Hard Wood Floor Repair

Always sand or buff only in line with the wood grain.

Hard wood floor repair. Rough sand the floor sanding eliminates scratches and stains from a hardwood floor but may not be able to alleviate the deepest gouges or discolored patches of wood. You want the new butt joint to be staggered about 10 in. When sanding minor scratches restrict your sanding to the scratched area feathering only slightly into the surrounding surface.

Repair hardwood floor scratches minor scratches in wood floors often can be buffed away using steel wool or hand sanding with progressively finer sandpaper grits. Begin by using a drum sander or belt sander with the grain along the length of the boards. From the butt joints of any adjacent flooring courses.

Over the years many hardwood floors develop small splits or cracks in the surface of the wood. These can be spot repaired with some angled nails to secure the two pieces together along with some wood putty to hide the blemishes. Look at the damaged flooring plank and decide how much length to remove.

If your floor is suffering from large cracks however you might want to think about refinishing the floor.