The oak flooring in a couple of rooms at home has been damaged by th
high heels of some of the guests in a recent gathering.
There are plenty of small marks, about 4 mm in diameter and 1-1.5m deep.
Other than sanding and repolishing, is there another way to repair it?
I heard somewhere applying heat with a hot iron on top of a wet cloth I tried it but made no difference.
The floor is in great condition otherwise, it was laid only 5 year ago.
Thanks,
Antoni
-- asalcedo
To each their own.
This sounds like specialist work for a flooring contractor. Individual parquet blocks can be replaced but it is difficult to get a perfect match. The dents are too shallow to hold filler, and sanding them out would leave hollow areas one to two mm deep.
Hi, thank you for your reply.
Can I not sand them down 1.5mm throught the whole two rooms?
That would clear all the dents.
Or is 1.5mm too much to sand down?
Thanks,
Antoni
-- asalcedo
I don't know. If the blocks are solid hardwood that is a possibility, but if the top is a layer of veneer then it would depend on the thickness of the veneer. I would get some estimates for repair and see what they proposed doing, then decide if it was DIYable.
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