| Wood floors can look beautiful in your home, | | | | with the floor. |
| but when they are in need of repair they can | | | | |
| make your home look awful. Many people think | | | | In your wood floor repair, if your floor has |
| that maintaining and repairing wood floors | | | | a stain on it, you need to match the color of |
| that have seen better days is an overwhelming | | | | the stain in order to repair scratches. You |
| task that is just too much to take on. | | | | should probably test out the stain a bit at a |
| Luckily, it doesn't have to be. Wood floor | | | | time to be sure. Use a small brush and apply |
| repair can be a fairly simple process as long | | | | the stain to the scratched area. Let the |
| as you proceed with a well thought out plan. | | | | stain dry overnight or as long as it says on |
| | | | the can which can be up to twenty-four hours. |
| You might be looking at your scratched and | | | | Once the stain is dry, take the brush and |
| dull floor and thinking of all the work | | | | lightly apply some polyurethane - buff this |
| involved with moving out all the furniture | | | | out before it dries to match it into the |
| and then trying to work one of those sanders. | | | | existing floor.. |
| The dust all over the house. Thinking that | | | | |
| your inexperience with the sander could cause | | | | Deeper gouges need a bit more in the wood |
| you to ruin the floor altogether. The stress | | | | floor repair department. You will have to |
| of keeping kids and pets out of the room. | | | | fill in the gouge and we recommend you use |
| | | | wood putt that is latex based and stainable |
| Unless your floor is too far gone, with | | | | to do that. You'll need a putty knife to |
| proper care, your wood floor repair does not | | | | spread the putty and a rag for wiping it off |
| have to turn into a major job. In most cases, | | | | other areas it might spill onto. Simply pack |
| you can simply fill in the minor scratches or | | | | the putty into the gouge and smooth it over |
| shallow gouges without getting into a major | | | | until it is level with the floor. Wipe any |
| refinishing job. You will need a few tools | | | | excess off around the area and let it dry |
| and supplies to get started, however. | | | | thoroughly. Take some sandpaper and lightly |
| | | | buff it out. Stain the putty to match the |
| If your floor has a polyurethane finish, but | | | | floor using a small brush and light strokes. |
| doesn't look so great because it is all | | | | Let the stain dry overnight and then apply |
| scratched up, you may be able to bring it | | | | the polyurethane on top once it is dried. |
| back to it's former luster with some | | | | |
| polyurethane finish that matches (or as near | | | | These wood floor repair tips work on floors |
| as you can match) what is on your floor. Use | | | | where the damage is isolated to a few spots. |
| a small paint brush and dab the polyurethane | | | | If you floor is covered in scratches and has |
| onto the areas that are scratched and any | | | | hardly any finish left then you may be facing |
| areas where the finish has worn off. Use a | | | | the daunting task of refinishing the floor. |
| clean cloth to buff out the polyurethane | | | | Sure, it's hard work and inconvenient, but |
| before it dries. This can help with small, | | | | once it's done you'll have glorious wood |
| scratched areas and can make them blend in | | | | floors that you can enjoy for years to come. |