Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - What is a good white wash stain on oak

I am refinishing a Mannington engineered oak floor consisting of 3" planks with micro-beveled edges. I want to try and repoduce the origninal factory finish which is what I would call a heavy white wash covered with a urethane finish. I tested a scrap left from the original installation; first sanding off about 1/16" to smooth bare wood (the finest paper used being 150) and then applying MiniWax's #260 pickled oak stain, whisch is oil based. I wiped a liberal amount of stain on with a rag and let it sit for 10 minutes before wiping the board off with a clean rag. Unfortunately, the wood didn't look much different than another test section stained with Varathane's natural stain. It almost looks like bare wood.

I will try a second application tomorrow, but if it doesn't whiten what should I try? Thanks in advance for any help that anyone migth offer.

I can't help you out with the stain, as our white washed oak floors are over 18 years old and we are in the process of trying to figure out how to refinsih them. Sanding them down to remove the bevel isn't an option and we just don't know how to get the "yellowed" old stain and urethane out of the micro bevel area. If we try to just surface sand and restain, there will be significant color diffence in the bevels (I'm sure). Any suggestions?