How I Use Creative Stain Samples To My Advantage

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Taking a few extra minutes to make designs out of my stain samples adds some fun for me and my customers, and it's eye-catching on social media.
Taking a few extra minutes to make designs out of my stain samples adds some fun for me and my customers, and it's eye-catching on social media.

Here in Colorado, our wood flooring market is super traditionalβ€”red oak strip is the standard floor. You'll get a few herringbones here and there, but for the most part it's hard to convince consumers in this area to even do a border or anything with a custom design. Our market is also a big stain market, so about 95% of my jobs involve using a stain, and I've found that doing interesting stain samples is one way to impress customers, set myself apart on social media and give myself a break from the same-old, same-old when banging in strip flooring.

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