Oak floor repair an finish....

[dkperez]

The oak floor in our old house was refinished 2 years ago. While moving a cast iron radiator a scratch/gouge was put in the floor - part of it has just scratched the varnish and some goes through the varnish and onto/into/through the stain.

I have the original stain so I can replicate that. BUT, what do I need to do to fix this scratch/gouge? I can sand the varnish as needed, and restain as needed, but I'd like to get the repair to match as perfectly as possible.....

I don't know if it'll make things easier, but we need to put the third coat of varnish on the whole floor - it currently has coats of semi-gloss, and we were told to add a topcoat of satin. SO, what do I need to do to make this topcoat as perfect as possible? Do I need to scuff the varnish on the whole floor? Or can I just clean and put down the top coat?

[HayZee518]

finish your floor as normal. flow the floor finish into the area of your gouges AFTER you sand and re-stain the area. try to feather it way out from the gouge marks, then use the floor finish heavily in that one area.

[dkperez]

Cool...... I'll give it a try....

As far as the second part - putting the third coat on the floor after 2 years... Do I need to scuff everything or can I just clean the floor and apply the third coat?

[HayZee518]

well, you need some "teeth" for the new finish to "bite" into. scruffing with 00 steel wool willl give you that. its up to you! I know its a lot for a floor area - that's up to you.