Thanks to ex's clumsy sons moving furniture a new gouge has appeared in the lounge floor... approx 2mm deep by 6mm wide, a couple of feet long so crossing a lot of the parquet blocks - is there a simple way of dealing with this? My fiirst thought was applying steam to raise the wood fibres, presumably I'll have to remove the wax / oil to allow the steam to penetrate, and then sand and re-seal the surface... Or is it a job for a specialist?I'm a metalworker, this "wood" stuff's a mystery to me...Dave H. (the other one)

Gouged parquet - easy fixes?

Jan 03, 2013 21 Replies

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The Medway Handyman 13 years ago

Now that is a good idea.

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Thomas Prufer 13 years ago

Yes and yes, and there's "wax" and some stuff that's much harder, like shellac, also in colours.

Steam will work through oil or wax.

Thomas Prufer

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