
Hardwood floor refinishing · Chicago and suburbs. We make old hardwood floors look like new.
We’ll come see your floor, usually within a day or two, and email you a quote. Most homes take two or three days, and we seal off the rest of the house to keep the dust out.

IC Custom Hardwood FlooringChicago and the suburbsCalin owns the company. Eddie usually comes to see your floor.
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Think your floor is too far gone?
We’ve brought back floors with stains, water damage, worn out finish and old carpet on top. Drag the line on the first two to see the change.
BeforeAfter
Spots and stains, sanded out.
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Sanded to bare oak, then stained gray brown.
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AfterA weathered high rise floor, back to natural white oak.
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AfterStairs and floor refinished in a gray brown stain.
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AfterA condo floor changed from dark brown to natural in three days.
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Want to know what your floor needs?
We’ll come look at it, tell you what we’d do and email you the price. It’s free. See every before and after
Buff and coat, refinish or replace.

Buff and coat
The finish looks dull or lightly scratched and the wood is still in good shape. We scuff the finish and lay a fresh coat over it. The color stays the same.

Refinish
You have deep scratches, gray worn spots or stains, or you want a new color. We sand down to bare wood, stain it the color you pick and seal it.

Replace
The boards are too damaged to save, or you want a different floor. We take up the old floor, fix the subfloor and install the new one.
How a refinish works.
We take off the base shoe and put it back, and we move the refrigerator, stove, washer and dryer so the floor under them gets done too.

How long it takes and what it costs.
Most homes take two or three days. A second floor landing took one morning. Bill W.’s whole first floor took a day and a half, and Annette Cioch’s bedroom took two days. Sarah Khan’s condo went from dark brown to natural in three. A house the seller left in horrible shape took four, and every floor in one home took seven.
Minna X. paid $1,640 for a bedroom and a family room in 2024. Stacey C. paid $1,800 in 2018 with some boards replaced, and Tiffany L. paid $4,500 in 2024 with her steps matched to the floor. Tracey C.’s whole house ran $5,800 in 2015.
Those are what customers listed in those years. We price every job after we see it.
Watch the crew work.
Shot by our crew on the job, sanding, filling and finishing.
Floors we’ve refinished.
Photos from our jobs and from our customers’ reviews.









Questions about a refinish.
What’s the worst floor you’ve saved?
Zoe Grimes had years of ruined carpet on hers. Bethany M. had old adhesive stuck to the oak, and we still finished in one day. Stephanie W. had dog scratches everywhere. Alexander Roman had a floor another company scratched up, and Jill T. had been told by a few companies the wood wasn’t thick enough.
What won’t sand out, we replace board by board or take darker. That’s how Theresa Wasik’s floor ended up with the color she loves.
How much dust will there be?
Very little. We seal the rooms with plastic, cover what’s nearby and clean up every day. No sanding job is perfectly dust free. Kat Thiede put it best, “Can’t say it was 100% dust free....pretty close.”
Can we stay in the house?
Usually, but ask us about smell first. Water based finish smells far less than oil based and dries faster. Polyurethane has a strong smell, and one customer ended up in a hotel because of it. Bill W. was walking on his floor in socks late on the second day.
How do I pick the color?
On your own floor. We put samples down so you see them in your light, and if none is right we’ll mix one. We’ve taken floors from light oak to dark mahogany, from dark brown to natural, and we can take the red out of a floor that has too much of it.
Dark colors make a room feel smaller and show wear sooner. Natural colors open it up. Matte hides scratches best and gloss shows them most.
How do I take care of it?
The finish keeps curing for about two weeks, so put felt pads under the furniture, wait on the rugs and keep water off it. After that, sweep often and use a damp microfiber mop, never a wet mop or a steam mop. Keeping the house around 35 to 50 percent humidity keeps gaps from opening in winter.
What if something shows up later?
Call us. Susan Erdman had a small issue show up months after the job, and we fixed it within days at no charge. When one of John and Delores Rees’s stair treads wasn’t right, a man was at the house the next day.
Inlaid First Floor



- The owners wanted to keep the inlaid borders, so we sanded them with the rest of the floor and repaired the pattern where we could.
- We also strengthened and refinished the stairs and railing. The whole job took less than a week.
“It was a big job, and they were able to finish in less than a week (even sooner than they projected).”
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From high rises
to bungalows.
All over Chicago and the suburbs, out of our shop in Alsip.
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Towns we work in
Chicago, Evanston, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Orland Park, Oak Lawn, Tinley Park, Oak Park, Glenview, Calumet City, Northbrook, Elk Grove Village, Lansing.
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Chicago Heights, Oak Forest, Lockport, Melrose Park, Homer Glen, Westmont, Blue Island, Dolton, South Holland, Mokena, Evergreen Park, Alsip, Palos Hills, Hinsdale, Bridgeview, Westchester, La Grange, Hickory Hills, Chicago Ridge, Midlothian, Justice, Palos Heights, Riverdale, Crestwood, Oak Brook, North Riverside, Calumet Park, Stickney, Dixmoor, Merrionette Park, Phoenix, Forest View, Bedford Park, McCook, Burr Ridge, Willowbrook.

Our shop is at 4809 W 129th St in Alsip, in the plaza behind the Shell. Open Mon to Fri 7am to 7pm and Saturday 7am to 5pm.

Get a free quote for your floors.
Call us or send your name and number and we’ll set up a time to come out. The visit is free.
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