How can I attractively fill in grooves on my wood floor?
Shivering asked:
We bought a house with a gorgeous wood floor in the living room, but I didn’t realize how hard it would be to keep clean! It’s not a smooth surface like regular wood floors – it looks almost like it’s meant for an outdoor deck – there’s a board, and then a groove about 1 cm wide and 1 cm deep, then a board, then a groove, etc, and the grooves collect every bit of dust and dirt and get soooo dirty so fast, it’s driving me nuts! Is there any kind of transparent something-or-other I can fill them with that won’t look awful? Or something that would cover them from above? Honestly, I’m tempted to just put clear packing tape over the entire floor so I won’t have to deal with them anymore!!
We do have a big rug over some of it, but it’s a really big room, and there’s plenty of wood still showing. Please help!!!!
We bought a house with a gorgeous wood floor in the living room, but I didn’t realize how hard it would be to keep clean! It’s not a smooth surface like regular wood floors – it looks almost like it’s meant for an outdoor deck – there’s a board, and then a groove about 1 cm wide and 1 cm deep, then a board, then a groove, etc, and the grooves collect every bit of dust and dirt and get soooo dirty so fast, it’s driving me nuts! Is there any kind of transparent something-or-other I can fill them with that won’t look awful? Or something that would cover them from above? Honestly, I’m tempted to just put clear packing tape over the entire floor so I won’t have to deal with them anymore!!
We do have a big rug over some of it, but it’s a really big room, and there’s plenty of wood still showing. Please help!!!!
6 Responses to “How can I attractively fill in grooves on my wood floor?”
polyurethane
There is a thing called wood water putty that you can mix and pour and trawl into the cracks and then sand and of course stain to match the wood color then paint with polyurethane clear coat paint.
You might be able to apply some kind of floor sealer to help. I would go to Home Depot or someplace like that and ask for assistance.
Call a wood floor expert and ask his opinion. They will give you an expert suggestion as to alternatives to fix your problem and bid for free.
Edge the floor means sanding it down smooth. It may be something like stripping the floor and re staining or simply just putting polyurethane on the floor .
Also, wood putty between the cracks might work.
u can use polyurethane its durable, but its shine wears off fast. or go for silicon filling its economical, transparent, but may wear out after 6 months depending upon usage
I am a wood flooring contractor (20 years). Call a contractor and ask them if the floor can be “screened and epoxied. I’m sure you’ve seen wood surfaces with VERY thick finishes (bar tops with sports cards on them perhaps), that is an epoxy finish.
Screening involves buffing the floor with an abrasive material to prepare it for another coat of finish. It’s much cheaper than sanding/refinishing.
I think anything else you try and fill with will crack, crumble and come out in a very short time.
Good Luck
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