Clur Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 We've got fairly new laminate flooring in our living room, and I've come home from a week away with work, to find that between my kids and my husband it's now scratched to bits! They aren't deep scratches, they look more like scuffs, but you can't feel them but you can see them where the light hits it. Does anyone have any good tips for reducing the appearance of scratches in laminate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 im sure I've seen a product on QVC demonstrated for laminate. I will have a look and come back if i find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 we put a big rug over ours to hide the scratches, as soon as we can afford it, we're going back to carpets voila! (the kids aren't mine by the way, they're our friends' children) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 our local pound shop has some really good stuff for cleaning laminate floors & it hid all the scuffs on ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I cant find the one on QVC they must have stopped selling it. I use the laminate floor cleaner from LAKELAND. its good - no rinsing required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Astonish do a laminate floor cleaner, which I've heard is quite good. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Does anyone have any good tips for reducing the appearance of scratches in laminate? Yes! Rip it up and put a nice fitted carpet down I had laminate flooring in the kitchen and laundry, I was actually pleased when the washing machine overflow fell out and flooded it. Gave me the excuse to take it up Laminate flooring is the devil's work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Thanks for the tips - will take a look at some of the cleaning stuff to see if it minimises the look of the scratches. Charlottechicken, I have 2 kids, a husband who is a landscaper, a dog and the chickens....believe me, laminate has got to be the lesser of the evils hasn't it?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I had laminate flooring in the old house, the only place that go seriously scratched was where the computer chair was so a rug went down. Even after a year of being rented out the rest comes up lovely when you clean it - just a few scratches. Now the spare bedroom is a different matter - that has the cheapes Ikea laminate in there and that has scratched up a lot. Maybe thats the difference, the stuff downstairs was expensive, quality stuff. Here I have polished boards which are marvelous - much better than laminate. I wouldn't go back to carpets for quids - wood is so much easier to clean when you have little ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I wouldn't go back to carpets for quids - wood is so much easier to clean when you have little ones. Agree! AND with a dog! so much easier with pets . As carpets absorb smells so wood/laminate is much nicer. The only place I have carpet is the stairs - everywhere else is either wood or ceramic tiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Me too Chelsea. I have the original Victorian floorboards, and I find that the Method wood floor cleaner is brilliant - it has a nice almond smell too. http://www.ocado.com/webshop/getProductDetails.do?parentContainer=IDEAL_34547011&sku=34546011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 The only place we have carpet is on the stairs, & that's a pain because I chose plain red ( why?) & it shows up every speck of dust. We had to remove the laminate in Alexander's beroom while it was being re built as the heating pump is under there, & so we will have carpet in there soon. He's just on floorboards at the mo, which he doesn't mind as he no longer has to share a room with his little bro. My laminate is great, yes it has some scratches here & there, it's 8 years old, but I dread to think what a carpet would have looked like by now , what with muddy pram wheels on it, cat paws, shoes etc. It gets lots of dust bunnies. I don't hoover often enough ( No, I can't afford a roomba!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Our laminate is mid-price really. We had to rip up the amtico flooring as the people who had the house before hadn't had it laid properly so it warped and was not salvageable. I bought some method cleaner and will try it tonight. Failing that, I'll just have to ban the kids and DH from the living room and they can watch TV in through the window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Failing that, I'll just have to ban the kids and DH from the living room and they can watch TV in through the window We have inherited cheap laminate in the kitchen and bathroom of this house, it isn't designed for humid areas so the edges of each board are starting to lift and it will have to go. I'm thinking of replacing it with good old-fashioned lino - much more suitable and a natural product to boot. The conservatory is done out in very expensive laminate which is much more hardwearing and doesn't look grotty even with all of us coming in and out with mud/hemcore/chicken poo on our shoes. YS has just taken up rugby so the amount of mud will be increasing rapidly after every training session! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 My kitchen and utility have tiled floors and they are brilliant - I can swab them down when they get muddy (which is quite often) and they come up like new each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...