Mission Statement
To provide guidance that help people to use the best product selections and application methods with any wood finishing projects.
Our History
The website was founded by Dan Schwade, a local Toronto business contractor that specializes in Exterior Wood Restoration and Protection. Dan has over twenty years of carpentry and wood care experience. Through the years, Dan has observed many trends as well as challenges in the wood care industry.
The lack of useful resources to properly learn the correct methods of wood care is a serious problem.
The foundation of Canadian Stainer was built on education, using real-world scenarios with a transparent approach.
Since then, we have grown into a group that are mostly comprised of professional contractors and renovators from all over the Greater Toronto Area.
What Inspires Us
Our website was created to help the thousands of professional painters & DIY's that at one point or another, have encountered a wood staining project that went completely wrong.
Anyone that has ever attempted any wood finishing project, whether it was a piece of furniture, or something as large as a backyard deck, understands that one small oversight can lead to a disastrous outcome. Repairing any kind of stain blotches or discolouration always requires either a tone of sanding or aggressively scrubbing chemicals into the wood, both of which are very exhausting and tedious.
There is a vast amount of conflicting information scattered across the internet about wood refinishing. Trying to decipher all the information and understand the steps involved for a particular project and learning how to avoid the possibility in ruining the whole thing, usually becomes a massive research project
Sadly, many times a once joyous wood project turned into a massive headache full of regret of ever starting the project in the first place.
With some basic knowledge and techniques, anyone can create a wonderful and well-kept wood project.
