Hardwood Floor Cleaning in Oak Grove, SC
An upright piano puts about the weight of a small motorcycle onto four points the size of a coin, and it does it in the same spot for thirty years.
Wood is compressible. Under enough sustained pressure the cell structure of the board crushes and stays crushed, which is a different thing from a scratch and it responds to different treatment, which is to say almost none.
Pianos are the obvious case. So are gun safes, full bookcases, a loaded china cabinet, and any bed with a center support leg. All of them leave dents you find on moving day and none of them is a cleaning problem.
Crushed Versus Cut
A scratch removes material. A compression dent moves it, pressing the fibers downward without breaking the finish above them. That is why a dent often has a perfectly intact glossy surface at the bottom of it, which people find confusing. It also decides what can be done: a cut is permanent because material is gone, and a crush is sometimes recoverable because the material is still there, just in the wrong shape.
The Steam Trick and Why We Do Not Offer It
A damp cloth and an iron will sometimes swell crushed fibers back up on a bare or oil-finished floor. On a modern sealed floor the finish stops the moisture reaching the wood, and what you get instead is a heat-damaged patch of finish and a dent that is still there. It is a genuine technique in the wrong context, which is the most dangerous kind of advice online.
What We Do Around Heavy Pieces
We clean and coat the accessible floor and we do not ask you to move a piano. Where a piece has been in place long enough to leave a color difference, the floor under it is a different shade from the room and coating the room will make that boundary slightly crisper. Worth knowing in advance, particularly if you are planning to rearrange.
Not sure whether your floor needs cleaning or refinishing? There are three tests you can run yourself in about a minute, and they will tell you which one you are dealing with before anyone quotes you.
Hardwood problems we handle in Oak Grove
Oak Grove is a short run for the Lexington crew, so scheduling is usually straightforward.
Call 803-310-3848 or book on the website. First cleaning is $50 off.
Areas we cover around Oak Grove
Neighborhoods: Oak Grove, Lexington adjacent, South Congaree
Zip codes: 29073
Hardwood questions from Oak Grove homeowners
We are moving the piano out. Will the dents fade?
Very slightly and very slowly, and mostly not. What does change is the color, because the floor under it has been protected from light and will darken toward the rest of the room over a year or two.
What should go under the legs?
Wide, hard cups or purpose-made piano caster cups, sized to spread the load over as much area as possible. Felt pads compress and do nothing about the weight. The goal is more square inches, not softer square inches.
Can a coat fill a dent?
No. It is thin and it follows the surface it is on, so a dent stays a dent with a fresh coat in it. Anything that could fill a dent would be thick enough to look wrong everywhere else.
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