I just recently had my floors changed from carpet to parquet (that wood-looking surface). It looks great but I don't want the chairs for my dining table to scratch it up. What can I put on the legs of the chair to keep it from making that scratchy noise and messing up the parquet (something that looks GOOD [no tennis balls please])
Rob S. has covered it pretty well. I would add however that the adhesive on the felt pads tend not to be the best, so one of two things usually happen. One-After you push back from the table a couple of times after a large meal the pads will shift off-center from the legs. Two - After a year or two the adhesive dries out and the felt no longer sticks. I find a couple of tricks work very well to help these inevitable issues. Make sure the tips of the chairs are clean. Then use some low grit sandpaper and rough up the tip. Again clean the tip to remove all dust. Apply the felt and put weights on the seat for at least 24 hours. Or (and this worked best for me) I used a small drop of construction adhesive to permanently affix the felt to the tips. Hopes this helps.
Several options from a full rubber tip to small felt pads on the bottom of the chair and table legs. Rubber boots are the best but they look gaudy.Felt pads come with a self stick side and you can get the in many sizes, so measure the leg bottoms before you go shopping . They are inexpensive so buy a few extra to have on hand. There are nylon tips you can apply buy these tend to scratch the floor. An area rug to fit under the table and 18 to 24 minimum bigger all around the table to allow chairs to go in and out, along with the proper anti slip mat under the rug. These mats also allow the wood to breathe if you do an area rug. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar . GL
Murphy's Oil Soap is a good cleanser for wood flooring and would not act as a stripping agent. From the discoloration you described, it sounds as though some other cleansing agent was used and was not intended to be used on wood flooring.
You have gotten good advise here from the others. My sister just moved into a home with all wood floors. Before the movers even placed her furniture in the house, I was outside with rubbing alcohol and cleaned the bottom of all furniture and affixed self stick felt pads to every single leg on each piece of furniture. We bought fists full of these floor protectors and found that Scotch brand is the best for adhesion and thickness. Remember, in order for any furniture leg protectors to prevent your floor from scratching, you need to sweep the floor regularly to remove the grit which when left on the floor will get lodged under the felt and still scratch your floor. So, invest in a good broom.
