Getting Rid of Scratches on Floor

Updated on December 04, 2008
A.V. asks from Palos Hills, IL
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Hi Ladies-

We moved into a house with hardwood floors in the kitchen and on the stairs. I have never had to care for hardwood before. The floors have a bunch of scratches in the finish.... not the actual wood, just the finish. I am not sure what kind of finish we have. I am looking for a way to buff out scratches or fill in the scratches. Is there a product out there that would do that? Neither my husband or myself are very handy around the house, so any easy to use remedies would be helpful!!! Thank you!

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K.P.

answers from Wichita on

I've never used Orange Glo, but an excellent product we use in our rentals with hardwoods is Rejuvenate. I believe they work about the same way. You need to reapply about every 3 months to keeps your floors looking newly refinished. Home Depot carries Rejuvenate. We just finished renovating a 1940s home that we re-sold to our son and his wife. She was astounded when she applied the Rejuvenate to see how great the floors looked--like they'd just been refinished.

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D.C.

answers from Kansas City on

My old house only had wood floors. I found one product that worked wonders. It is OrangeGlo Hardwood floor refinisher. They also have a cleaner, both are great. I would first use the cleaner, then use the refinisher (it harder to find). I think I got mind at Ace Hardware or Target (I can't remember which.

Have Fun!!

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V.H.

answers from St. Louis on

I cracked up when I read your request because it made me think of Billy Mays advertising the Orange Glo wood floor cleaner! If nothing else, it's successful advertising! I've not used it, but here's the link:

http://www.greatcleaners.com/orangeglo.html

I don't have any personal experience to share, but I hope this can help!

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J.K.

answers from Kansas City on

We use old english and wipe it over our scratches and it works pretty good, if they're really bad maybe you should look into getting your floor refinished

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J.H.

answers from St. Louis on

If your floor is really bad, you could check into having your floor rescreened instead of refinished. It is cheaper than refinishing. It takes the finish off and recoats it but does not sand the wood down. With rescreening you are not supposed to use certain oily and waxy cleaners/products beforehand though. The finish will not go on as well.

Scratches in wood floors and the top finishes seem to be a fact of life. I think certain colors and glosses show it more than others. Higher gloss is worse than matte. Darker stains worse than lighter. Something to consider if you ever go to the trouble of refinishing them.

Good luck.

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S.T.

answers from Kansas City on

I know Lowes and Home depot have wood pens for that sort of thing.

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