On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:39:23 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:

On Aug 20, 7:44*pm, mm wrote:
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:41:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I just had my hardwood floors refinished, and a single, short, curly
hair (about 3/4" long) must have fallen onto the floor prior to the
last coat of poly, and now it is beneath that coat of poly. *It sort-
of catches the light when you walk in and out of the room, so it is
quite noticable.

Is there any way to remove the hair (which is just beneath the
surface) without damaging the finish? *If not, is there any way to
hide the disturbance to the finish? *(Maybe one of those floor
cleaning solutions with poly?)

What kind of poly is in that floor cleaning solution you have in
parens? *Not polyurethane? *I don't think there is any cleaning
solution that dissolves polyurethane and if there were, it would make
a lot of people angry when all they wanted to do was clean.

I hate to argue with a regular here, but my experience is that
patching polyurethane is not noticeable.

So I might just sand out the hair with medium to fine sand paper,
finishing with as fine as you used on the floor before you finished
it, and then patch with polyurethane. * *

No argument at all - different strokes and all that. It's just that
I've found people that object to a small imperfection don't appreciate
a different and larger imperfection - like a ring of variance in the
sheen around the repair. It's kind of like the first ding on your new
car - drives you nuts until you get some more.

I just got my first ding an hour ago, and I did it myself, at the
grocery store. From the shopping cart. I was parked sideways on a
hill, and this cart didn't have the plastic bumpers on the front
edges.

At least it's the first scratch since the car was repainted 18 months
ago, and right on my door.

Where can I get some more dings?

R