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Hardwood floor stain - Does a darker color cost more?

15 years ago

We want to stain our hardwood floors in our new house a very dark color like expresso/ebony/etc. We tested Minwax Jacobean and Minwax Ebony. Our builder says that using the ebony will result in an upcharge from the floor contractor because the ebony stain contains paint and is, therefore, harder to work with (or more labor intensive). I'm not sure I'm buying this. I've never heard that dark colors are more labor intensive or that they contain paint.

Have any of you used very dark stain and been charged additional for it? Also, if any of you have mixed stain colors, have your contractors charged you extra to cut/mix them?

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