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How to repair burned spot on varnished oak floor?
Our house is an old one built back in early 50s, it has an oak plank floor
that is stained and varnished. One of the kids used a space heater directly on the floor, and it blackened the floor right in front of it. I think the burn damage is very shallow, so I am not expecting to have to sand very deep to get rid of the burn marks. I know I cannot get a perfect match without refinishing the whole floor, but I will settle for something that you have to look close to notice it. IS this an achievable goal? I figure I can lift up a little piece of the floor surface from a corner of a closet (same flooring), strip the varnish and stain and use that as a test- piece. I could lift up a second little piece and use that as the sample to match the stripped test-piece to. But how can I match the stain accurately? Not long ago, I tried matching a sample of a door that was stained and varnished to a chart of stains at Lowes, and the stain that I thought matched pretty well looked very different when I applied it and varnished it. I bought three cans of stain before really getting something close, and it was still not a good match at all....but I didn't care if one door is a little different from the others. How can I get an accurate stain match? |
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