Did you hear the story about the guy with one sock?

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Christine Halvorson

Glen, who works in Carlisle’s Stoddard, New Hampshire offices, got a call the other day from Bill Stratton, a builder based in Chatham, New York, who often uses Carlisle floors in his many building projects. Turns out Bill’s crew on a construction project over in Canaan, New York (above), was having trouble matching the Carlisle Bradford Umber stain he was applying to the new Carlisle hickory floor he had installed. The stain just wasn’t matching the sample he had been sent by us. So, Bill called in and consulted with Glen and Rick Menard on staff here, who suggested Bill make sure his guy was mixing the stain well enough and applying it properly. Well, Bill decided to go on up to the project site himself and see what he could see. When he got to the house, no one from his crew was around (see below), and no one else either. He wanted to try the stain, but he had nothing with which to apply it. So, Bill took off one of his nice wool socks and applied the stain to a test area, wiping it away as he went. Bill was happy to report back to us that the stain was now a perfect match. It had all been a matter of not stirring the stain enough before application.

And builder Bill spent the rest of the day walking around with just one sock.

It’s nice to know the builders we work with will go the extra mile to make sure our floors look as good as they can!

Posted on Apr 08, 2009 AT 03:00 AM in (0) Comments

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