How To Fix Dents In Engineered Wood Floors

Make sure the dent is completely wet.

How to fix dents in engineered wood floors.

Wet a corner of a clean white rag with distilled water and apply it to the dent with a hot iron right behind. Fix dents in engineered wood floors. You can also use rubbing alcohol and a clean new soldering iron this gives you a bit more control but is a slower method. Due to the fact that engineered floors are not completely solid hardwood they cannot be sanded and refinished indefinitely so your options are a little more limited than with solid hardwood.

This becomes important when you need to get the paper s edge into the dents. Dab the dent with water. Fold the sandpaper into a triangle if necessary to get the edge of the paper into the dents. 2 use a wood putty to fill in the dents and then stain over them with the color of the floor.

The hole is deep enough that you can see. Last night i dropped a chair and the leg of the chair made a hole in the floor about 1 4 deep and 1 wide. 1 clean the area around the dent of oil dirt and dust. Pour about an ounce of water over the affected area just enough to cover the dent and a small part of the surrounding wood.

First off sit by each dent and sand out the inside of it using sandpaper preferably 200 grit sandpaper. Sand out the inside of each dent using your 200 grit sandpaper. Get the interior of the dents free of shine. Sand stain shallow scratches in wood or engineered wood floors for shallow gouges or stains in a wood or engineered wood floor and also for laminated wood floors in which the gouge has not penetrated the wood veneer you can clean the gouge gently sanding it with 2oo then 400 sandpaper planning to leave the gouge un filled.

The best way to fix a scratch or two in your floor is to purchase a wax based repair kit. Once you have an exact match put a small amount of the wax on your plastic putty knife. If it is necessary then you can fold the paper in a triangle. Pooling inside the depression itself is a good sign that the spot has been thoroughly soaked.

You will hear a hiss of steam and after a few tries the wood should start to level out. With a few simple tools dents can be filled and the surface blended to match the surrounding wood color and grain. I have a thin wood veneer engineered hardwood floor with deep wire brushed grain and a matte unfinished look. When you re ready to fix scratches on engineered hardwood floors follow the directions on your floor wax repair kit.

Blow off the dust.