What are Reactive Stains?

Reactive stains work by reacting with the natural components within the wood. Whereas traditional stains add their color by painting the surface of the wood, reactive stains create color from inside the wood by interacting with the wood's natural ingredients. This process creates unique, 2-toned colors in wide variations that cannot be duplicated with traditional staining methods. The end result of this replication of the natural oxidation process is an aged aesthetic that would normally take decades to achieve.

To achieve this timeworn, multidimensional look on SPC planks, we hand-selected boards from our premium reactive stain floors and had them scanned to create the six 9"-wide colors in our Cascade Fine Sands series. Thanks to this state-of-the-art technology, the beauty of reactive stained European oak is now available in the robust structure of SPC!