Research has concluded that worms will in fact absorb many chemicals, often without suffering any apparent ill effects. However, it is believed that when the worms do perish, the substances are released back into the environment. Having said this, there are many substances that do in fact break down into harmless substances, often accelerated by decomposition - other chemicals however are not. Having 'said' all of this, aren't YOU more concerned about eating this than what the worms may end up with?

Have you tried heating the area with a hair dryer and wiping away the softened residue with a cloth?

My cousin recently finished construction on his new home. After he installed the hardwood floors in the kitchen, he laid down some paper to protect the flooring and kept this paper attached by some basic blue painter's tape. Everything seemed fine until he moved in and noticed that there were glossy marks all over his kitchen floor where the pieces of tape had been. We both think that the tape had some sort of reaction with the finish on the flooring. He said he has tried Goof Off, Liquid Sand, and even steel wool. Has anyone ever heard of this before and do you have any suggestions short of stripping the finish on the whole floor?

Goof Off is a solvent. Solvents DISSOLVE stuff....that's how they work. The solvent has DISSOLVED your finish (and the paint BTW). I'm going to guess that the hazing is because the finish on the floors (being rather fresh) has hazed or etched (the Goof Off has eaten into the finish). And possibly a little bit of paint has been etched in there with it. And the Pledge is going to complicate EVERYTHING. Sigh. At this point, you have nothing more to loose. You can try a bit of rubbing alcohol in this area to see if we can clean up the white and REMOVE the Pledge. Pledge is NASTY! It is wax in a can! And wax PREVENTS refinishing of hardwood. Yah. Prevents "the fix" that needs to be done. Throw out the Pledge and see if a little bit of rubbing ETOH on a CLEAN white cotton cloth will help. If this is hazing/etching/ruined finish then the rubbing ETOH won't help. If it is paint residue then the ETOH MIGHT help. Give it a go. You have nothing left to loose at this point. Once you have done your testing and find the haze is still there, go ahead and call the floor professional back in and explain the ENTIRE story. Including the pledge!!! It is *possible to do a patch repair (it won't look good but it can be done). If you are OK with the patch, then go for it. A few hundred dollars more won't hurt any thing at this point. If you are super picky (some people are...some aren't) then the patch won't be good enough. The top coat of the entire floor will have to be reapplied. The area that needs fixing will get a good sanding and some new layers of finish and then THE ENTIRE floor gets a single top coat to get everything all evened out. And BTW: If you had LEFT the paint where it was and called the painter BACK IN to clean up the mess, this would have been dealt with/paid for by the PAINTER. By stepping in and trying to do a clean up, you've taken on all responsibility of the "clean up mistakes" and painted yourself into a corner. I'm sorry to say but the cure may have been worse than the disease. Good luck. Decide on how perfect you need this area to be before bringing in the floor guy. If you must have perfection, then you will be looking at reapplying the top coat. If you can live with a slight imperfection at a wall, then a little patch will do just fine.