On that note red brown shaded stains like walnut and chestnut have a very warming homey effect in a home and are a very safe bet.
Chestnut vs walnut wood color.
Chestnut wood doesn t refer to wood from a single tree but rather from a family of trees.
I already have an ae chestnut belt and to my eye the two belts look exactly the same.
We ve been wanting to do a wood stain study for years now and in my head i wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each but with limited resources not to mention space we settled on 5 popular species of wood commonly used by diyers with 6 different stains.
Chestnut fc 104 almond fc 42000 sealy fc 44938 golden pecan fc 41610 hoosier special.
Lighter shades like cherry and golden oak will accent the natural grains and beauty of a floor while still giving it some depth and color.
2 light 2 medium and 2 dark.
The most well known is the american chestnut which can appear in various shades from a pale white through medium brown which develops a reddish hue with age.
Are they the same or similar enough that i should return the new belt.
Special walnut is one of the go to brown stains that isn t too dark.
If you ve never heard of special walnut you won t forget it now.
Harvest fc 107 almond fc 42000 sealy.
You can see that this stain consistently pulls a brown hue with the exception of the red oak for obvious reasons.
Recently i ordered a new pair of strands in walnut and also ordered the matching walnut belt.
Maybe the color i m seeing is a bit off.