Samples on Your Own Wood
Blue tape squares off each color on the sanded floor, one by the window and one in shade, so you choose on your own boards in your own light.
Blue tape squares off each color on the sanded floor, one by the window and one in shade, so you choose on your own boards in your own light.
A sanding swirl reads as a dark streak under stain, so the floor is screened with fine grit and vacuumed twice before any color goes on.
Stain goes on one section at a time and the surplus is wiped before the next begins, so no lap marks show where sections meet.
Killingly staining is done by Brazil Floors employees, NWFA trained and insured, with twelve months of warranty on the labor.



$2.00/Sq Ft for the taped samples, hand applied color and a clear top coat. A full sand with stain and three coats of poly is the $2.50/Sq Ft refinishing service instead.
Yes. After the old finish is sanded away, a brown stain with a cool base knocks the orange out of red oak.
Three or four taped squares is typical, more if you are still torn.
It can, though maple blotches, so we condition it first and test a sample. Many East Killingly owners keep it clear.
Cold slows drying, so we keep the heat on and the clear coat waits until the stain has cured. The color does not change.
Socks after a day, furniture after two. Rugs wait about two weeks.
Our own NWFA trained, insured employees. Nothing in Killingly goes to a subcontractor.
Fifty percent when we start and the rest after the final coat, backed by a one year labor warranty.