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So we’ve been in the house 12 years or so. It has bare wooden floors, skirtings, banister, doors and window surrounds. They were all coated in the same colour wood stain by the previous owner and he kindly left a partially used tin for us so we’d be able to colour match. I used the tin a couple of years back to touch up bits of the floor and windowsills that needed it.
You can guess where this is going. I then, like a dickhead, threw the tin away. Floors and skirtings are looking a bit shabby again. WTF do I do? Sand everything down and wax, sand down and stain a different shade, paint or just leave? I’m leaning towards leave and claiming that it adds character.
I doubt the wooden floors are "bare". I would hope they were stained - then varnished. Or maybe less good - a stained varnish in one product.
For ours (20 years since done) I think repairing worn spots (ie our had poly varnish worn through to bare dyed wood) : dying the damage slightly paler than the surrounding looks better than slightly darker. Then varnish over the top. I also tried darker repairs (or even slightly darker) and imo that approach looks grubbier than the paler approach.
If the original treatment was all in one: then someone else may have better experience.
Cheers kneed, bare probably the wrong word. Meant bare as in no coverings. Don’t think they’ve been stained and varnished, just stained or all in one job.
I would just make a guess and buy a couple of small tins to get a good match to start with.
That’s what I’m thinking to be honest spooky
If you buy stain or wood dye (that isn’t combined with varnish) then you can mix stains to achieve a desired colour.
Having said that, stain would usually soak into the wood and therefore not require replenishing, suggesting you’ve actually got a tinted varnish (which most people do indeed call stain), which needs topping up in areas. Varnish is a top coat.