Repairing dents in polished floors

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Help!!

While moving into our house, which has freshly polished timber floors, we've had a minor disaster. One of the items we moved in was heavy, and on wheels.

We since discovered that the wheels were not properly rounded and had a projection in the middle. This has resulted in grooves being made in our floors. The polish itself isn't cut up, but the timber has been compressed under the wheels. The floors are beech (supposedly fairly hard) and have been polished with polyeurathane (not sure if 1 or 2 pack). They are very glossy - which we understood was harder too.

I've read about using an iron / damp cloths to re-expand the compressed timber. Would this be OK to do on polished floors - would the heat and moisture do more harm?

Thanks in advance for any advice!!

Rgds
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[Dusty]

At best, a new coat over the top will do a fair job of hiding the "snail trails" you have made. However, it will still be visable under the fresh coat.

Don't bother mucking about with Martha Stewart type solutions.. like ironing out the dents....which is fine on small dents on furniture and stuff, but not on floors.

At worst, if you want your floor back to perfect it will require re-sanding and coating.

Check your insurance policy it might allow you to make a claim on damaged flooring.

Good luck.

[China]

As Dusty said

[OBBob]

I've found that a satin finish is mcuh better at concealing marks and is especially good in old baltic pine floors etc. where they are quite soft and prone to dents etc.

If as suggested above you were to add another coat you may consider going slightly less glossy?

[kkkkkkk]

Thanks OBBob, China & Dusty for the advice. I suspected the ironing wasn't an option

I guess we'll be doing the sand/recoat in a few months time.

Cheers,
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[Extracare]

Now that you've moved in it will be a nightmare to move everything out, re-sand and re-polish.

Live with it for a month or two and you'll probably find you get over the disappointment of it.

Floors never look immaculate for long, even in the best kept homes.


..... and if you invite us all round we promise not to mention it.