Today the question asked is one which we come across quite alot, and can affect many different types of wood floors in many different ways.
The question is "Will the black marks i've got on my parquet floor sand out ??"
In this particular case the black marks are made by a cat litter tray...the floor in question is a Rustic Oak Parquet block floor, and you've guessed it ... the marks are pretty bad.
In this case the black marks on the parquet blocks didn't sand out, we did try very hard and used quite harsh abrasives [24 grit] to try and remove the said marks, unfortunately in this case circumstances dictated that the marks could not be removed...i'll explain why.
The Rustic Oak floor in this case had an Oiled finish, which had been in place for at least four years and wasn't applied particularly well in the first place, the cat litter tray for whatever reason had small holes in the bottom [like a plant tray] and let out the combination of cat urine and the litter mixture gradually over a long period of time.
When a mixture like this settles and permeates into an Oiled floor there is only going to be one result and that is a nasty black mark that just cannot be sanded out, the only other option would be to take out and replace [with new blocks] the effected area.
In our scenario the clients understood the issues and as the area was out of the main living space they decided to live with it and buy a better cat litter tray...
Hope that helps - thanks for reading.
Nice posting, thanks for sharing with us.
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