Hardwood floor staining · Linden, NJ & Union County
Hardwood floor staining in Linden, NJ. You pick the color on your own floor.
Lighter, darker, warmer, cooler. The same stain looks different on red oak, white oak and maple, and different again in a north-facing room versus a sunny one. So in Union County and North Jersey homes we don't ask you to pick from a chart.
After sanding, we tape out squares on your floor and apply the stains you're considering, usually three to six. You look at them in your own light, morning and evening if you want, and pick from the real thing.
Samples applied directly on your sanded floor, not on a chip
Custom blends: two stains mixed to hit a specific tone, matched to a sample you bring us
Stairs, thresholds and new boards stained with the same batch
No. Stain has to soak into bare wood, and any old finish blocks it. Staining is always part of a full sand and refinish.
Usually one extra day of drying before finish, especially in humid summer weather.
Yes. Once sanded, the old color is gone. Most floors look far lighter raw than people expect.
Yes. If we're doing stairs or weaving new boards into an old floor, everything gets stained at the same time with the same batch so it reads as one floor.
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