Samples on Your Own Wood
On your sanded Bellingham oak, blue tape marks off two or three colors right beside each other, so you judge them in your own window light and in the dim corner too.
On your sanded Bellingham oak, blue tape marks off two or three colors right beside each other, so you judge them in your own window light and in the dim corner too.
Stain finds every scratch the sander left and darkens it, so the Bellingham floor is screened fine and vacuumed thoroughly before any color is opened.
Color goes on one section at a time and the excess is wiped away before the next section starts, so no lap line ever shows across a Bellingham floor.
Our Bellingham staining crew is on the Brazil Floors payroll, trained to NWFA standards and insured, and the labor is guaranteed for a full year.



Two dollars per square foot, written $2.00/Sq Ft, is the Bellingham staining price. For that you get test squares on the oak you already have, color worked in by hand and a protective clear coat. Taking the floor down to bare wood and building it back with stain and three poly coats is the $2.50/Sq Ft refinishing service.
Yes. The orange lives in the old finish, and once it is sanded off the bare oak takes brown, walnut or mahogany cleanly.
Mahogany and natural oak most of all, followed by espresso, light gray and blends mixed in the driveway.
Yes. An edger and hand sanding take the steps down to bare wood, then the stain is matched so the upper and lower floors of the house read as one.
Most colors need a night. Next morning the crew checks the surface before any clear coat goes over it.
Most Bellingham families do. Some choose a night away while the finish cures, mainly because of the smell.
Usually the day after we measure, and one small Bellingham crew handles sanding, color and sealer.
Yes. Brazil Floors employees trained to NWFA standards do the staining, and the labor is warrantied for a year.