Samples on Your Own Wood
Each candidate color gets its own taped square on sanded oak, so you compare them side by side, near a window and in shade.
Each candidate color gets its own taped square on sanded oak, so you compare them side by side, near a window and in shade.
Sanding scratches turn into dark streaks once stain hits them, so fine screening and a second vacuum pass come first.
Stain is wiped over one small area and the excess lifted before the next begins, so overlap marks never show.
In Naugatuck, staining is done by Brazil Floors staff, NWFA trained and insured, and their labor carries twelve months of warranty.



A Naugatuck staining job is $2.00/Sq Ft, covering samples on your own boards, hand applied color and a clear protective top coat. A floor that needs a complete sand and three poly coats is refinishing, billed at $2.50/Sq Ft.
Yes. After the orange finish is removed, raw wood takes brown, walnut or espresso cleanly.
Walnut and natural oak top the Naugatuck list, with soft gray and honey brown just behind.
Yes. Hand tools reach the corners and risers that machines skip, and the color is matched across both floors.
Most stains dry overnight. We check the surface before sealing it.
Plenty of families stay in Naugatuck homes during the work, though some prefer to be out for the sanding and the first night.
Payment for sanding comes in two installments, the first at the start and the second after the final coat. Other labor is paid when the crew arrives.
Naugatuck staining is done by our own NWFA certified, insured employees, with twelve months of warranty on labor.