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    From knuttle@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 2 21:58:44 2023
    We have hardwood floors real not Pergo in our downstairs.

    There is an are of about 8 square feet the needs to be refinished in a
    high traffic area. The rest of the floor is in good condition.

    What would the best way of repairing this bad spot.

    Sand down and re-varnish?

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to knuttle on Sun Dec 3 18:10:33 2023
    knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> writes:
    We have hardwood floors real not Pergo in our downstairs.

    There is an are of about 8 square feet the needs to be refinished in a
    high traffic area. The rest of the floor is in good condition.

    What would the best way of repairing this bad spot.

    Sand down and re-varnish?

    Throw rug.

    It's going to be hard exactly the match the surrounding floor
    without refinishing it all. The sanding will likely lighten
    the color considerably, particularly for woods like cherry.

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  • From knuttle@21:1/5 to Scott Lurndal on Sun Dec 3 14:22:42 2023
    On 12/03/2023 1:10 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
    knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> writes:
    We have hardwood floors real not Pergo in our downstairs.

    There is an are of about 8 square feet the needs to be refinished in a
    high traffic area. The rest of the floor is in good condition.

    What would the best way of repairing this bad spot.

    Sand down and re-varnish?

    Throw rug.

    It's going to be hard exactly the match the surrounding floor
    without refinishing it all. The sanding will likely lighten
    the color considerably, particularly for woods like cherry.

    The floor is oak, and the area is is a small room off of the foyer. May
    main concern is to prevent additional damage to the hardwood itself. I
    am hoping that the small area, it location and surrounding item will
    disguise and slight difference.

    In that location I think the rug would create more problems than it
    would solve.

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 3 14:49:06 2023
    On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:58:44 -0500, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    We have hardwood floors real not Pergo in our downstairs.
    There is an are of about 8 square feet the needs to be refinished in a
    high traffic area. The rest of the floor is in good condition.
    What would the best way of repairing this bad spot.
    Sand down and re-varnish?


    What are the alternatives ? I can't think of a single one.
    Perhaps I'm missing something ..
    John T.

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  • From Clare Snyder@21:1/5 to hubops@ccanoemail.com on Sun Dec 3 15:24:04 2023
    On Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:49:06 -0500, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:

    On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:58:44 -0500, knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    We have hardwood floors real not Pergo in our downstairs.
    There is an are of about 8 square feet the needs to be refinished in a
    high traffic area. The rest of the floor is in good condition.
    What would the best way of repairing this bad spot.
    Sand down and re-varnish?


    What are the alternatives ? I can't think of a single one.
    Perhaps I'm missing something ..
    John T.
    It depends what kind of ramage. sometimes just spot sanding or
    scraping with a cabinet scraper then touching up with a colored
    varathane finish or "toner" can give an acceptable match and will
    protect from further damage.

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  • From Markem618@21:1/5 to michaeldwilson2@gmail.com on Mon Dec 4 12:16:31 2023
    On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 09:09:34 -0800 (PST), Michael
    <michaeldwilson2@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 2:24:11?PM UTC-6, Clare Snyder wrote:

    It depends what kind of ramage. sometimes just spot sanding or
    scraping with a cabinet scraper then touching up with a colored
    varathane finish or "toner" can give an acceptable match and will
    protect from further damage.

    On this topic, is it possible to mix stains the way a painter mixes colors to get a specific color?

    Thanks.

    Trail and error to match yes it is.

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