How to remove or at least lessen scratches on hardwood floors?

Clean the area real good with hard wood cleaner, let it dry completley. Use a scouring pad and rub with the grain of the wood on the scratch. Feather out a little to help blend with the floor. Apply wax with a wax stick and let it dry. Once dried buff the area with a soft cloth using large back and forth strokes. This is the easiest I have found without having to fill the scratches with putty and applying polyurethane.

Rub the scratch with olive oil.

you can also use a wet tea bag or get the furniture markers

I would take a soft scrubby and gently rub the area to remove the mark, then thoroughly clean the floor with a cleaner designed for hardwood flooring.

Whitingd has the right idea

However, I wouldn't use olive oil.

Use lemon or orange oil to clean the drag lines. You may find that it is more grime than scratch. Apply the oil to a microfiber cloth until saturated. Consider safety pinning your cloth to a Swiffer-type device or a sponge mop. Rub over the tracks with the grain of the wood. Let sit 5-10 min and then buff with a fresh microfiber cloth.

Use a hardwood cleaner as directed if the area still looks dirty.

If you can still see the scratches, soak a fresh microfiber cloth in walnut or almond oil (these are great wood conditioners). Gently rub with the grain over the scratches & then cover with the cloth. Let rest about 30 min to really soak in. Remove the oilled cloth, then buff with 1-3 fresh ones.

Care for your floor as normal going toward. Polish with nut or citrus oil as needed

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I do thank you for your suggestion, however..it left a nice shine but didn't help with the problem..

I'm wondering if those are scratches or if they are simply material rubbed off the wheels of whatever passed over the floor. Something you can do right now is to try rubbing the olive oil as Whitingd suggested. Just a little patch at first and keep rubbing if it starts to lighten. There are waterless wood floor cleaner and conditioners that will make you smile when you see what they can do. Bruce and Scotts Liquid Gold brands come to mind. A $12 or $15 bottle and a little rubbing may just do everything you need.

Thank you. will try.

Or try the white eraser. Those things work well in getting out scuffs from shoes on a wood floor.

And Cassandra, next time, get yourself a few Super Sliders (or something similar) to help move your furniture. You might need to get somebody in one time to help you "install" these under your funiture legs. I'm a lot older than you are and I've used these sliders quite a bit over the years to move heavy pieces.

Rub a walnut against the scratched area. It really works! It sound kind of strange but I did this with my 20 yr old coffee table and now there are no more scratches!

You can fill any small indention marks with a crayon of matching color. Just go back and forth over it till filled then buff off excess.

Yep, the crayon method worked for me to fill in scratches in my oak hardwood floor

Use very fine steel wool and Murphy's oil soap in the direction of the wood.. It does an amazing job. Depending on the look use a marker/crayon to fill in any color removal and then use your normal floor cleaner/sealer. Or use a small amount of paste wax over the scratch, which will help protect the damage.

Are they actual gauges in the wood or just black lines? If just lines, rub with a tennis ball. It works on linoleum!

Lots of ideas on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=remove+scratches+from+hardwood+floors

I had the same thing happen. I used Rejuvenate hardwood restore. It's a bit expensive, but it works. And it's easy.

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Dampen a corner of a soft towel, rubbing the damp area over the scuff. The moisture and pressure may be enough to rub away the scuff. Wipe the water off the wood with the dry portion of the towel.

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Wipe the scuffed area slightly with a damp sponge. Rub a pencil eraser over the scuff, then wipe again with the damp sponge to remove the eraser debris. Wipe dry with a soft towel.

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Rub a tennis ball over the scuff until the scuff disappears. The fabric on the ball buffs away some scuffs.

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Clean the scuffed area thoroughly to remove any discoloration by wiping it with a damp soft cloth, then drying the area with a dry soft cloth. Mix a tablespoon each of white vinegar and olive oil in a shallow bowl. Pour a small amount of the solution over the scuff or scuffs and allow it to sit overnight. Dry and buff the area with a dry soft cloth.

Things You Will Need

Soft towel

Clean pencil eraser

Damp sponge

Tennis ball

Damp soft cloth

Dry soft cloth

Vinegar

Olive oil

Shallow bowl

If cleaning with the oils/cleaners didn't help, I would try a magic eraser as someone else suggested. I recently had a mishap with my Roomba... it dragged an old glue mousetrap out from under the fridge and laid a glue trail all over my laminate flooring. I realize it is not scratches, like you have, but I tried all different kinds of cleaners, oils and goo gone - nothing would get it off the floor. I was trying to avoid damaging the surface of the laminate.

My SIL suggested using the magic eraser and it worked. It was a bit hard on the knees, but part of the magic is that it actually removed some old, scratchy scuffs that were made by my portable dishwasher. I thought they were permanent until I was cleaning a glue trail that ran across a scuff and the scuffed part of the floor came clean, too. Happy day :) The trick for me was repetition more than pressure.

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Clean scratches immediately and fill with stain of the same color. Rub a little varnish or poly finish over the stained scratch to seal out dirt. If the scratches are dirty, clean the scratches well before staining and sealing. Others have given great advice regarding preping the scratch. All wood floors get some scratches over time; they are part of the character that builds over the years. It is important to keep the wood floors protected with a secure top coat of poly or wax if the floor was varnished. Clean up spills immediately. The real consequence of unrepaired scratches is that they will allow moisture to get into the wood and cause damage and stains. Never wet-mop or use a steam-mop on wood floors because they will damage the floor. Steam-mops warp the planks terribly. If the floor is new, check with the store where you bought the flooring for their advice; many stores sell touch-up kits for quick floor repairs. If you have to buy a can of stain and cannot match perfectly, go lighter because it will darken over time.