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Today’s Wood Flooring Stains: What You Need to Know
A deep dive into wood flooring stains: what they are, how they work, things to avoid when applying them and more.
May 22, 2018
Photo courtesy of Joshua Crossman, PTL Hardwoods, Yelm, Wash.
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Circular Wood Flooring Showroom Pattern Proves a Point
Locals wanted their wood floors ripped out and replaced. Ovi Ragalie decided to show them what they'd be missing.
May 21, 2018
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Sponsored: New Wood Flooring Colors for a New Year
Heather Lindemann of Bona US explains some of the color trends to expect in 2018.
November 28, 2017
Bona DriFast® Stain Graphite over waterpopped white oak.
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Sponsored: Coloring Real Wood Flooring With Oil and Wax
Osmo's Dirk Horstman explains details about working with colored oil-and-wax-based finish.
August 1, 2017
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Impermanent Floor Stencils Leave Lasting Impression
This impermanent stencil design could make you your client's permanent flooring contractor.
June 6, 2017
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A Perfectly Imperfect Colored Herringbone Floor
An imperfection in milling thickness creates a unique look for this herringbone floor.
June 1, 2017
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Wall of Shame: Crazy Stain Job
What happens when you put sealer and stain on a wood floor in the wrong order? This happens.
May 22, 2017
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Sponsored: Create Accents With Colored Hardwax Oils
December 5, 2016
Applying colored hardwax oil is very simple.
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An Elegant Black Wood Floor in the Windy City
December 5, 2016
Photo by Tony Soluri
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Trick of the Trade: Measuring Custom Color
Being able to create custom colors is an essential skill for any high-end wood flooring contractor these days, and that means creating endless samples. To be able to recreate those samples, you need to keep a recipe with exact measurements of the color mix. Those of us with kids often end up with stacks of those little plastic measuring cups you get with kids' medicines. I've found they come in handy for a quick measure of your stains, dyes, etc.
November 11, 2016
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Gray Stain, White Oak & Water-Based Finish: Can You Avoid Tannin Pull?
Wood flooring contractor Joshua Crossman explains in detail how he did a white oak wood floor stained gray with waterborne finish without tannin marks/tannin pull or other finish problems.
January 18, 2016
Gray stain on a white oak floor with water-based finish is a tricky job—but not impossible.
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Step by Step: How to Apply Stain to Wood Floors
August 7, 2015
A wood floor that has been sanded carefully and stained correctly has an even appearance, with no obvious sanding marks or streaks
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