Wood Staining
Colour matched and worked evenly into the grain
Stain is where a refinishing job is won or lost, because wood does not take colour evenly on its own. Softer species and end grain drink it, figured areas blotch, and sanding scratches that were invisible on bare wood show up the moment colour goes on. So the surface is sanded through the grits properly, conditioner goes on where the species needs it, and the stain is worked and wiped back to an even depth rather than flooded on and hoped for.
How We Work
Look at the Work
We come out and look at the piece itself — the species, the existing finish, how much of it has failed, and what the grain will do once it is stripped back. What the wood is tells us what the finish has to be.
Strip & Prepare
Hardware off, surfaces masked, old finish taken back properly, then sanded through the grits and dusted down. Preparation is most of the job — a finish is only ever as good as what it went onto.
Colour & Finish
Stain matched and worked into the grain evenly, then the finish built in thin coats — lacquer, varnish or water-based, whichever suits the piece — with a light cut between coats so the surface stays flat.
Cure & Rehang
The finish is left to harden before anything is handled, then hardware goes back on, doors and drawers are rehung and adjusted to sit true, and we clean the site down before we leave it.