Help! Vacuum wheels scratching hardwood floor!
Katy
10 years ago
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grainlady_ks
10 years agoemma
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Best vacuum for hardwood floors
Comments (5)Yes, for regular cleaning, Bona is the best cleaner and you should use with a microfiber mop. Swiffer is an example of a microfiber mop and Bona has their own version. You can buy these on Amazon. For vacuums on hardwood, you need to be careful as most are made for carpets and will scratch your floor. Bissell has a great one for hardwood. You can read more about that and some other options in this article: http://theflooringgirl.com/blog/best-vacuum-hardwood-floors.html...See MoreScratches on Brazilian Cherry Hardwood floors, help!
Comments (1)For the inevitable scratches found on our Brazilian Teak floor, I use Old English Scratch Remover in the dark wood tone. Simply pour a few drops onto the scratch, rub in with a soft cloth and buff the excess away. Completely takes away the "raw wood" look of the scratch. If the scratch is deep, you will always see the dent in the wood, but coloring the wood will help hide it....See MoreHardwood foor Dented (not scratched) need help please
Comments (8)yeah, I'm going to call Mohawk and ask. We could have them replace the boards, because there are some other spots that were damaged during flooring installation and they have to do those spots anyway. vickyw-it was a lot of searching for those slabs. And a lot of luck. taggie, that's what I tell my dh. There will be other dings. At least it isn't a gouge. marcolo--not really sure. We installed the fridge. we dinged the floor. I'm sure we can point it out during punch list and get it fixed. We are not really supposed to do any "work" on the house ourselves even though we own the land and the house. (long story) The builder was supposed to install the fridge but I was getting a little impatient with it sitting in the middle of my family room and no one was showing up. I also have an 87# 42" vent hood sitting in my breakfast room that they are supposed to install. We will not go rogue on that one. They have now waited so long that the counters are in, the rangetop with its 24" high shelf is now installed. They are making it more and more difficult on themselves. It's sort of funny, the job supervisor will show up, see the fridge installed and just assume one of his guys came and did it. That's how it went down with the chandy over the island. We wanted it in before the stone was installed. The electrician couldn't it done in time. We asked the electrician if he minded if a friend of ours who is an electrician stepped in and did that for us. He didn't care. Then the super showed up on the day of rock installation, saw the light and said "oh good, they got it in".......See MoreHELP! Hardwood Floor Refinish....bad scratches!
Comments (10)What GS Floor is trying to say is this: A wood floor finish is INSPECTED (by a professional) for irregularities from a standing position, at a 10 FOOT distance, during daylight hours in NATURAL LIGHTING. If these swirl marks are unnoticeable from a STANDING POSITION at a distance of 2ft feet away (most people are taller than 5'2") you will manage to achieve "10 foot distance". So the answer to the question, "What do these look like from a standing position, 2ft away in natural lighting conditions?" - will be the way you ASSESS the quality of this job. If from that distance these abrasion disappear from view, then the job is to industry standard. Now....the 2nd buffing could mean many things but normally means the light sanding after the stain has been applied. Normally the stain is allowed to dry/cure. This will have RAISED THE GRAIN (made the wood puffy). To get rid of this, the company will buff or lightly sand the wood to get rid of this roughness. This is how they "knock down the grain". Once this has been achieved, they will do a vacuum and a tack cloth and then apply first coat of polyurethane. If you are worried about these abrasions that you are seeing here, I highly recommend you visit the site JUST BEFORE the SECOND coat of polyurethane has been applied. You can then assess the floor from the industry standard: "From a Standing Position, during daylight hours, in natural lighting, from 10 foot distance." I'm going to guess that most of these imperfections will be taken care off by the buffing before the polyurethane. Just remember: you need to view these from the industry standard.....10 ft distance in natural lighting....See MoreKaty
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