Wooden floor repairs?

Question

Currently renting an apt., but will be leaving after lease is up. There are surface scratches in the wooden floor boards. They are light in color (maybe pine?) with a clear finish. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the scratches so my rental company won't deduct money from my security deposit?

Answer 1

If the scratches are deep enough to have gone through any stain or color that may have been applied to the wood, find a similar colored stain and apply it with either a paper towel or Q tip or piece of cheese coth. No need to let it dry completely. Once a bit of the stain has obsorbed into the wood again, go over it with some Scotts Liquid Gold. You can get it in either a spray can or pourable liquid.

Buff it out a little bit and you'll be surprised how much they disappear. If the floor has not been stained, just use the Liquid Gold. It's a great product to put the natural oils etc back into wood.

Answer 2

Your first means of attack should be a product that is very inexpensive, you may have heard of it they call it water! Now don't go pouring gallons of it, just put a very small amount just on the indentations, then repeat and again if needed if it's a pine floor it may only take a couple of times to raise the indentation level with the rest of the floor or a little higher, if it's higher use a fine grit sandpaper and sand gently in the direction of the grain until it is level, then stain to match.

Answer 3

if you're talking ligh surface scratches and not deep dents or gouges, you can usually get away with some motor oil on a rag and wipe it over the scratches. Good for a quick cosmetic fix if you just want your security deposit.

Answer 4

once you've knots falling out of the floorboards then the forums weren't in any respect any sturdy to commence with. I worked on the rule of thumb of all knots should have the capacity to be covererd with a 2 pence piece, there should be a optimal of two knots in protecting with sq. foot and none of them must have a black part. This part is bark and could ensure the knot falls out after slightly shrinkage. to fill contained in the holes you are able to make up some timber spikes and after making use of them into the holes reduce them off with a superb toothed pronounced. Or intently mark out and reduce out a sq. around the knothole yet purely 1/2 way by the board. in good structure inserts in those sq. holes with a sturdy glue and after some days for the glue to dry, airplane the inserts down aspect with the floorboards. To make a very sturdy interest of this challenge, now get a extreme high quality carpet equipped over the floorboards. Or bypass domicile. take excitement in doing the artwork and do not kneel on the strange screw mendacity round... they harm like buggery. till you get the interest performed, do not enable any old sailors with timber legs to stroll over it, you will get a sailor on an enduring foundation.

Answer 5

Fill scratches with a wood crayon. Available at hardware stores they come in shades to match different woods. Buff to shine if the floor has gloss finish.

Answer 6

If it is pine and only a varnish finish, then it is not your fault. that is a soft finish and that is normal for that type of floor. They can not expect you to make no marks on that kind of surface.

Answer 7

If they were there when you go there is not your falt,, but if you cause them then is your falt. so, sand them a bit, and give them a coat of clear stain, or stain the looks like pine. AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES. so you can show them to your land lord. good luck

Answer 8

re-varvish just the scratches maybe