Fixing dented floorboards

Do you Pin­ter­est?  I have a love hate rela­tion­ship with it. I think it’s because I don’t know how to use it effec­tively to increase my blog stats or some­thing like that! Then again I don’t do a lot of things to increase my blog stats (or more accu­rately I can’t be both­ered.) One of the things I do on Pin­ter­est is find some­thing I like then for­get to like/repin it and I can never find it again! Luck­ily I actu­ally fol­lowed the link to the orig­i­nal page. This is hands down one of the best things I’ve found on Pin­ter­est and I need to share!  When we fin­ished the floor in the liv­in­groom we moved our fur­ni­ture back. Every­thing was fine until we moved the piano and we dented the newly fin­ished floors. I know. It was a totally stu­pid thing to do and I thought Wal was going to cry. But have no fear the inter­net is here to help!  If you’ve “dented” your floor you just need to steam it! I know what you’re think­ing, steam a floor? Yep, steam it. Are you ready to have your mind blown?

Step 1: Wet the dent

Step 2: place damp paper towel over the dent

Step 3: Use an iron on high and in a cir­cu­lar motion iron the paper towel.  You need to be care­ful your not burn­ing the paper towel. Also make sure the iron is gen­er­at­ing a lot of steam. I’d try this on  a spot that is not very obvi­ous just in case. I think I was at it for a lit­tle under 5 min­utes. It didn’t remove it com­pletely but enough that it looks 90% bet­ter. When you think about it it’s such an obvi­ous thing. Wood expands when it’s wet/damp so if you’ve “smooshed” the wood then steam­ing it will help unsmoosh it.  If any­one tries this please let me know/send pic­tures! I’d love to know if oth­ers have had suc­cess with this technique.

Edited to add: I found the orig­i­nal link– http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-fix-dents-in-wooden-floors-furniture-with-an-iron-166696