04/23/2026
Going to talk about one of our failures here. 2 weeks ago, we were tasked with staining 847 feet of American Cherry flooring and a set of stairs with a Duraseal Jacobean stain. We went through a standard sanding process like we would on most jobs, finishing with 120 grit on the buffer. We went to put stain on the floor and I turned to my apprentice Jaime and said ”This looks effing horrible.” (I may have said the real word 🤪). So, I called the homeowner and explained that some species of wood don’t do well with a normal sanding process and that I would like to resand the floor using a different sanding sequence that I think would give us a better result. We modified the sanding sequence to get the floor flat and at the end, we put paper on a block and block-sanded every square inch of the floor by hand. I think the results speak for themselves. The pictures with blotchy wood were from the first time around and the more even chocolate color was from our resand of our own work. The stain color is Jacobean both times. Please if you have a species that doesn’t take stain well such as cherry, maple, Douglas fir, or birch, and you want it stained, give us a call. We will do whatever it takes to get a satisfactory result for you.
