If you can t find any wood to match you ll have to cannibalize a piece of the existing floor.
Sealing cracks in old wood floors.
Choose a filler color just a tad darker than the floors.
If you don t have any leftover pieces of matching wood laying.
It should help the filler to go in between the boards a bit more evenly.
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You can use a wet rag to pick up.
Before you begin filling gaps in old wood floors with caulk make sure you have properly inserted the tube into a standard caulk gun.
Using a belt sander sand off a cup or two of wood from.
Get some sawdust from the floor you want to repair.
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How to refinish a hardwood floor with large cracks sanding.
Now you are ready to actually correct the gaps in your hardwood floor.
Use a stiff broom to remove any dirt and debris that may have fallen into the crack.
Wood putty is soft and dough like which allows you to spread and pack it into large floor cracks with a.
If the crack comes from random damage to a plank then sealing it can fix.
How to seal cracks in wood floors 1.
If you are not sanding and refinishing the wood at this time you will have to keep the wood clean from filler by wiping the wood with a wet then dry rag.
The first step in refinishing most wood floors is sanding and there are two primary ways to go about it.