Thread: Need Help! Quick... removal of burn marks on wood...

I have always found that as painful as it may seem at the time, honesty is the best policy in the long run. You may have to sand the whole floor and resurface it.

Donna

is that the only way? oh man... im seriously gonna be in a lot of trouble..

Amparo, put it this way:

Would you like to be in a lot of trouble now, or a Hell of a lot of trouble later?

Own up. If it's a nice floor, whatever you do will be noticed, and you will get found out. Then you are not only a floor wrecker, but a liar and a cheat too.

woodbe.

You might have already made things worse by messing about with it. I hate to think what "I've already razor bladed most of the charred spots off" means.

Bite the bullet and fess up.

i guess so... oh the meaning of razored off basically just removed the charred parts of the burnt area's and put some touch up on it making it shine and look like the floor but yeah.. i'm planning to go to home depot and get some advice as well... But thanks alot guys

When I was 19 I borrowed my Dad's work ute to go out with the boys. I was reversing and I managed to back it into a low tree stump that I couldn't see. The next morning, my friend at the time reckoned we could make it look like an accident, so against my better judgement we drove to the rubbish tip and found a blue metal bumper bar, which he proceeded to smack into the back of the ute, leaving blue paint.

I never said a word to my Dad about it. He said to me a few days later someone in a blue car must have run into the back of his ute and driven away without leaving a note. He never found out what really happened but I spent a lot of time worrying about what he was going to think of me if he ever did - not so much for the accident but for what I did (or went along with) to try and cover it up. I'm ashamed of it to this day.

I think that people get over anger pretty quick, but disappointment and mistrust last a long time. I think your girlfriend's old man will respect you more in the long run if you're up front.

yeah you are right. man.. im just kind of mad cuz like i just got home from my gf's house and i came home to a burning floor.... but yeah. im gonna tell him that i'll fix it and do my best on it. Even if it means me getting kicked out of the house and losing my privileages of living here heh.

You have two options:

1. Come clean and tell your girlfriend's Dad exactly what happened and that youll make good the damage.

2. Make a huge hole in the roof and then dump some large rocks around the room. Set fire to the whole floor and then call the fire brigade and tell them a meteorite has just crashed through your roof and theyd better come fast. I'm a qualified Geologist so I'll give you my card and if your girlfriends father doesn't believe your story he can give me a call and I'll back up the story.

Originally Posted by Amparo

is that the only way? oh man... im seriously gonna be in a lot of trouble..

If you really love your girlfriend and want to hang on to her its probably better to go through a little bit of pain now and keep your girlfriend than lose your girlfriend and go through alot more pain.

this would have to be one of the funniest exchanges I've ever seen on the Internet!

poor kid... he he... at least nobody tried to get her phone number I guess

Amparo, I have tears in my eyes from laughing! Sorry it's true, had a really good laugh. Not at you mind but with you. Reminded me of my youth.

You tell this story so well you should write a book. Have you read A Confederate General from Big Sur by Richard Brautigan. He also wrote amongst others Trout Fishing in America, & In Watermelon Sugar. A style not disimilar to yours.

Advice.
1. Go and buy a nice Persian Rug and place it over the damaged section of floor.
2. Tell the future FIL you f****d-up and marked the floor, but hey I've bought you this cool rug to cover it up. DON"T tell him you were about to have a smoke in the back yard!!!
3. Go and find a copy of one of the books above in a 2nd hand store. Find somewhere quiet, open the book, have a toke and a real good laugh. You'll feel much better about it tomorrow.
4. No, don't do anything else to the floor!!! You've done enough already.


Don't forget to write. We'd love to know how it turns out.

prozac

You are seriously roooted my drug f#@%ed young friend! Best of luck getting the floor resurfaced and I hope the gaol sentence isn't too long... you did say your girlfriends father is the local police chief didn't you?
My ex-wife decided to clean out our fireplace which is in the centetre of a large lounge room, carpeted with lovely pure wool berber. Silly ##### used a plastic bucket! The carpet was not quite 3 weeks old! AARGH!!

I did the same as Silent but broke the tail light in the old mans ute. Sh#t myself and went to the shops to get a new tail light for the ute... put it in and all good. Dad gets home that night with a new tail light for the ute... he had hit the same bldy tree as I had (it wasn't me that broke the damn thing). Fess up, then hide up a tree until the floor is fixed.

Corbs

You are seriously roooted my drug f#@%ed young friend!

I've smoked a hookah before. You can use them for smoking illicit drugs (so I'm told) but normally you just put in flavoured tobacco. Didn't float my boat but there you go.