Always work with the grain of the wood.
How to get burn marks off wood floors.
The only way to remove burn marks deeper than about 1 8 in 0 32 cm is to scrape out the burned wood itself.
Removing scorch marks from wood flooring.
Take a utility knife and drag the edge of the blade over the burn to remove the damaged wood.
Although wood floors are desirable both for aesthetics and durability they can burn just like many other substances.
Simply shave the burn off layer by layer.
If the floor has any stain on it it may be difficult to match to the original.
Scratch the burn mark with the edge of a pocket knife if the burn is deeper than the surface of the floor.
Wearing safety glasses scrape the burn mark with a pocketknife to assess the damage and see how deep the burn goes.
To repair a burn mark in the floor nathan recommends sanding down the floor past the burn mark and then refinishing the floor.
With the tip of the knife carefully grind away burned wood.
Scrape off deeper burn marks using the blade of a utility knife.
He did a few wide.
Although removing the burn marks may become a challenge it will be well worth it in the end when you restore your wood floors back to their original state.
In most cases the amount needed to be shaved off will not be very noticeable.
In this case nathan was able to sand down the floors using a rotex 90 random orbital sander manufactured by festool.
To remove burn marks from wood floors you need time and patience.