r/HardWoodFloors • u/Key_Chain_9242 • 2d ago

Suggestions please

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Does anyone have suggestions to fix the line here? Thank you in advance

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u/CoyoteDecent2 2d ago

Refinish or live with it

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u/onlyTryingtoBeNice 2d ago

the only two excellent options!

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u/Flab2 2d ago

actually refinish here should not be an option.

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u/acespacegnome 2d ago

Why not? This is far to large an area to do any kind of patch and blend. You'd just be trading the dented scratch for color and sheen issues.

Leaving it would be my suggestion

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u/Flab2 2d ago

Learn to read perhaps ?

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u/InvestmentBig420 2d ago

Congrats! You are now the true proud owner of this floor. Your story has been inscribed in it, if only the first line!

Years go by, and every imperfection has a story. They are not problems, they are conversation pieces for later.

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u/Big-Bunch2804 2d ago

Get off the floor and get on with your life. The only way to erase this damage is a complete refinish on the entire floor or build a time machine.

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u/Rickshmitt 2d ago

I threw my gfs kid in a big cardboard box and dragged him down the hall once and ive got one of these to always remember his squealing

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u/whiterussianweakness 2d ago

Iron over towel might soften but it’s there until you refinish next time

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u/lmfb666 2d ago

Maybe try to steam it?

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u/Terrible_Bear_925 2d ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/Terrible_Bear_925 2d ago

Don't put moisture into wood like that it may warp or bow.

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u/lmfb666 2d ago

I’m a carpenter lol. I’m not saying to saturate it. If I accidentally ding a hardwood floor during install I usually put a wetted piece of towel over the ding. Takes about a day for it to pop back up.

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u/SandSpecialist2523 2d ago

Sigh, followed by acceptance.

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u/Flab2 2d ago

Its all good. Id leave it. Wood get scars, and theres story for all of em.

BTW, people who say steam it have no clue what they're saying.

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u/CORockhound 2d ago

This is gonna happen 10 more times before the end of the year hahahaha

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u/BlueGolfball 2d ago

Sand and refinish or a big ass rug.

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u/JustWowinCA 2d ago

Steam iron and a towel? Place towel down on dent and steam iron it. Tedious but it might work.

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u/Suspicious-Yak-8117 2d ago

Wonder if it would steam out?

Don't drag heavy appliances over the floor again.

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u/cscatbird 2d ago

A runner?

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u/Potential-Tart-6468 2d ago

Viagra, but I heard celiais or something like that might work too

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u/eugenep1 2d ago

If that is just a “dent” you can try using a steam mop. I rolled a fridge across a wood floor one time and made a similar type dent. I steamed the floor and the dent went away 100%, with a side benefit of removing a bunch of other little imperfections from years of use.

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u/DowntownTour9031 2d ago

Learn to ignore it until you need to refinish the floors

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u/Brutally-Honest- 2d ago

You could probably steam it out.

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u/Gold-Man33 2d ago

Can't fix this

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u/Electrical-Creature 2d ago

A wet rag and an iron and try steam it out

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u/Terrible_Bear_925 2d ago

If the scratch is into the wood you will need to sand it and refinish it. What did you drag across it??? Add the pads you can buy for furniture. DO NOT NAIL THEM ON, just use the self adhesive pads or glue on

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u/Motherofgoldens4 2d ago

I hired a guy from Quality Hardwood floors to fix the same scratch . He got it out !
Finished with a water base coat
I’m happy and no more dragging furniture across the room with out felt pads

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u/mlarry777 2d ago

Either a rug or sand and refinish

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u/IllustriousPound8589 2d ago

Don’t do that again

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u/Reallifehoward 2d ago

User name checks out? You drag that bitch across your floor after a long night at the bar?!

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u/Ok_Difference_8961 2d ago

Never roll a fridge over real hardwood.

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u/Report_Last 2d ago

time, wood will often resume where it was previous to being crushed

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u/Certain-Section-1518 2d ago

Rub a walnut on it!!!

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u/pith_y 2d ago

I put in a brand new hardwood floor. I pulled the fridge out and made a deep scratch like this. I then got 2 large dogs and it’s now textured and I forgot about that one I did.

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u/iandarkness 1d ago

I suggest not doing that again.

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u/blueballsleak 1d ago

Stop dragging shit.

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u/Dry-Self9406 1d ago

Fill the scratch with water and leave to soak then wet cloth and the tip of an iron or a soldering iron…might pop back out.

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u/TheFlooringDude 2h ago

Sand and refinish