Repair Worn Hardwood Floors

This story will show you how to refinish hardwood floors and add a new coat of finish directly over the old by first applying a liquid that roughens the old finish so the new finish can.

Repair worn hardwood floors.

This close up images shows dark brown stain being rubbed into a worn pine floor before recoating with urethane. If your floor has too many worn areas and spot treating will give it a leopard print look and not. Done correctly a spot repair is all but unnoticeable provided you ve correctly matched the finish and if necessary the stain. Picture a typical wooden floor plank.

Too many people assume that worn wood floors need to be completely sanded to look good again but that s not necessarily true. How to spot repair hardwood floors. This is much easier than sanding back to bare wood and the results look amazing. Hardwood floors coated with polyurethane finishes are sturdy but they are not capable of resisting every type of scrape or stain that comes their way.

As long as you re not dealing with deep scratches heavy traffic paths that have worn away the finish or a wax finish you can use a chemical etching product to take the finish off your floor easily. Do you have worn spots on your hardwood floors. Water as with just about any household issue is almost always the cause of hardwood floor warping. Cupping also known as wash boarding is the milder form of floor damage.

Spot treating is an easy way to repair the finish. Warping and cupping are the two main types of floor damage and each cause varying degrees of deterioration. Wood floors are durable and easy to maintain but they re still subject to accidental gouges scratches and heavy wear. Got a worn spot on your hardwood floors.

Refinishing hardwood floors doesn t have to be a lengthy multi day affair involving hours of sanding. Refinishing a floor is a big deal and if the floor has only one or two worn areas while the rest of the finish is in good condition it s more economical to make spot repairs.