Hi, I will be collecting the keys to my 4-rm HDB Premium Flat in April and it comes with timber flooring for all 3 bedrooms. I'm guessing it will be the standard brown colour. Is there any way it can be treated to change the colour - either to a dark blackish-brown, or greyish-white? Any contacts for companies that can do this, and rough cost? Thanks!

i am also looking for that as well. Don't like the existing reddish brown color, but haven't really ask any timber flooring company about it. Only asked a few IDs and they just say can just varnish it, but the color won't change much.. more like clear gloss.. so I sort of gave up looking. let me know if you find any.

to darken the wood, you can sand off the existing clear coating and apply dye/stain. then apply a new clear coat and you will get a darker color.

to lighten the wood, the only way is to bleach it. you cannot dye it white as the original color will still show. you may bleach it then dye it a color lighter than its original wood color. but oily timber like burmese teak is not suitable for this method as the natural oils tend to leach out and spoil the look.

Hi morganwu,

Any recommended contractor to do the dying of floor and roughly how much will it be?

I am collecting key in september for resale 5I, the whole house flooring is bright brownish wood.

And, how to identify if it is oily timber ??

The floor is identified as 'stripped timber' in the valuation report.

Please pm me.

Thanks.

i cannot PM. please email me at morganwu@evergreenforest.com.sg