Just bought a house. Previous owner had house floor refinished.
During the open house, and also during my ownership (Two weeks) a stepstool was used to access the attic. The stepstool was on plastic. (We were painting at the time)
We removed the plastic today to find that the stool had gouged the floor when people climbed up it to access the attic.
So there are 8 or 9 sets of gouge marks in the floor. How can I repair these.
Floor is approx 50 years old, solid wood. Gouges are not very deep. Approx 1/8th of an inch or less
2007-01-25 09:27:22 · 5 answers · asked by Michael K 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You can either use a sander to smooth them out and restain/polyurathane the floor (will be hard to match the rest) Or call sombody in (or try yourself) to match the floor with a filler-as close as possible, and fill the gouges.
2007-01-25 09:44:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many floor covering supply stores carry a special floor filling patch kit. It consists of 8 - 16 different colors of a low melt plastic/wax sticks. The sticks are not the crayon filler type, nor are they similar to any type of marker or pencil. The colors vary from white to dark brown and depending upon the color of your wood floor, should match verey well. They are melted using a soldering iron, usually included in the deluxe version of the aforementioned kits. I usually take a utility knife, or the side of a sharp chisel and clean out the scatch down to the bare wood. This allows the filler to bond better. I fill up the scratches by letting the melted color stick drip into the damaged area, and let it cool for a few min. Before it hardens up completely, I skieve of the excess filler with the skieving tool, again the deluxe kit is needed here.(a new 2" flexible metal putty knife will do this if your in a pinch). Buff the area with a terry cloth towel dampened with some mineral spirits and you are good to go. The color sticks can be blended together to match your floor, and the patch will wear as well as the wood. The cost of the is kit is the only drawback. If you can find a floor supply store that will sell to a retail customer, they normally sell for $250 -350. each, however the next time this happens, your cost will be $0!
Expect to pay about the price for a professional repair.
This is similar to a furniture repair kit, and may be available through some wholesale furniture moving suppliers as well.
2007-01-25 18:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by mmmmaher 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you start with the fillers, sanders and all the other remedies suggested here. Listen to Aussie and steam the gouges first. If they are as much as an 1/8" you may not get them out completely by steaming but you will certianly help it. Be sure to steam and do not let the cloth get dry. The moisture from the steam is what raises the grain.
2007-01-25 23:20:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-04-17 00:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
put a wet rag over the dent and iron with a ironer on high. this will cuse the gouge to raise back up
2007-01-25 10:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋