Fixing Scratches On Hardwood Floors

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Fixing scratches on hardwood floors.

Rub walnuts over scratches in the wood to camoflage them. Walnuts contain excellent natural emollients and brown dyes that both repair and enhance the look of worn scratched wood. How to fix scratches in hardwood floors. If your floor has noticeable scratches throughout your best option is to sand down the floor and refinish it.

You should choose a color close to the shade of your floors i used walnut. Apply wax or acrylic floor polish over light scratches in hardwood floors but take caution. There are packs for dark wood light wood and red wood clean dry lint free cloth s c. Use a soft rag dampened with a small amount of hardwood floor cleaner to clean the.

Then use a dry paper towel to rub over the area several times. Dap wood blend sticks get the color that matches your hardwood floors most closely. Do your best to keep it as smooth as possible. Over time such polishes can dull and darken the floor eventually requiring removal.

For deeper scratches use lightweight sandpaper on the scratch. Dampen a new rag with water and wipe down the scratched area of the floor. Fixing deep scratches and gouges 1. First you puddle a bit of the restor a finish on the floor on top of the scratched area.

Apply some painter s tape around the area you re fixing then apply the wood filler to the area to the scratch. Rub mineral spirits over the scratch. Repairing fine scratches choose a floor color marker that is similar to the floor color. Then use a paper towel to rub it into the floor paying special attention to working it into the scratched areas.

If possible test the marker for color accuracy in a non visible area. Once it s dry lightly sand the area and attempt to feather the edges with the surrounding floor. Clean the scratched area. How to repair scratched wood.

A complete sanding removes scratches but beware. For a natural. On the scratched area lightly brush the floor colorant over one area of the scratches. This only works on real wood floors not bamboo.

To repair this damage you ll have to color the scratch with a. For light scratches lightly rub fine steel wool over the scratch. Johnson paste wax if your floor is not finished with glossy poly or in an ultra matte finish. Warm up the oil.

Rinse away the hardwood cleaner.