We have faux wood laminant through out our kitchen.We had to move the refridgerator and when doing so we gouged(with a crease) the flooring.We are trying to sell the house and would like to try to repair it as easily and inexpensively as possible.I heard that you can take a blow dryer to it to smooth it out,is this true?
Flooring – How to fix a good size gouge in the faux wood vinyl floor
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You need a building campaign for A/C and the operating funds to run it.
To verify that as a solution, rent commercial water damage dehumidifiers for a few weeks, and see if you can reduce the bumps.
Something like MovinCool might do the trick.
If it's solid hardwood and not a laminate or engineered, you probably don't want to glue it. How thick is it? Generally hardwoods are edge nailed through the tongue with a special nail gun.
3 days isn't a great amount of time for it to acclimate, but if you take it out of the boxes and spread it out, that'll help.
You may want to contact the manufacturer if you bought it boxed some place or contact the mill where you bought it and see what they specifically recommend.
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Obviously the best bet would be to replace the tile, if it's tile, if it's sheet vinyl well... If you have ANY of the material left over, you can cut out a patch and replace it, use a liquid seam sealer to make it look good...
You can purchase a vinyl sealer, that will basically attempt to fill in the gouge, use of lacquer thinner is required, as this is going to clean the area first...
You can purchase wood putty, or a wood crayon at your local hardware store. I used to work in Lowe's flooring department. They also sell repair kits, but you would probably be better off matching it yourself, start low. So clean it up, broom and mop. Neutral cleaner if necessary,
Apply the putty or crayon or whatever you will use to fill the gouge. They sell markers that help you fill in the extra stuff colorwise...You can set and let dry this way, wipe it clean and repeat the process, if necessary...OR...
you can apply wax to the whole floor, this will seal up and if you go low-gloss, you might be able to mask up the imperfections in a similar process as would be handled by a flat paint on an ugly wall.
Minwax has a reputable putty here