How to Fix Minor Scratches on a Laminate Wood Floor

Laminate wood flooring is common in kitchens to give the appearance of real wood at a much more affordable price. Unfortunately, like any flooring material, laminate can be damaged. The most common kinds of damage done to laminate flooring are scratches, chips and dents. There are a few ways of repairing the damage if the simple option for removing scratches isn’t enough for the chips and dents also found in your laminate flooring.

Scratch-masking aerosol spray
Clean cloth
Laminate flooring touch-up kit
Trowel
Putty knife

Instructions

- 1
  Spray the scratched area with a good amount of scratch-masking aerosol spray.
- 2
  Buff the area as aerosol spray dries with a clean cloth using a circular motion.
- 3
  Vary the amount of buffing to match the sheen of your existing flooring. If you over-buff the area, reapply the aerosol spray and buff the area again, but not as much. These sprays can reduce the visibility of scratches by up to 80 percent.
- 4
  Repair small dents or chips by finding a laminate flooring touch-up kit with color-matched epoxy, putty or wax repair sticks to match the color of your flooring . Fill in the damaged area with a repair stick from the touch-up kit using a trowel.
- 5
  Smooth out the area with a putty knife. Wipe away excess putty with a cloth before it dries. Keep off the area for a few hours until the putty hardens, at which point it can hold up to traffic like the rest of your laminate flooring.

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