How do you get scratches outv of hardwood floors?
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Wood is amazingly resilient. This works for both floors and furniture. Lift out a scratch by dabbing a bit of water in to the hollow with a Q-tip. Let it soak for 20-30 minutes, depending on how humid and warm it is. Place a layer of brown paper bag on the scratch with a dry wash cloth on top of it. Take an iron set on a medium to medium high setting and dab the area with the hot iron. After lifting the layers you should see the wood has expanded again to it's original structure. If the wood was stained you may need to touch it up with a touch up crayon in the shade of your original stain found at your local hardware store.
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This can be a tough situation depending on the depth of the scratches.
For light, short scratching or short a little buffing from a rotary machine can often wipe away the sharpness of the scratch so that you would notice it only because you are looking for it. In this way you might find out that you didn't actually get the wood, but the finish on top. Don't use a belt sander, for god's sake! But, a rotary sander with buffing pad might just wipe it out. Be careful, though, because spending too much time on it--more than a minute or two--will shine out the floor in that area to the point where there will be an especially clean spot contrasting with the rest of the floor.
For deep, long scratches, you in for some work. If you've got the cash and the time, you might take the opportunity to have the entire floor redone (or do it yourself). The work itself would be removing the stuff in the room and renting a machine from the hardware store (or elsewhere). All in all, it will take a day for moving, stripping, buffing, finishing, and curing. The next day you'll look great (until this happens again).
On the other hand, if you've just got this one bad spot, you've got some options. You might think about checking with places around town who do flooring and see if they have a cut-and-dried fix-it call fee. If it's reasonable, go that way. Otherwise, getting some wood filler from the hardware store could be a good way to go. At that point it's like filling a hole in drywall and then buffing out the top like for small scratches.
All in all, much depends on the depth of the scratching and the condition of the surrounding floor. At the end of it, you are going to need to think about the whole floor, what you are willing to invest, how versatile you feel your skills are, and--finally--whether or not you want to deal with it on your own. A good option might be to think about whether or not you are going to be moving or changing your home around int he future, at which point you can just lump the cost of repairs into the move/redo. Not that it will help the cost, but psychologically it will make you feel less grumpy about seeing it as a single job that needs to be done. If you can, let it sit...or put a chair over it!
Good luck, whatever you end up doing.
it depends on how deep the scratches are. the answer of the iron will work if not to deep. if it is in the wood. if it is just the finish that is scratched you could figure out if you have a semi-gloss or a gloss shine, lightly sand the boards that have the scratch with about 220 grit sand paper along the joint and edges of the wood affected. wipe away dust and get a small brush about an inch and half or two inches wide and follow the joints of the boards to be repaired and take your time you need to have a steady hand and not go out side the lines. just like coloring
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