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How to Touch Up Floors After a Flooring Install...

The installation crew packs up and leaves. You walk through the room with fresh eyes, get down on one knee near the window, and start noticing things: a nail mark...

The Right Touch-Up Product for Every Floor Fini...

A touch-up marker applied to the wrong finish type either won't adhere correctly, will leave a visible sheen mismatch, or will look fine initially and then peel within weeks. The...

How to Fix Scratches on Prefinished Hardwood (I...

The advice that works for site-finished hardwood — scuff with steel wool, apply a maintenance coat, spot-sand and re-stain — will ruin a prefinished floor. The factory finish on prefinished...

Touch-Up vs. Full Refinish: How to Decide Which...

A contractor quotes you $2,800 to refinish the living room floor. A touch-up kit costs $40. Somewhere between those two numbers is the right answer for your floors — but...

How to Repair Water Damage Stains on Hardwood F...

Water and hardwood floors react badly to each other, but not always in the same way. A white haze left by a glass of water is a different problem from...

Floor Touch-Up After Moving Furniture: What to ...

You've moved the sofa, the bookcase, the dining table — and now there's a long drag mark across two planks, a dent where something heavy sat for three years, and...