Wayne McClosky founded Surface Specialists in 1981, establishing the franchise prototype in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the beginning the family-owned company offered only minimal repair services for plastic laminate countertops and fiberglass and porcelain bath surfaces, but it soon expanded to include refinishing services for marble sinks and vanity tops. It began franchising in 1982 [...]

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In 1987 Donald J. Dwyer Sr. purchased GNU Services Corp., a company that offered bathtub refinishing, repair and replacement. The company changed its name changed to Worldwide Refinishing Systems one year later and began doing full bathroom and kitchen remodeling. Last year, under the direction of Dwyer’s son Doug, the name changed to DreamMaker Bath [...]

Miracle Method Bath and Kitchen Refinishing offers bathroom refacing and refinishing services to homeowners, hotel operators and apartment managers. Founded in 1979 by Bob Gray, the company has franchises throughout the United States and internationally, reconditioning and renovating bathtubs, ceramic tile walls, countertops, cabinets, sinks and showers.The company was acquired by Miracle Method U.S. Corp., [...]

Dave Haglund began a cabinet distributorship in 1975 and found his market niche while visiting a customer’s home in 1986. Noticing that the 6-year-old kitchen was starting to look a little run-down, but wasn’t ready to be remodeled, he offered to touch up some of the worn areas. When the customer was thrilled with the [...]