As a woodworker, I avoided Minwax varnishes. I was told the content of soy was higher than premium products and it would yellow with age as compared to other brands. By association, I include the stains in the same barrel. It might be okay with floors, but for the amount I'm assuming you're paying for solid oak floors, I'd want a premium brand.

Thanks solar. The oak floors were standard. We won't have a choice on brand of stain. Having worked for a national homebuilder for almost 20 years, I recognize that you can't dictate to builder what to use. As it is, this is a small builder giving us more more flexibility that the large builders do. I'm more curious as to whether there really is a difference in cost to stain the floor using one color as opposed to having two colors mixed.