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Samples on Your Own Wood
Samples are taped out on bare sanded oak, so you can judge each color beside a window, under a lamp and in the shade.
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Hardwood Floor Staining in Lyme, CT
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
Hillside capes, cottages near Hamburg and old farmhouses in Lyme all have oak ready for a new color. Taped samples come first, then our hardwood floor staining crew works through each room.
Floor Staining
The old finish comes off completely, a buffer smooths the wood and the dust is vacuumed twice. Stain is worked in by hand and the excess is wiped away.
$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
Adding a room to an older house? We mix stain outside and test it on spare boards until new room and old room read as one floor.
Free
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What’s Included:
Two Stains Blended
Matched to the Next Room
Tested Before We Start
Stair Staining
Stairs between levels are sanded with care and stained to connect both floors, then sealed for hard daily use.
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
Any scratch left by the sander turns into a dark streak under color, which is why a fine-screen buffer runs next and a vacuum follows.
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No Blotches or Lap Marks
Stain goes on a small section at a time and the surplus is wiped before moving on, so no lap marks show between sections.
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One Year Staining Warranty
Brazil Floors staff on payroll do the staining, NWFA trained and insured, with twelve months of labor warranty behind it.
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Floor Staining Throughout Lyme
We stain floors in hillside capes, river cottages, farmhouses off Brockways Ferry Road and ranches in the woods. A lot of those floors have yellowed or turned orange over the years, so we sand to clean oak, tape out samples in your rooms and seal after the color cures.
/ STAIN COLORS WE APPLY MOST
Hardwood Floor Staining Services
In Lyme, natural oak and dark walnut come up most often. Name any color you like and we tape off a sample for you.
Natural Look, No Stain
A clear finish with no pigment lets a plain cottage floor stay pale.
Gray and Driftwood Tones
Light gray stain works well in a remodeled kitchen with white cabinets.
Dark Walnut and Espresso
A dark espresso color anchors an old colonial and makes white trim pop.
Custom Color Mixing
One family mixed two stains and landed on a shade between honey and walnut.
Red Oak Toning
Red oak with a pink cast takes a toner, and the undertone relaxes into a warm brown.
Color Change on Old Floors
A tired orange floor in an old farmhouse is sanded back and emerges deep mahogany.
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Other Flooring Jobs Across Lyme
A big color change starts with sanding to bare wood, and the crew also installs hardwood, laminate and vinyl plank or builds a new staircase.
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Your New Color by Tomorrow
Torn between walnut and natural oak? We tape off sample squares at no charge so you can see both side by side. Call Brazil Floors at 203-916-4898.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat does floor staining cost in Lyme?
Staining is $2.00/Sq Ft, with stain samples on your own floor, hand-applied color and a clear protective top coat. Sanding plus stain plus three coats of poly is the refinishing service at $2.50/Sq Ft.
Is staining the same as refinishing?
Staining changes the color and seals it with a clear top coat. A full refinishing sands everything and adds three coats of polyurethane.
Can I see colors before choosing?
Yes, we tape off samples on your own oak so you see them in your own light. Take a day with them before you decide.
Can I go lighter than my current floor?
Only by sanding to bare wood, because stain cannot lighten existing color. Once the wood is bare, pale tones are possible.
How long before I can walk on it?
Wait about 24 hours for socks and 48 for furniture. Cool or damp weather can stretch that.
Will stain look even on old oak?
Old oak can take color unevenly, so sanding to clean wood first is essential. Samples show how your boards react before the whole room is done.
Do you stain stairs too?
Yes, stair refinishing and staining is $50 per step. We match the color to the floor at the foot of the stairs.
What is the payment schedule?
Staining that includes sanding is paid 50% at the start and 50% at the final coat. Any material is paid when the boxes arrive.
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Floor Staining in Nearby Towns
Stain sample visits run to Old Lyme, East Lyme, Salem, East Haddam and Waterford, typically within a day of your call.
Old Lyme homeowners tape out a few color samples and compare them before deciding.
East Lyme farmhouses often settle on honey brown, rubbed by hand into fresh oak.
Salem owners like a soft gray that keeps an open living area feeling quiet.
East Haddam houses pick dark walnut, which gives aging oak floors extra depth.
Waterford additions get a custom blend mixed on site to tie the new room to the old floor.
