Repairing Scratches on a Wooden Floor

If the floorboards of your wooden floor are damaged, to the point of showing deep scratches, these cracks need to be filled in again.
The necessary steps depend on the original finish of your floor.

1 - Sealed floors : 
. If necessary, start, by cleaning with Wax and Dirt Remover Louis XIII, then sand down the area in question  to eliminate the whitish traces of the scratched sealer with medium Glass Paper followed by fine.
. Afterwards fill thel holes and cracks with Wood Paste  Powder LOUIS XIII. To apply, use a Mastic Knife, and choose the product in the corresponding colour.
. Afterwards, the result can be stained with Woodwork Stain Louis XIII to homogenize the colour of your wooden floor and tone down as much as possible the areas of repair.
. Finally, apply Varnishing Emulsion Wooden Floors AVEL as a finish to renovate and embellish your floor thanks to its formulation and its honey-coloured shade, and use the corresponding Metallic Polishing Shampoo AVEL for maintenance. Both can be easily applied with our Flat Mop VALMOUR.

. In case of light superficial scratches, if the the wood has not been damaged, but only the sealer on the surface, directly apply Varnishing Emulsion Wood Floors AVEL.

2 - Waxed floors :
. If necessary, start, by cleaning with Wax and Dirt Remover Louis XIII. 
. Directly applyWood Paste  Powder LOUIS XIII to fill in holes and cracks. To apply, use the Mastic Knife, and choose the product in the corresponding colour.
. Afterwards, use on of our waxes like Tinting Polish Louis XIII Paste to care for your floor. It is very rich in wax and pigments to homogenize the colour of your floor.

Remarks : 
. If certain areas of the wood are worm-eaten and ready to crumble, strengthen the most fragilized areas with Hardener for Worm-Eaten Wood Louis XIII.