I’m about to refinish some hardwood flooring in a 1922 home, and there are some pretty nasty gouges in certain areas that I’m sure the floor sander will not be able to remedy. Is there any wood fill, epoxy, etc. out there that can be used to patch hardwood flooring? Or, is it just a matter of 1. replacing the boards or 2. living with it?
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Replacing the boards is the way I go for large gouges. I refinish wood floors professionaly and recommend hiring a reputable company. Most wood floor contractors replace damaged tounge and groove flooring for a nominal charge prior to sanding and refinishing. Save that great old floor!
I'd replace it too
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unlike the others, I'd tend toward filling - - now, I'll admit that there are different takes on floors, from works of art that you take your shoes off to walk on, to farm house floors with dogs and cats and the occasional litter of puppies - - our floors get hard use, and scars come with the territory and that's OK -
I'm considering what I might use - - last nasty hole I had to fill in the floor, I tinted some body filler and buttered it up -
you don't say what finish you are considering, assuming it is a surface finish (poly or somesuch) and not a penetrating oil, what I would do is find a scrap that you finish as tho it were the floor and then match that color with tinted 'durams water putty' or a catalyzed plastic of the body filler sort, butter up the gouges and then sand and finish -
I have taken flooring out of closets to patch main floor.