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27 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Thermal modification turns red oak chocolate brown, keeping that color longer when sealed. The wood stays stainable and accepts various finishes, though it will eventually gray outdoors without protection.

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Traditional red oak is not really in design trends anymore, a little too red. After thermal modification, thermal red oak becomes this beautiful chocolate brown color. And obviously if you wanted to put an additional sealant or finish on it, it sort of retains that color a little longer. Is it still stainable? Would it take stain and things like that as easily? Yeah, it would do a finish. We do have some options that add some color tones to it. You could go lighter, you could go a little bit darker, but traditionally folks just want like the wood to cut the wood. And they also, it'll gray out and fatigue. Similar to other outdoor wood products. And so adding a layer of finish can just help preserve that color if that's what you want.