If you spill a liquid on your wood floor, it can cause permanent stains, no matter what you treated your floor with. You should always dry up spilled water, coffee, wine and other liquids immediately. If the finish is worn or damaged, you should get it treated as soon as possible. It only gets worse with time.

Our pets are part of the family and move freely all over the house - even on your floors. Your pet's claws can make marks in your wood flooring. It’s important that you look trim their claws when they get long.

Regardless of the finish, heel marks will make imprints in your wood floor.

Our pets are often part of the family and move freely all over the house. Always wipe away the remains of food and water that spills when your pets have been eating and drinking. The longer they stay, the harder they are to remove. They can leave unsightly stains on your wood floors.

Sometimes you're in a hurry and forget to take off your shoes when you come home. You drag in gravel and dirt under your shoes and then scratch your wood floor.

Wood is an amazing natural material, and children love to sit and play on a wood floor. But sometimes they might play with pens, and some ink might stray off the paper!

Many people have plants in plant pots directly on their wood floor. Often, plant pots leak without you noticing when you water the flowers. When you move the pots to vacuum you see dark round spots on your wood floor.

Regardless of what type of finish you use on your wood floor, scratches from chairs and tables will damage it, making it less resistant to dirt and moisture.