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Samples on Your Own Wood
You choose the color on your actual floor. Several shades get brushed onto small sanded squares, and each gets a fair look in bright noon sun and again after dark.
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Hardwood Floor Staining in Essex, MA
Stain Samples and Custom Colors
We Bring the Store to Your Door — with Contractor Pricing
Free In-Home Estimates
Guaranteed Lowest Price — or We’ll Beat It
Next-Day Floor Staining
Book online now to lock in your next-day appointment and $250 discount.
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Wood Floor Staining Options
Light bouncing off the marsh can turn a shade that looked warm in the store into something flat or orange on your floor. So we sand a spot first, brush real samples onto your oak, and only after you choose do we spread that color through the rooms and seal it under clear polyurethane.
Floor Staining
Following a fine grit sanding, color is rubbed into the grain with a cloth and the surplus lifted off with another before it dries, leaving an even tone with no streaks or overlap marks.
$2.00
/Sq Ft
What’s Included:
Stain Samples on Your Floor
Color Applied by Hand
Sealed With Polyurethane
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Custom Color Matching
Mixing two stains lets us create a tone that no store carries, or nudge a new addition toward the older room beside it so the threshold between them disappears.
Free
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What’s Included:
Two Stains Blended
Matched to the Next Room
Tested Before We Start
Stair Staining
Stair treads and landings get detail sanding and hand applied color so they suit the hallway, then a polyurethane built for years of sandy feet going up and down.
Free
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What’s Included:
Treads Sanded Smooth
Stained by Hand
Matched to Your Floors
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Fine Grit Sanding First
Stain shows every sanding swirl, so we finish with a very fine screen and vacuum the whole space two times before any color reaches the wood.
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No Blotches or Lap Marks
Our finisher rubs stain into a few square feet at once and wipes the surplus right behind, which keeps the color by the front door identical to the color under the bay window.
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One Year Staining Warranty
Our NWFA trained employees apply every stain. If anything about their work falls short within twelve months, they come back and correct it for free.
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Wood Floor Stain Crew for Essex
In capes along Main Street and houses that look out over the salt marsh, bright reflected light exposes any blotchy spot in a stained floor. Sanding ends on a fine grit, samples get tried where the sun actually lands, and the shade you settle on is sealed in, frequently the very next morning.
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Hardwood Floor Staining Services
Natural, honey, driftwood gray or deep espresso, the shade is yours to pick, and every option gets tried on a sanded corner of your home before we do a whole room.
Natural Look, No Stain
A sunroom facing the marsh can go without stain entirely, leaving bare oak to shine golden under clear poly.
Gray and Driftwood Tones
Weathered gray tones echo the shingled look of coastal homes near Conomo Point.
Dark Walnut and Espresso
A family room off Route 133 can take walnut or espresso in one rich, even tone, right up to the trim.
Custom Color Mixing
Two cans blended by hand give a den near Chebacco Lake a color no paint store sells.
Red Oak Toning
A toner tames the pinkish look of red oak in sunny rooms, settling it into a true brown.
Color Change on Old Floors
Older oak sanded down to fresh wood can go lighter or darker than it has ever been.
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Sanding, Installation and Stairs in Essex
Most color changes happen while the floor is already sanded bare for refinishing. Our crew also lays oak and LVP, puts laminate in basements, builds stairs and repairs damaged strips.
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Your New Color by Tomorrow
Leaning toward a darker brown or a beachy gray? Our stain sample kit comes to your home free. Phone 508-306-4190 to pick a day that suits you.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat does it cost to stain hardwood floors?
Our stain rate is $2.00/Sq Ft. When a complete sanding and refinish is needed too, that runs $2.50/Sq Ft with the stain already inside, so you are not charged twice.
Can I preview the color before you stain everything?
Always. We sand a patch, brush on several samples and let you decide under the light in that room. Nothing goes on the full floor until you approve.
Will gray stain look right in a coastal house?
Gray can look great with white trim and shingle style homes, but red oak and white oak take it very differently. Testing on your floor shows exactly how it will turn out.
Is staining maple or pine possible?
Yes, with care. Both woods can blotch, so we prep them with a conditioner or a sealer first and test before committing to the whole room.
How do I pick a color that goes with my cabinets?
Bring a cabinet door or a sample to the test spot, or we test right next to the kitchen. Seeing them side by side makes the decision easy.
When are the stained rooms usable?
Stain needs to dry and the polyurethane above it needs to cure. Before we begin, you receive a written day for careful walking and a second one for furniture.
How do you split payment on staining?
You pay one half as work gets under way. The second half is settled after the polyurethane cures and you give the new color your approval.
Do you warranty the stain work?
Yes. If something about our staining labor goes wrong in the first year, we fix it, and every finisher in your home is a licensed, insured, NWFA trained Brazil Floors employee.
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Floor Staining in Nearby Towns
Our stain crew carries sample cans to Manchester-by-the-Sea, Wenham, Gloucester, Hamilton and Ipswich too, and color projects there can often begin the next day.
Near Wenham Lake, test shades go onto sanded oak first, then the winning color is spread evenly over the room.
In West Gloucester, orangey red oak can be calmed or deepened, and then we seal it with clear poly.
South Hamilton homeowners decide on gray or natural once both samples dry right on their floor.
Near Crane Beach, walnut or espresso is wiped on with a cloth and leveled out before the clear finish goes on.
Close to Singing Beach, a custom blended stain helps a new addition and older rooms share one floor color.
