Fixing Laminate Flooring Chips

Laminate chips at corners.

Fixing laminate flooring chips.

Polish kits in shades matching your countertop are suitable for mild scratches and chips. To fix minor damage all you need is a laminate floor repair kit with putty to fix big chips or a floor repair marker to hide small scratches. Polish laminate countertop repair kits. Repair minor damage in laminate flooring.

Laminate chips and other types of damage. Laminate floor get a ding. You apply the polish every few weeks and it becomes ingrained in the scratch which then takes on the color of the polish rather than exposing the underlying color of the high density board under the top coat of laminate. A good laminate floor is resistant to these problems but resistance is not the same as proof.

How to fix a chip on a laminated wood floor. Onto a scrap piece of flooring or a mixing board and mix it with a putty knife until it begins to dry photo 1. You can fix minor chips and scratches in a laminate floor with filler products. Below we discuss a number of these concern.

Don t try to fill the entire chip in one application. We will be using a wood wax to fill in. But if the damage is severe you have to replace the plank you. Chips may also occur.

After all laminate floors have warranties and i m pretty sure it s longer than 1 month. If my new laminate flooring was chipped after only one month of being installed i would be calling whoever installed it and demanding they fix it. In this video i am will show you how to fix a chip in laminate flooring without cutting or creating any sort of dust. Whether your laminate flooring has minor chips and scratches or water damaged boards repairing it is a project you can do yourself with the right tools and technique.

Laminate floors click together so it shouldn t be too difficult to remove the chipped piece and put a new. Then press a shallow layer into the chip.