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How to restore laminate flooring

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  • 14-08-2006 11:31pm
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    di11on
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    Hi folks,

    What can I do with my laminate flooring to make it look not so scratched? Some of the scratches are quite deep. Looking at the cross section of the flooring there's about 2mm of actual wood before you get to the cheap stuff...

    What are my options? I know they say not to sand... but shouldn't this be ok just once????

    Thanks folks


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    Do-more
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    Laminate flooring has a paper layer printed with a wood pattern and then a plastic wearlayer on top of that. Unfortunately for you, there is nothing you can do to "restore" the finish.

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    antoinolachtnai
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    Don't sand, whatever else.

    Laminate flooring isn't wood or anything much like it. If it is wood, then it's semi-solid flooring. Could this be what it is?

    One thing to try, this might work for small scratches. If you have a spare piece of laminate to try on, you could try Jif (scourer, slightly abrasive) or Brasso (slightly more abrasive). I haven't tried this myself, no guarantees now!


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    di11on
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    So... maybe it is semi solid flooring I have.... if it is, is it ok to sand it???

    I have some spare pieces left up the attic... I'll post a picture of a cross section and maybe people can tell me if it is semi solid.


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    miles teg
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    di11on wrote:
    So... maybe it is semi solid flooring I have.... if it is, is it ok to sand it???

    I have some spare pieces left up the attic... I'll post a picture of a cross section and maybe people can tell me if it is semi solid.

    Semi solid can be sanded once or twice but it's not really recommended. I don't think people will be able to determine if it's semi solid or not by you posting a picture


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    Do-more
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    di11on wrote:
    So... maybe it is semi solid flooring I have.... if it is, is it ok to sand it???

    I have some spare pieces left up the attic... I'll post a picture of a cross section and maybe people can tell me if it is semi solid.

    Go ahead and post a picture, if it's semi solid there should be no problem in sanding it. A 14mm semi-solid will have about 4mm of solid wood on the top and should be good for a number of sandings.

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    Capt'n Midnight
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    you can get stuff like wax to repair and blend in


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