Damaged Wood Floor!!!!!!?

Question

My husband and I have really nice/old hardwood floors thoughout our house. Well we also have this really big queen size bed in our bedroom. Its a really huge heavy bed. Well it moves a little bit across the room, and we have to move it back. Well we thought that we were fine with the center posts because we had them on a foam padding, well this morning I decided to see how it looked and well it had scratched up the floor where the three center post (under the bed in the middle) are. It scratched up and dug into the wood. We want to fix this ourselves, without having to call someone in or removing the boards that were damaged. Does anyone have any idea on how we could fix this? After it is fixed we plan on putting a rug underneath the bed to keep it from doing this again. But we would like to fix the floors back to normal? Thanks

Answer 1

There isn't a simple answer. You can use colored wood filler. but you are going to have trouble matching the exact color, and the wood filler will show because the rest of the wood has grain (the lines in the wood that comes from the rings in the center of the tree). Sanding are re "varnishing" you ae going to see the grain in the wood, but you are going to find that as the years have passed the color of the floor has changed a little bit from being expesed to the sunlight, cleaning chemicals ect.

I do not mean to be negative, but if you are looking for a quick fix, either of those will work, but the best thing to do is sand and rexarnish the whole floor. There is a product out ther called varathane the is really good.

If you don't want to put a rug in the room then I would get plasitc caps to go on the bottom of bed, They would be like right next to furniture sliders ant your home improvement store.
Hope that helps.

Answer 2

The answer will depend upon how deep the gouges are.

If there are surface flaws, you can sand the area (always sand with the grain of the wood), or the whole room. You'll need to re-stain, then urethane, and if there are still visible signs of the gouges, fill with wood putty.

If these are deeper, it is possible to remove some of the wooden boards that make up the floor, but I would recommend an experienced carpenter for this. (I have watched my husband do this, and it's quite a trick knowing which boards to remove, getting the first one out, and replacing them without it looking like you patched.)

If your bed is always going to be there, you might just use the first method, and then get the rug. Be sure to put a rug backer under the rug; that will keep the rug from sliding.

Answer 3

Put down the rug and worry about the repair when it is time to refinish the floor some time down the road.

Answer 4

simply sand the scratches or dents out of the affected area, then re stain or re varnish the spot to match.

oh yeah, and why would the bed be scooting around on the floor? hmm? :)

Answer 5

sounds like you had a lot of fun scratching it up,

there's only one thing i know of that will make a bed move across a floor like that..

ill bet it was worth it, wasnt it??

Answer 6

Use a coloured wood filler to fill depressions and recoat with varnish suitable to match what you have. You can find these at any hardware store, both have instructions.

Answer 7

Howstuffworks "How to Repair Floors"
Learn how to repair hardwood floors! ... edge or corner, there may be enough old adhesive left on the tile to reattach it. ... below it, to make a patch ...www.howstuffworks.com/how-to-repair-floors.htm/printable