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We tried several stains on a small area of my hickory floor. The wood would not take any stain, too much blotching. There was one damaged board that I replaced. The new board stained just fine. So some hickory will stain ok, some won't.

The lower gloss satin looks very good to me. Better than the unfinished natural look. Guess I prefer a medium brown color though. One more dumb question: Can a floor finish like Bona Mega be used on the kitchen cabinets also? That would produce the exact same level of gloss on the cabinets...

Thanks for response. Reading forums, it seems about 1/2 are against, and 1/2 for staining the hickory floors. I definitely do not like the current high gloss finish. So I will have it sanded and see how the natural wood looks. If I like the natural look, I will use something like Bona...

Could someone tell me what type of hardwood this floor appears to be? http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/89/20121031134629327.jpg http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4586/20121031134639116.jpg http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/449/201210311346497.jpg It is a foreclosed house I bought. The...