Repair Hole In Wooden Floor
When the latex is dry use fine grit.
Repair hole in wooden floor. Clean these indents with a folded piece of sandpaper. I used scrap materials from previous pro. I like how they are staggered so they will blend in with the rest of the floor. You re better off matching some scrap wood of similar.
Avoid pva or carpenter s glue. The shed floor in our backyard has a rotten floor from a water breech over the past few years and was falling apart. It s important to smooth the edges so the repair materials stick to raw wood rather than a finish on the flooring. You could always cut a out of the existing floor somewhere out of the way like a closet corner but then you ve got a hole in your closet.
Hardwood flooring can start wearing away as time passes and you may start to notice small holes in the wood. The most reliable way to match the color of a species of wood to fill holes in a wood floor is to mix sawdust from that wood species with glue. Shape the filler piece of wood to fill the hole. Isolate the hole in the hardwood floor.
No matter what type of sawdust you mix the final color will be a dull yellow or even gray. How to repair a gouged wood floor a reader wants to repair a puncture wound in this parquet floor. For a deep gouge fill the hole with coloured latex wood filler in the shade that most closely matches your floor. Wipe on a diagonal to avoid pulling filler out of the patch.
Don t use just any glue though or it may discolor the sawdust. Did not want to sand and refinish the entire floor so i did some spot repairs. Using a plastic trowel or a plastic spatula lay the sawdust glue mixture into the cracks. Use a plastic putty knife with a metal one you run the risk of more scratches.
Had a 75 year old oak floor with some deep gouges. Reader photo by jeanne huber jeanne huber email bio july 2 2018 at 7 00 am edt q. Wipe the patch and adjacent flooring with a damp rag to wipe off any excess. Try to finish off as smooth as possible.
There were 3 boards fixed here plus 1 along the back wall.