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Samples on Your Own Wood
Before we stain, the crew vacuums the bare wood and wipes it with a tack cloth, so no sanding dust gets trapped under the color in your Maple Street living room.
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Hardwood Floor Staining in Middleton, 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
Orange red oak from the 1980s, honey toned maple that never matched the new cabinets, a gray that looked great online: color is fixable. Our crew sands your floor bare, brushes a few test swatches on it and stains the room once you've picked. Color adds $2.00/Sq Ft to the sanding price.
Floor Staining
Every room is stained by hand. Our crew rubs color into the oak grain using lint free cloths, working a few rows from the wall outward, then wipes off the extra so nothing pools and blotches.
$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
Can't find the shade you want on a chart? We mix two stock colors, a walnut with a gray for instance, and test the blend on your oak until it looks right.
Free
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What’s Included:
Two Stains Blended
Matched to the Next Room
Tested Before We Start
Stair Staining
Stairs get stained to match the hallway they climb to. Solid treads are sanded, colored and refinished at $50 each, making the staircase and upstairs feel like a single floor.
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 dries overnight before any finish goes over it, so plan on three to four days total for most Middleton homes, sanding to the last layer.
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No Blotches or Lap Marks
Swatches go right on your floor in a corner of the room, two or three shades side by side. Check them while the kids eat breakfast, look again after supper, then decide.
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One Year Staining Warranty
Brazil Floors backs staining labor for a full year. Fifty percent gets paid as the sanders start, and the remainder when the room is finished and dry.
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Floor Stain Crew for Middleton
A lot of Middleton floors were finished in the 1980s and 1990s with an amber oil finish that has turned orange. We sand those back to bare oak in capes on Liberty Street and colonials near the Boxford line, try a few colors, then stain and finish the room so it looks current.
/ STAIN COLORS WE APPLY MOST
Hardwood Floor Staining Services
Every stain color behaves a little differently on oak. These are the choices homeowners in town ask us about most often.
Natural Look, No Stain
Natural leaves oak in its own color under nothing but clear finish, bright in a sunny kitchen by Middleton Pond.
Gray and Driftwood Tones
Gray tones calm down the pink in red oak, a popular look in newer homes off Peabody Street.
Dark Walnut and Espresso
Walnut and espresso give a dining room a rich, deep color, good under white trim and wainscoting.
Custom Color Mixing
Custom mixes blend two stock colors to match a cabinet door or an old floor in the next room.
Red Oak Toning
Toning adds a light wash of color so the grain still shows clearly but the overall tone shifts.
Color Change on Old Floors
Going lighter or darker than your current floor is possible once it's sanded back to bare wood.
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Sanding, New Floors and Stairs Here Too
Staining usually follows a full sanding, and we handle that too. The same crew installs hardwood, LVP and laminate, fixes damaged strips and puts solid treads on staircases.
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Your New Color by Tomorrow
People near Will's Hill usually ask how long stain takes to dry, whether gray will look dated and if dark floors show dust. The answers are below.
Get your Free In-Home EstimateWhat does hardwood staining cost in Middleton?
For a typical Middleton living room, the sanding and new finish come to $2.50/Sq Ft, and the stain color adds $2.00/Sq Ft to that. Solid stair treads run $50 a step, and that already includes the color.
Can you make my orange oak look gray?
Usually, yes. With the amber finish gone, gray and neutral stains calm the red in oak. Before staining the room, we brush two or three shades near a closet door so you can compare.
How many days before finish goes over the stain?
Most stain needs about a day before the first layer of finish. The whole job, sanding to final finish, usually runs three to four days.
Will a dark floor show dust and pet hair?
More than mid tones, yes. Espresso and near black look striking but show lint and dog hair sooner, which we always mention before you choose.
Can you match my new floor to an old one?
Often, yes. We mix stain colors and test them on the new wood until they match the room next door as closely as possible.
Can you stain maple?
Maple drinks stain unevenly, so we treat it first or use a toning approach and test before committing. Some maple floors look best with a clear finish.
When is staining paid for?
Half is collected on day one before sanding, and the rest when you've seen the room fully finished. The visit to look and quote costs you nothing.
Is staining work guaranteed?
Yes. If the color or finish we applied gives you trouble in the first year, we come back. All staining is handled by Brazil Floors employees with NWFA certification.
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Floor Staining in Nearby Towns
We also stain hardwood in Peabody, North Andover, Topsfield, Boxford and Danvers, testing colors right on the sanded floor before any room gets committed.
Split levels in West Peabody trade orange oak for gray or natural tones at $2.00/Sq Ft.
Big houses around North Andover's Old Center get rich walnut stain that suits their formal dining rooms.
Antique homes by Topsfield Common get custom mixes that match original floors in the next room.
Capes in Tapleyville get lighter, natural tones after their old amber finish is sanded off.
Farmhouses near Boxford Village go espresso or gray, with swatches dried on the oak before we commit.
