Sealants protect the wood and enhance its appearance. There are scores of ways to bring old hardwood floors back to life, and ...

That's because these floors have layers upon layers of thick wax. This wax comes from DIY products sold at hardware stores, which are meant to be short-term solutions to revitalize wood floors.

If using this technique on a floor with a penetrating finish and a small section of the wax coat gets stripped by the knife, reapply a dollop of the hardwood floor wax to the area with a soft ...