Stain/Finishes
Staining is not to be confused with the clear coats of finish that are applied to a floor to preserve it.
A stain is actually the coloring of your hardwood floors other than its natural true color or tone. This is a separate step that can be added to the refinishing process, Many home owners desire different wood coloration on their floors to complement their homes, such changes on regular oak floors for examples can be made to look more exotic.
The beauty of staining is that the stain takes differently in the different grain of the wood leaving a wonderful look and feel. For example, staining an oak floor because of its grain structure will give a different look than other wood floors with tighter grain structures such as maple and birch.
Bona grey on oak floor
What we do
What we will do is prepare different small sections of your floor with a few different colors so that you can see the results before making a decision for the final sanding.
Staining Techniques
We’ve been specializing in staining hardwood floors for over 30 years. The staining process requires a very special sanding and preparation techniques.
Most importantly, we take an extra very important step in our sanding process when staining that many other companies avoid, and this is the use of our planetary sanding machine for the final sanding. This is a very expensive machine and the use of it involves a lot of extra work. Most other companies uses standard floor buffer to make this crucial step easier.
The reason the use of this machine is so crucial is because in order to get the best most even stain job possible the floor must be sanded as closely to perfect as possible. In fact 99% of the final result as to do with the sanding process and this state of the art machine does just this.
Here are a fine selection of colors that have been tested and compatible with industrial wood floor finishes applied today
BONA DRIFAST® STAIN
Premium quick drying oil based hardwood floor stain. Four beautiful collections with 26 colors capture the invigorating spirit of great design. It’s easy to find the right shade with so many color choices, but if don’t see what you are looking for, these colors can be custom mixed.
