Samples on Your Own Wood
A row of trial colors goes on a freshly sanded corner by the window, and you can study them next to your kitchen paint and upholstery at different hours.
A row of trial colors goes on a freshly sanded corner by the window, and you can study them next to your kitchen paint and upholstery at different hours.
Leftover sander marks look worse under color, so the oak gets a fine screening first, and our crew vacuums vents, sills and corners before any stain opens.
One finisher spreads stain using a lambswool applicator while a second follows with clean rags, so overlapping sections dry with no dark lines.
Your finisher earned NWFA certification and works only for us. Licensed, insured and confident in our crew, we redo free any stain work that fails inside one year.



Color costs $2.00/Sq Ft. Separately, sanding plus three layers of finish come to $2.50/Sq Ft. Both appear separately on your written estimate, so you can color one room and keep another natural.
Yes. Right after sanding, our finisher brushes several samples onto one spot. Check them with daylight coming in and again after dark under your own lamps before picking.
It can be, though red oak keeps some warmth underneath. A toner before the gray helps cool the color, and a sample on your floor shows the true result.
Somewhat. Very dark floors reveal lint, fur and light scuffs quickly. Homes with a shedding retriever often settle on walnut as a happy middle ground.
Usually. We mix stain on spare pieces of oak and hold them next to the older floor, adjusting until the two agree, then use that recipe across the new area.
Usually. Our sanders remove old color as they cut through the finish, though an especially heavy stain may leave a hint of tint deep in the pores.
It must be bone dry first. On sticky August days that can stretch into the afternoon or longer, so our schedule leaves room for it from the beginning.
Yes. Our finisher hand sands the treads and landings, uses the very stain mix from your floor and protects them with a tough clear finish made for stairs.