Used an Ofla blade to cut underlayment ontop of the new engineered hard wood i just layed down last week. (i know stupid move, i know) Is there anyway to get rid of the cut mark? i just cut into the top layer of finish so its just showing a white line. It's about 4 ft long, super thin, but you can defiantly notice a thin white line. Any home remedies or stuff i could ask for at my local store?
Call the installer back. Poor job
check at Home Depot or Lowes they carry products for small repairs. In the flooring section.
Well the bad thing about engineered hardwood flooring is that the finish layer is extremely thin veneer, if it is veneer. So of these flooring products have a vinyl surface of sorts similar to contact paper and just as thin. You can aesthetically repair the surface using a wipe stain process you can't truly repair the scratch but you can make it blend in and with a few coats of water based polyurethane applied with a q tip and then immediately wiped so that you don't have a build up you can seal the repair. Be careful when you do this so as to not soak the area this will cause it to swell and lift the surface.
You could try a minwax stain marker, they work pretty good to hide small flaws like this. Another option is a putty crayon. These can be found at the Home Depot. If those don't work it is possible to buff and recoat the floor. This consists of buffing the floor with a white pad and a sanding ascreen on the bottom of the buffer followed by applying a coating of oil based polyurethane of water based finish. If the floors have an aluminum oxide finish you would want to put down a sanding sealer followed by a coating of the finish of your choice. If you are not experienced running a buffer rent a square buffer they are much easier to operate.
