r/HardWoodFloors

Just bought a duplex. This is the half we plan to rent out. I’m going to make a second post of the floors on the other half bc they look different. We are doing this all DIY we have lots of friends and family helping. It’s a lot of floor. Over 3000 square feet of hardwood all together. No idea how old the floor is. House was built 1896

Hi everyone, just moved in to a brand new house and noticed these blue spots on hardwood. Can anyone please help identify what are these ? A part of wood finish or what kid of stsin . This is hardwood not engineered wood . It is bothering me so much . Anyone else seen those before ?

I have about 60m2 mosaic parquet. Directly inside the front door has seen a lot of footfall and is in accordingly good/bad condition. The bed and living rooms look a lot better with some minor scratches but overall decent I would say.

I’m debating on whether to do it, and if so if I can/should do it myself

My contractor “filled”, sanded, stained, and has applied two coats of oil based polyurethane to my hardwood floor. I notice areas where they failed actually fill some gaps. They are going to proceed tomorrow (Thursday) and said these gaps will be fixed. What is the best or proper way to fix this?

I’m betting the right answer isn’t an extra heavy final coat of polyurethane, right?
Can additional thin layers of polyurethane fill these in?
Should he fill with wood filler and apply stain to the filler and then coat again with poly?

Please help!!!!! if you are a professional and have real experience and input I need your comments quick!!!

A white oak floor and red oak stair treads with pine risers and skirts

Been trying to remove paint and finish from this and it’s been exhausting

Can someone help me with the stain for this solid hardware floor. I think it's red oak with a stain, not able to confirm the stain and the builder didn't leave us with a sample

Hi all! Got some floors in. Having difficulty figuring out which way we should lay the planks. Any advice?

My sisters and I ripped up the carpet in our dining room to put LVP over it to protect it from 5 dogs (3 big, 2 small). We recently discovered the shoemolding on the base of the built-in cabinet is neigh impossible to remove and is to the wood floor so putting LVP up against it is a very different challege then what I was expecting.

So going out on a limb, what type of wood floor is this and if I were to paint the wood would it; 1) protect the wood from dog pee soaking into it and 2) be able to be sanded to properly refinish the floor in the future?

Note: We cannot vacate the house for however long it'll take to refinish the floors, don't have the time or money. The house is small and the dining room connects the bedrooms/bathroom to the kitchen. Going through the dining room is the ONLY way to the bedrooms and bathroom. We also have 5 dogs so leaving is very difficult.

After putting a blanket down to avoid scratching, I put the table (seen in the back) on top of it and slid it across the living room into the dining room to put a new rug down. I turned around and there are two light surface scratches running about 10'.

How can I repair this? I've searched google, here, youtube.... I cannot find anything

I have Bona Traffic HD satin with 2 coats, and nordic seal stain. I feel like an absolute moron.

Guys I ripped up my flooring a little to inspect. ChatGPT says it’s just old flooring but idk. What do you guys think!? Is the is a full gut job?

A friend recently stayed at my apartment in NYC and I’ve found these grease / oil stains on the floor - likely from a food packaging left on the floor. It was next to a garbage can. They’re not entirety sure as it was an accident.

I think it will be difficult to remove them as they seem set and aren’t fading much either cleaning.

Would my landlord charge me for this or is it reasonable wear and tear? How much could it cost? Worried they may charge an unreasonable amount.

Any advice appreciated as stressing out at the cost when I don’t have the cash. Thanks a lot!

Edit: thanks everyone for your views. I will put baking soda on it and hope that helps, even if marginal. Seems like this was truly negligent and could be very expensive to treat. For new comments, please only do so if offering helpful advice or different views (e.g., the whole floor won’t need replacing if the landlord pushes but just the relevant panels, the cause of the stains seems like XYZ). Also, this is a rental building so I assume the floors are engineered wood but may be wrong.

I want to screen our hardware floors, but uncertain what grit screen to use on a square buff floor sander. AI says 100, other post I've read said 150 and up. I just want to apply a new coat of poly after screening without staining. Our floors are original and good condition with some minor scratches.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice on whether I should spot fix a patch on the floor I missed when applying the third and final coat of Bona Mega polyurethane. I applied the third coat this morning after buffing the second coat. After about 5 hours, I’ve checked and I can see a small patch I missed with the roller. I’m wondering if I should try to spot fix this with a brush or if I should just leave it. I can only really see it with low angle light. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Floors got sanded to a white oak however it’s exposed a bunch of light woods that look choppy visually. Any ideas on how to tone it down? Pics are of the now “finished” floor. Contractor says there’s nothing more he can do. Thoughts?