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Default Can I bleach red oak so that it stains close to white oak?

On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:56:34 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd
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On Friday, July 12, 2002 4:46:12 PM UTC-7, keith edward wrote:

I have some really nice white oak flooring that I picked up....
I can not seem to find white oak posts and rails that I can stain to
match the white oak floor.


So, thinking outside the box... instead of matching, maybe you should
accentuate the contrast? How about ebonizing the red oak?

Matching: hard. Contrast: easy.

How about trying ash? The grain matches oak fairly well and is closer
to white oak than red from what I remember. My floor and my kitchen
cabinets are both "grey ash". Floor was stained, cabinets not.