Repairs of parquet with their own hands in the event of scratches, cracks and other "troubles"

How to repair a parquet if there are scratches, cracks or crevices?

Actually, if you notice any small scratches or cracks in the in the parquet, then it's not so scary, as they can easily be mended. For this you need the following materials: mastic or putty for wood, spatula, sandpaper, tampon, stain or tincture, paint. Repair of parquet boards begins with the fact that they cover small crevices or cracks with mastic or putty.

Then the surface must be sanded. It is better for this to choose fine-grained paper. At the next stage it is important to paint over the embeded place with a special paint of the appropriate color( or stain, tincture).To try out the color, start painting with a small spruce of a noticeable patch. Making sure that the shade is perfect, you can continue to work.

In some cases, when the scratches are very small, you can paint them with a special structured pencil. If there are deep cracks, then it is permissible to use silicone putty.

How to restore the parquet with scratches and cracks - it is understandable. But what is the

to do if there are deep slots? In this case, they can be sealed with a special putty made by hand. To do this, the sawdust is taken and painted in a suitable color( shade of the floor).After they are dried and mixed with epoxy or varnish. Next, the resulting mixture carefully close all the cracks. At the last stage, the site to be repaired is sanded and sandpapered.

Other restoration work

In addition to cracks and scratches, there may be other problems. For example, many consumers are interested in the question - is it possible to restore the parquet, if it was flooded with water? The answer in this case can only be one - the slats that have been filled with water must be changed. There is a re-laying of the parquet in these places. Those planks that have not been touched by water, you can leave.

If there are parts that creak , then you need to go through the parquet in this place. That is, the existing bars are removed, a binding compound or glue is applied to the base, the strips are put back. After that, there should be no creaking. In the same case, when the slats are already loosened and have a dried out look of , they must be completely replaced with new ones( corresponding colors).

When there are blistered areas from the distortions of the ( roughness), they can be aligned with a bending machine. But in the case when there are too many unevennesses due to the curvature of the base, the parquet is completely removed. An equalizing screed is poured on the surface. Parquet laid again.

Repair of the old parquet with the

jig saw. When the planks are completely worn, they are restored using a sewing machine. This is done using the following technology:

• First rattling all riveting to see if there are voids in any places. If they are, they must be filled with glue, using a syringe, or drilled.
• Next, disc or belt sanding machines are used. In this case, the circuit of the apparatus's movement is used in parallel with the main light source: across, on the diagonals.
• Hand grinders are used in hard-to-reach places and corners.
• After the parquet is looped, it needs to be plastered. And at the last stage it is varnished or waxed.

Note! At the end of the cycle, a disk unit with abrasive wheels with a grain size of 120 or 150 microns is used.

So, if you were attentive, repairing the parquet with your own hands, the video with the description of which is presented on our website, will pass qualitatively and quickly.