direction of wood.