Samples on Your Own Wood
Each Arlington sample sits inside a blue tape frame on sanded oak, so colors can be judged next to each other, once by the window and once in the shaded corner.
Each Arlington sample sits inside a blue tape frame on sanded oak, so colors can be judged next to each other, once by the window and once in the shaded corner.
Under stain, sanding scratches read as dark streaks, so Arlington floors get a pass with a fine screen buffer and a vacuum before any color goes down.
Stain is wiped onto one Arlington section at a time and the excess is pulled before the next, so no lap lines show between areas.
Everyone staining an Arlington floor is on the Brazil Floors payroll, carries NWFA training and insurance, and their labor is covered for twelve months.



$2.00/Sq Ft in Arlington, and that covers samples tested on your own boards, hand rubbed color and a clear top coat for protection. A floor that needs the whole sand, stain and triple coat treatment falls under refinishing at $2.50/Sq Ft.
Yes. Sanding removes the orange finish, and bare Arlington oak takes brown, walnut or espresso with no tint left behind.
Dark walnut and natural oak top the Arlington list, followed by espresso, light gray and custom blends.
Yes. Where the big sander cannot reach, edgers and hand scrapers take over, and the Arlington steps are colored to suit both floors.
Overnight for most Arlington stains. We check the surface before the clear coat so nothing smears.
Most Arlington families stay put. A few book one night elsewhere while the finish cures, mainly to escape the odor.
Usually the day after we measure in Arlington, with one small crew handling sanding, stain and seal start to finish.
Yes. Brazil Floors employees with NWFA training do the Arlington work, and twelve months of labor coverage comes with it.