we were thinking about restoring the parquet floor in our living room ... the floor is dark red in color, is varnished and i belieev it is not stained .. there are a few scratches (furniture marks) on the floor and very fine gaps .. i was wondering if could use a wood filler and then reseal it with a floor varnish and avoid sanding the floor altogether ... because the floor is in good condition otherwise has a good amount of shine left ..
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If you fill and varnish an unsanded floor you'll end up with a patchy floor, ruining the look you have now.
It's either or:
either you'll sand the whole floor, then use the sand-dust to mix with the woodfiller and apply a new finish
or you give the floor a good clean and live with the little scratches (adds character
)
It's either or:
either you'll sand the whole floor, then use the sand-dust to mix with the woodfiller and apply a new finish
or you give the floor a good clean and live with the little scratches (adds character
)it literally has a character the previous owners kid has etched one .. but it's not very visible as of now i just used a wood filler and polished it with wax ... the wax has removed some light scratches and made the floor more squeaky
Are we talking about varnish or about an oiled/wax floor??
Oiled/wax floors can be repaired locally without becoming patchy (although will vary in colour for a while), varnished floors (lacquered) cannot be repaired locally.
Oiled/wax floors can be repaired locally without becoming patchy (although will vary in colour for a while), varnished floors (lacquered) cannot be repaired locally.
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wax on varnished floors will not hold in the long term I'm afraid. Wax is supposed to get into the wood, varnish (hard layer) will prevent that.
If you find the way it looks annoying you'll have to sand it I'm afraid. If you can live with it, like I said, give it a good clean and apply a proper maintenance product for varnished floors (that might disguise the mark a little bit).
Oil/wax (hardwaxoil) floors are our favoured kind of finish: easy to apply (even very forgiving with little applying errors) and easier to locally repair (small damages = bit of wax; larger damages: locally sanding) than varnish/lacquered.
But in the end it's personal choice
Oil/wax (hardwaxoil) floors are our favoured kind of finish: easy to apply (even very forgiving with little applying errors) and easier to locally repair (small damages = bit of wax; larger damages: locally sanding) than varnish/lacquered.
But in the end it's personal choice
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