Samples on Your Own Wood
Each sample is boxed in with blue tape on sanded oak so you compare colors side by side, near a window and in the shade.
Each sample is boxed in with blue tape on sanded oak so you compare colors side by side, near a window and in the shade.
Stain magnifies every sanding scratch, so a fine screen buffer follows the sanders and the vacuum picks up what remains.
Stain is wiped onto a manageable patch and the extra pulled off before the next, so seams never show between sections.
In Darien, staining is done by staff on the Brazil Floors payroll, NWFA trained and insured, and their labor is warrantied twelve months.



Hardwood floor staining is $2.00/Sq Ft, which includes stain samples on your floor, hand applied color and a clear protective top coat. A full sand, stain and three coat refinishing is the $2.50/Sq Ft service.
Yes, after sanding to bare wood a cooler brown or gray stain cancels the orange. We test it on your floor first.
Dark walnut and natural oak lead in Darien, with gray gaining ground in renovated waterfront houses.
Yes, we hand sand the treads and tint them so the stair reads as one with both floors.
Overnight before the top coat, longer in humid weeks near the Sound. The crew checks it before sealing.
You can stay, but stained rooms are off limits until the top coat cures. Many Darien families plan a weekend away.
The sample visit is usually within a day or two, and the staining follows within the week.
Brazil Floors backs the labor for twelve months, and the crew is insured, licensed and NWFA trained.