How to Hide Engineered Flooring Scratches

Engineered hardwood floors are convenient ways to instantly transform the look in any room. Instead of solid pieces of wood, engineered flooring consist of three to 12 layers of thin wood. A gluing and compression process bonds all of the layers together. Engineered floors develop scratches from furniture, shoe heels and even pet's nails. Hiding these scratches requires blending in the edges and then applying a product that closely matches the color of the surrounding floor.

Rubber gloves
Fine-grade steel wool
Wax stick
Mineral spirits
Scouring pad
Cloth
Polymerized tung oil

Instructions

- 1
  Put on rubber gloves and place a piece of fine-grade steel wool on one of the engineered floor scratches.
- 2
  Look at the surrounding area of the board and determine which direction the wood grain runs. The wood grain looks like very thin lines that all run in the same direction.
- 3
  Rub the scratch using firm pressure and following the same direction as the wood grain. Concentrate more on the outside edges of the scratch to smooth them and blend them into the surrounding floor board.
- 4
  Open a pack of wax-based wood repair sticks. Locate the wax stick that mostly closely resembles the color of the engineered floor. Rub the end of the wax stick over the scratch to fill it in and to color it.
- 5
  Rub the piece of steel wool very lightly over the repaired area, simply to sand the wax down to the same level as the top of the wood. Run your bare hand over the area to determine when it is even and smooth.

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