Photos please??? As for a "renew" product, you are talking about a temporary polish. These temporary polishes are HELL to live with and hell to remove once you realize how HORRIBLE they are.

Please respond to this post with some photos of the scratches you are talking about. The type of floors you have (site finished vs. factory finished) will also dictate what can be done. Photos will tell us which type of floor you have which means we can then help you with a few more hints.

Curious to see what the solution is.

A floor finisher may be able to screen and recoat without a full refinish. Those scratches look significant.

A buff and recoat (a single coat of finish applied over the existing finish) is probably the only option. The cost of a buff and coat is 'roughly' 1/2 the price of a full sand/refinish. That means you are looking at (around) $3/sf instead of $5/sf. It will only take a day or two for everything to be done/cured...but you will still need your furniture moved out for the duration.

How old is your finish? What are your cleaning products that you have used over the life of the floor?

If you decide to go this route, you will want to find a HIGH-END wood flooring professional who will offer a DISCOUNT for a full sand and refinish if the 'buff and coat' fails. And there is a risk to attempting a buff and coat. There can be adhesion issues (pealing) when attempting to get a new coat to sit over an old coat. The cleaning products used in the past will often dictate whether or not a buff and coat is even possible.

Never, ever, ever, use a floor steamer on wood floors. Ever.

It will ruin the wood and finish. You will need to tear out your floors and install new ones.

Sadly steam ages a finish rather quickly. Instead of 'holding up' for 20-25 years, a heat-damaged floor (like one that has been exposed to steam) will get you around 15 years before it looks 'all torn up'. Steam cooks the finish. A cooked finish then becomes brittle; more likely to appear scratched/damaged. Once that happens, a full sand and refinish is required (or buff and coat if you must have a decent looking finish for the next 7 years...because that's all a buff and coat does...offer a 'pick-me-up' for $3/sf).

If you are lucky, the wood itself will be without damage (in other words you only damaged the finish). If you are unlucky, the wood underneath will be brittle and more likely to splinter (imagine water logged wood that dries out...it is weakened because of the exposure to water).

Again, how old is the finish? When was the last time it was sanded/refinished?

Steam cleaners can force water into the wood, which generally isn't a good thing. I've seen floors where the edges of the boards grew and the finish peeled.

If you want a DIY fix, look into Bona Refresher. It's easier to apply that urethane finish, much better quality than Bona Polish, and can be coated over in the future. Like any topcoat, the floor should be really clean before application.

The steam mop isn't helping. At 12 years old, it is *almost time for a buff and coat anyway. The age of the finish is looking PRETTY GOOD with some regular scratches in higher traffic areas. At 12 years old, I'm not overly concerned about how the floors LOOK.

Those scratches are only in the finish. They do not reach the wood. That's EXCELLENT! The finish is FULLY FUNCTIONAL. It is just the 'look' you are upset about. Which is fine. It's your house. You need to be happy there.

A hardwood floor finish (3 coats) is worth 20-25 years worth of 'life'. Around about 10-15 years old, the finish starts looking a bit tired. A bit scratched up (almost exactly as you have shown in the photographs) but FULLY functional. Once you hit this age, you can start looking at a 'pick-me-up' which is a buff and coat (see my above comments about what it costs/requires).

OK...so your floors are right on schedule. Now is the time to contemplate whether or not you want the buff and coat. It will offer about 7 years worth of 'happy'. It will NOT elongate the 'life' of the finish...it will just make it look nice. And then it will look tired once again. And that's when you start looking at a full sand and finish around the 20-25 year mark.

The decision becomes do you NEED a buff and coat = no. It is fully functional. Do you WANT a buff and coat? Probably. You want your floors to look nicer than they are. Ok. Now it is whether you wish to give out $3/sf and whether or not you want to move your furniture for the event.

It's your call. I'm OK with the finish...but it isn't my home.

Unlike! I'm sorry that happened to you.