Samples on Your Own Wood
Several candidate shades get wiped onto a freshly sanded test area, giving you a chance to study each one by daylight and lamplight before committing.
Several candidate shades get wiped onto a freshly sanded test area, giving you a chance to study each one by daylight and lamplight before committing.
Darker shades reveal any sander swirl, so our last pass runs fine paper, and the dust gets vacuumed up twice before any color goes on.
Pigment goes down with lint free rags, a small section at a time, and the excess gets buffed off right away so the room comes out even, wall to wall.
Stain work is done by people on our staff who are licensed and insured, and should our labor let you down inside twelve months, the repair is on us.



Color runs $2.00/Sq Ft. Because the oak must be sanded bare first, it nearly always comes paired with a sand and refinish, billed at $2.50/Sq Ft. A free visit confirms the total.
Usually three or four, lined up next to each other on a sanded strip, letting you weigh them on your floor and under your own lamps before a whole room gets any.
It can, but red oak's rosy undertone often peeks through gray. A toner first, or a gray with a little brown in it, solves that, and the sample proves it before we commit.
No. The sealed surface keeps stain from soaking in, so everything gets sanded down to raw wood beforehand. If the wear layer is thin, we will tell you honestly.
Very dark floors show lint, dog hair and dusty footprints faster than mid browns. Lots of people love the look anyway, and we just want you to know up front.
Stain dries for about a day before sealer, then the clear layers need time. Light walking is fine soon after, but wait a few days before sliding heavy pieces back in.
No. It follows our sanding schedule: half the morning we begin, with the remaining half once the final clear layer has dried. No large deposit is needed.
Maple and pine can blotch, so we use a conditioner and test on a hidden spot first. Oak takes stain most predictably, which is why most stain jobs are oak.