Samples on Your Own Wood
Every sample is framed with blue tape on sanded oak so you can compare shades side by side, by the window and in the far corner.
Every sample is framed with blue tape on sanded oak so you can compare shades side by side, by the window and in the far corner.
Sander scratches turn into dark lines under stain, so a buffer with fine screens follows the sanding and the vacuum picks up the rest.
Stain is wiped onto one workable section and the excess pulled before the next begins, so no lap lines show between areas.
In Haddam, staining is done by Brazil Floors payroll staff, NWFA trained and insured, with the labor warrantied for twelve months.



The rate is $2.00/Sq Ft, which pays for samples on your own boards, hand rubbed color and a clear protective coat. If the floor needs the complete sanding, stain and three coats, that is the $2.50/Sq Ft refinishing service.
Yes, once the old finish is sanded off the orange tint leaves with it. Bare oak then takes brown, walnut or gray cleanly.
Usually three or four, each taped off on your sanded floor. Look at them in morning and evening light before deciding.
We blend cans on site and test on offcuts until old and new oak read the same. The final sample goes on your floor for approval.
It can, with a toner first to tame the pink undertone. Without that step gray turns muddy on red oak.
Socks after 24 hours and furniture after 48. Humid river weather can add a day to the cure.
Half when the crew starts and half at the final coat. Nothing is owed before the first morning.
Brazil Floors employees, NWFA trained and insured, never subcontractors. The labor carries a twelve month warranty.