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2024 Floor of the Month / Year Contests

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Residential and Commercial Floor of the Month

Monthly and End-of-the-Year PRIZES!

Along with being a rock star for the month, Floor of the Month winners will also receive a $250 gift card of their choice!

Each Floor of the Month winner will automatically be entered into the Residential Commercial Floor of the Year Contest, in which they will be eligible to win $2,500 in gift cards of their choice!

2024 Residential and Commercial Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2024 Residential-Commercial

John Chrismorie - October Winner
St. Claire Flooring Co.
Chicago, IL
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Conrad Parducci - September Winner
Conrad Parducci Flooring
Kapa'a, HI
Product Used: MainStreet^™

Weston Varnes - August Winner
Donald G. Varnes & Sons
Newark, DE
Products Used: MainStreet^™ & StreetShoe^® NXT Semi-Gloss

Jamie Emmons - July Winner
Floor Craftsmen
Frenchtown, MT
Products Used: Lock 'N Seal^™ and PureMatte^™

Paul Kratochvill - June Winner
Renaissance Wood Floors
Seven Hills, OH
Products Used: Hydroline Sealer^®, EasyStreet^™, and MainStreet^™

Pat Goodman - May Winner
Goodman Custom Flooring
Fayetteville, WV
Products Used: HyperTone^™ Stains & StreetShoe^® NXT Super Matte

Pat Goodman - April Winner
Goodman Custom Flooring
Fayetteville, WV
Products Used: HyperTone^™ Stains & StreetShoe^® NXT Super Matte

Earl Hudson - March Winner
American Standard Flooring
San Marcos, CA
Products Used: VersaSeal™ and PureMatte^™

Fred Silva - February Winner
Hardwood Floors by Fred
Sisters, OR
Product Used: PureMatte^™

The image shows an elegant staircase with a combination of dark brown and white colors. The stair treads are dark brown, contrasting sharply with the white risers and stringers. The bottom step is curved, creating a half-moon shape that extends into the floor, which has a checkered pattern in light and dark shades, possibly a marble or tile finish.

Moe Alsi - January Winner
Alsi Wood Floors
Los Angeles, CA
Products Used: HyperTone Stains Tobacco and Jet Black mixed, Emulsion^® PRO+ Semi-Gloss, and StreetShoe^® NXT Semi-Gloss

Sport Floor of the Month

Monthly and End-of-the-Year PRIZES!

In addition to bragging rights in the industry for the month, Floor of the Month winners will receive a $250 gift card of their choice!

In addition, each of the Floor of the Month winner will be automatically entered into the Sport Floor of the Year Contest, in which they will be eligible to win $2,500 in gift cards of their choice!

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2024 Sport Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2024 Sport

Scott Nichols
Pacific Floor Company
Oxnard, CA
Product Used: GymShoe^® tinted with HyperTone^™ Stains

Jerry Petronella - September Winner
Distinct Hardwood Flooring
Bayside, NY
Product Used: GymShoe^®

Paul Nelson - August Winner
Western Sport Floors
Clinton, MT
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT & Hydroline^® Sealer

Jason Beebe - July Winner
Beebe's Hardwood Flooring
Waukee, IA
Products Used: Hydroline^™ Sealer, Player's Choice^™ One tinted with HyperTone^™ Stains, StreetShoe^® NXT Gloss

Paul Nelson - June Winner
Western Sport Floors
Clinton, MT
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Scott Nichols - May Winner
Pacific Floor Company
Chatsworth, CA
Product Used: GymShoe^®

Josh Rollins - April Winner
Joe Rollins Hardwood Floors
Yukon OK
Product Used: StreetShoe ^® NXT

Darin Aarino - March Winner
Impact Sport Surfaces
Deerfield Beach, FL
Products Used: HyperTone Stains^™, GymShoe^®, and Hydroline^® Sealer

Jason Beebe - February Winner
Beebe's Hardwood Flooring
Waukee, IA
Products Used: GymShoe^®and HyperTone Stains^™

Indoor basketball court with a high-gloss finish on the wooden floor. The court has markings in red, white, and blue, with the key areas distinctly painted. There's a center circle with a logo , and basketball hoops along the sides of the court.

Josh Walton - January Winner
SCS By Floor Action
Wilson, NC
Products Used: Hydroline^® Sealer and Player's Choice^™ One

2023 Contest Winners

2023 Residential and Commercial Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2023 Residential-Commercial

Fred Silva - December Winner
Hardwood Flooring by Fred Silva
Sisters, Oregon
Product Used: PureMatte^™

Gregory Foels - November Winner
Always Your Home
Woodsboro, MD
Products Used: Lock N Seal^™ and PureMatte^™

Patrick Goodman - October Winner
Goodman Custom Flooring
Fayetteville, WV
Products Used: StreetShoe^® NXT and VersaSeal^™

Alex Toth - September Winner
Cleveland Flooring and Remodel
Cleveland, OH
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Esau Maldonado - August Winner
K & K Floors of Rockville, Inc.
Rockville, MD
Products Used: HyperTone^™ Stains and EasyStreet^™

Moe Alsi - July Winner
Alsi Wood Floors
Los Angeles, CA
Products Used: HyperTone^™ Stains, Lock 'N Seal^™, and StreetShoe^® NXT Satin

Edward Tsvilik - July Winner
Czar Floors
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Products Used: StreetShoe^® NXT Semi-Gloss

Dan Cohut - June Winner
Klausenburg Wood Floors
Oak Creek, WI
Products Used: VersaSeal^™ and StreetShoe^® NXT Satin

Doug Wise - May Winner
Wise Flooring
Rainbow City, AL
Products Used: VersaSeal^™ and StreetShoe^® NXT Super Matte

Art Alayan - April Winner
Artex Flooring
San Francisco, CA
Products Used: StreetShoe^® NXT and HyperTone Stains^™

James Amico - March Winner
Horizon Hardwoods
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Product Used: Dissolver^™ Floor Polish Remover, I.F.T. Floor Cleaner, Squeaky^™ Concentrate Floor Cleaner, TyKote^® Recoat Bonding Agent, StreetShoe^® NXT

Chris Sunday - February Winner
Marantha Granite, Marble, and Floors
Pelham, AL
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT and HyperTone^™ Stains Tobacco

Jerry Petronella - January Winner
Distinct Hardwood Flooring
Bayside, NY
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT Satin

2023 Sport Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2023 Sport

Josh Rollins - December Winner
Joe Rollins Hardwood Floor
Yukon, OK
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Josh Walton - November Winner
SCS By Floor Action
Wilson, NC
Products Used: Hydroline^® Sealer, HyperTone^™ Stains, and Player's Choice^™ One

Josh Walton - October Winner
SCS By Floor Action
Wilson, NC
Products Used: Hydroline^® Sealer and Player's Choice^™ One

Josh Walton - September Winner
SCS By Floor Action
Wilson, North Carolina
Products Used: Hydroline^® Sealer and Player’s Choice^™ One

Jason Minier - August Winner
Star Flooring, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
Product Used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Joe Rollins - July Winner
Joe Rollins Hardwood Floors
Yukon, OK
Product Used: Emulsion^® PRO+ and StreetShoe^® NXT

Sammy Graham - June Winner
S. Graham Enterprises, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
Product Used: GymShoe^® and Player's Choice^™ One tinted with custom HyperTone Stains color

James Bartman - May Winner
Bartman Flooring, LLC
Beavercreek, OR
Product Used: VersaSeal, Emulsion^® PRO+ tinted with HyperTone Stains Hickory, and StreetShoe NXT

Paul Nelson - April Winner
Western Sport Floors
Clinton, MT
Product Used: Emulsion^® PRO+ and StreetShoe NXT^®

Amy Arakelian - March Winner
Pro Flooring Corp.
Montrose, CA
Product Used: GymShoe^®

Steven Heller - February Winner
H.Y. Floor and Gameline Painting
San Carlos, CA
Products Used: VersaSeal^™ and GymShoe^®

Jamie Marois - January Winner

Multi-Sports Surface

Blainville, Québec, Canada

Products Used: Hydroline^® Sealer and GymShoe^®

2022 Contest Winners

2022 Residential and Commercial Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2022 Residential-Commercial

Brown wood floor in living room

Mike Mann - December Winner
Floorcraft Designs
Toledo, OH
Products used: HyperTone Stains^™, VersaSeal^™, MainStreet^™, and PureMatte^™

Brown checkered floor

Mike Bradvica - November Winner
European Craftsman Hardwood Floors, Inc,
Arcadia, CA
Products used: Lock 'N Seal^™ and EasyStreet^™ Satin

Brown checkered floor

Brian Shrouds - October Winner
Dustless Hardwood Floors
Collingswood, NJ
Products used: VersaSeal^™ and StreetShoe ^® NXT Satin

Dark brown hardwood floor

Rudy Rivas - September Winner
Monroy Hardwood Flooring
Aurora, IL
Products used: Lock N' Seal^™, StreetShoe^® NXT, and Emulsion^® PRO+

Stairs stained blue

Adrian Bagley - August Winner
Precision Floorcrafters
Mill Creek, WA
Products used: HyperTone^™ Stains Blue and Clear Base, Emulsion^® PRO+ Semi-Gloss, and StreetShoe^® NXT SuperMatte

Brown wood floor with white throughout in a kitchen

Howard Morrissey - July Winner
Shamrock Flooring
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Products used: VersaSeal^™ and StreetShoe^® NXT

Light brown and dark brown checkered wood floor made out of stain

Ben Braswell - June Winner
Tidal Flooring
San Diego, CA
Products used: HyperTone^™ Stains White and StreetShoe^® NXT

Light brown and dark brown checkered wood floor made out of stain

Chris Sunday - May Winner
Maranatha Granite, Marble and Floors
Pelham, AL
Products used: StreetShoe^® NXT tinted with HyperTone^™ Stains Tobacco over red oak

Aaron Holley - April Winner
Holley Floors, LLC
Seattle, WA
Products used: VersaSeal^™ and StreetShoe^® NXT Super Matte

Armand Turner, Jr. - March Winner
Little A Wood Floors
Milton, VT
Products used: Emulsion^® PRO+ on cherry floors

Tom Wolfe - February Winner
Tom Wolfe Services
Winchester, MA
Products used: HyperTone™ Stains Hickory and StreetShoe^® NXT on red oak

Rich Barakatt - January Winner
Barakatt Floor Covering
San Jose, CA
Products used: Raw Sealer™ and PureMatte™

2022 Sport Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2022 Sport

Josh Rollins - December Winner
Joe Rollins Hardwood Floors
Yukon, OK
Product used: StreetShoe^® NXT

Josh Walton - November Winner
SCS By Floor Action
Wilson, NC
Product used: HyperTone Stains^™, VersaSeal^™, and StreetShoe®

Shawn Atamanchuk - October Winner
Big Sky Enterprises
Headingly, MB, Canada
Product used: StreetShoe® NXT Gloss

Alparslan Akturk - September Winner
Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring
Westhampton Beach, NY
Products used: VersaSeal^™ and GymShoe^®

Steve Lalum - August Winner
High Performance Floors
Lewistown, MT
Products used: HyperTone Stain and Player's Choice^™ One

Matt Phillips - July Winner
Phillips' Floors, Inc.
Indianola, IA
Products used: GymShoe^® and HyperTone™ Stains

Robert Butler - June Winner
R & S Flooring Solutions
Wildomar, CA
Products used: I.F.T., Squeaky^™, TyKote^®, GymShoe^®

Josh Rollins - May Winner
Joe Rollins Hardwood Floors
Yukon, OK
Products used: StreetShoe^® NXT over maple

Jason Heiman - April Winner
Schmidt Custom Floors, Inc.
Waukesha, WI
Products used: HyperTone Stains^™, Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, and GymShoe^®

Alparslan Akturk - March Winner
Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring
Westhampton Beach, NY
Product used: GymShoe^®

Jerry Petronella - February Winner
Distinct Hardwood Flooring, Inc.
Bayside, NY
Product used: GymShoe^®

Matt Phillips - January Winner
Phillips' Floors, Inc.
Indianola, IA
Products used: GymShoe^® and HyperTone™ Stains

2021 Contest Winners

2021 Residential and Commercial Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2021 Residential

Armand Turner, Jr. - December Winner
Little A Wood Floors
Milton, VT
Product used: Emulsion^® PRO+

Alparslan Akturk - November Winner
Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring
Westhampton Beach, NY
Product used: EasyStreet^™Satin

Joshua Raphael - October Winner
Raphael Hardwood Flooring
Lodi, CA
Products used: HyperTone^™ Stains

Gregory Robie - September Winner
Edison Wood Floors
Brentwood, NH
Products used: HyperTone^™ Stains and StreetShoe^® NXT Satin

Rudy Rivas - August Winner
Monroy Hardwood Flooring
Aurora, IL
Product used: Emulsion PRO+

Enrique Malvaez - July Winner
XEL-Woods
Concord, CA
Products used: HyperTone™ Stains Hickory and Provincial, EasyStreet™, StreetShoe® NXT Satin

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Jamie Emmons - June Winner
Grizzly Hardwood
Missoula, MT
Products used: PureMatte™

Michael Velli - May Winner
Meticulous Hardwoods
Villas, New Jersey
Products Used: Raw™ Sealer and PureMatte™

Fred Evenson - April Winner
Alta Wood Floors
Aurora, OR
Product Used: HyperTone™ Stains Jet Black, White, and Clear Base. Lock 'N Seal floor sealer and PureMatte™ finish

Dan Walker - March Winner
Rubicon Flooring & Design
Granite Bay, CA
Product Used: PureMatte™ (over a floor that was burned then sealed before finishing)

Brian Shourds - February Winner
Dustless Hardwood Floors
Collingswood, NJ
Product Used: PureMatte™

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Jerry Petronella - January Winner
Distinct Hardwood Flooring
Bayside, NY
Product used: StreetShoe®

2021 Sport Floor-of-the-Month Winners

Floor of the Month Contest 2021 Sport

Leo Zheng - December Winner
Ingenious Construction
Beijing, China
Products used: GymShoe^® Gloss and HyperTone Stains

Robert Meadows - November Winner
Wood Flooring Contractors, Inc.
Carrollton, GA
Products used: Hydroline^® Sealer and GymShoe^® Gloss

Jamie Emmons - October Winner
Grizzly Hardwood
Missoula, MT
Products used: Commercial Catalyzed Sealer and StreetShoe^® NXT

Josh Rollins - September Winner
Rollins Hardwood Floors
Yukon, OK
Products used: HyperTone Stains^™, Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, and StreetShoe^® NXT

Matt Phillips - August Winner
Phillips' Floors
Indianola, IA
Products used: HyperTone Stains, Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, Gym Shoe

Shawn Atamanchuk - July Winner
Big Sky Enterprises
Headingly, MB, Canada
Products used: StreetShoe NXT, Emulsion® PRO+

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Jerry Petronella - June Winner
Distinct Hardwood Flooring
Bayside, NY
Products used: GymShoe® Gloss

Matt Phillips - May Winner
Phillips' Floors
Indianola, IA
Products Used: HyperTone™ Stains and GymShoe®

Matt Phillips - April Winner
Phillips' Floors
Indianola, IA
Products Used: HyperTone™ Stains and StreetShoe® NXT finish

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Franco Provenzano - March Winner
European Hardwood
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Products Used: Hydroline® Sealer, GymShoe® tinted with HyperTone™ Stains

Matt Phillips - February Winner
Phillips' Floors
Indianola, IA
Products Used: HyperTone™ Stains, Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, GymShoe®

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Jamie Emmons - January Winner

Grizzly Hardwood

Missoula, MT

Products used: HyperTone™ Stains, Player's Choice™ OMU 550

2020 Contest Winners

2020 Residential and Commercial Floor-of-the-Month Winners

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Our residential winner for December is Mark Van Antwerp with Golden Oak Flooring from Petaluma, CA. Mark used: Raw™ Sealer and PureMatte™

Our residential winner for November is Gabriel Pena with Custom Hardwood Floors from Ventura, CA. HyperTone Stain Provincial, Lock 'N Seal™, and StreetShoe® NXT were used.

Our winner for October is Matt Crawford with Texoma Hardwood using HyperTone Stains™ and StreetShoe® NXT

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Congratulations to our September winner - Alparslan Akturk with Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring out of Westhampton Beach, NY. Product used: Raw™ Sealer and EasyStreet™

Our August winner is Jay Ghantous with Pacific Hardwood Floors. Congratulations Jay! Products used: HyperTone™ Stains Jet Black and White, Emulsion Pro™

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Our winner for July is this amazing restoration from Chris Frate with Pasquale Floors out of Solon, Ohio. Product used: StreetShoe® NXT

June 2020 Residential Floor of the Month Winner

Alparsian Akturk of Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring in Westhampton Beach, NY is our June 2020 Residential Winner! Thank you Alparsian for your submission! Products used: Raw™ Sealer and EasyStreet™

may 2020 residential floor of the month winner

Congratulations to our May 2020 Residential Winner, Brandon Wade of Collective Hardwood Flooring in the great Northwest in Seattle using HyperTone™ Stain Clear Base and White, Lock 'N Seal™, PureMatte™ finish! Great work Brandon!

April 2020 Residential Floor of the Month Winner

On to April already! Alparslan Aktruk brought in the winning floor for April at Tall Guy Hardwood Flooring of Westhampton Beach, NY! Products used this month were EasyStreet™, Lock 'N Seal™!

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The March 2020 Residential/Commercial Floor winner is Mike Miskawitz of Elite Wood Floor Renewal from Crystal Lake, IL, using HyperTone™ Stains Hickory and Tobacco, and EasyStreet™!

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Congratulations to the February 2020 Residential Winner, Hilmar Marquez of Rode Bros. Flooring in Los Angeles, CA, with a perfect PureMatte™ finish! Looks like Smokey is happy with how the job turned out!

Basic Coatings January 2020 Residential Floor Winner

Our January 2020 Residential and Commercial Floor Winner is Zach Hyder with Foothills Floor Refinishing in Landrum, SC, using Basic Dissolver™, Squeaky™ Cleaner, Emulsion Pro™!

2020 Sport Floor-of-the-Month Winners

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Our December 2020 winner is Sammy Graham of S. Graham Enterprises. Sammy used: Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, Player's Choice™ One tinted with HyperTone™ Stain, and GymShoe®

Our November 2020 sport floor winner is Sammy Graham (S. Graham Enterprises) out of New Smyrna Beach, FL. Sammy used HyperTone™ Stains, Commercial Catalyzed Sealer, Player's Choice One™, and GymShoe™

The sport floor winner for October is Russ Christensen with Strictly Hardwoods from Grantsville, UT. StreetShoe® NXT and HyperTone™ Stains White were used.

Our winner for September is Robert Butler with R & S Flooring Solutions using GymShoe™ Gloss

The sport floor winner for August 2020 is Jamie Emmons with Grizzly Hardwood using HyperTone™ Stains and GymShoe™

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Our July 2020 winner is Jamie Emmons with Grizzly Hardwood from Missoula, MT using HyperTone™ Stains and Player's Choice™ OMU 550

June 2020 Sport Floor of the Month Winner

A big thank you to our June 2020 Sports Floor winner Les Seefeldt of Quality Floor Care in Wauteska, IL! Congratulations Lee! Products used: Hydroline Sealer, HyperTone Stains White and Cabernet, and GymShoe®!

May 2020 Sport Floor of the month winner

Congratulations to Don Dickel of Dickel Floor Supply in Winterport, ME! He is our May 2020 Sports Floor winner! Products used: Hydroline Sealer, HyperTone Stain, StreetShoe NXT®, and GymShoe®!

April 2020 Sport Floor of the Month Winner

Unbelievable work done by our Sport Floor Winner for April 2020, Jamie Emmons of Grizzly Hardwood in Missoula, MT using HyperTone™ Stains Deep Red and Yellow and GymShoe®!

March 2020 Sport Floor of the Month Winner

The March 2020 Sport Floor winner is Larry Clucas of Veterans Floors Inc. in Rockford, IL, using GymShoe™! That's a great looking floor Larry!

February 2020 Sport Floor of the Month Winner

The February 2020 Sport Floor Winner is Joshua Rochelle of Benchmark Wood Floors in Albuquerque, NM! Congratulations Joshua! Basic Coatings products used include StreetShoe® NXT and Commercial Catalyzed Sealer.

January 2020 Sport Floor of the Month Winner

Congratulations to our January 2020 Sport Floor Winner, Mike Miskawitz, Owner/Operator at Elite Wood Floor Renewal in Crystal Lake, IL. Products used: HyperTone™ Stains, Hydroline Sealer, StreetShoe® NXT, and GymShoe™ Gloss!

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