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Originally Posted by dtb
so a house guest (thinking he was helping out) thought it would be a good idea to put some what he thought were cooled-off ashes from a live fire into a receptacle next to the fireplace. But of course, ashes in a live fire should never be placed into a paper bag. The result was some scorched floor, which I've been trying to repair myself. So, I sanded it down, stained it, and it really doesn't look all that different. The scorch mark is much smaller, but it's not gone completely.
I'm afraid to sand too far, because the floorboards are original (about 175 years old) and I don't want to sand a hole in the thing. Any suggestions from you home-improvement types out there?
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How about, leave the scorch mark as character thing, a conversation piece if you will. Make up a "true story" about how it happened........eg.....you were watching Fantastic Four on cable on demand and Johnny Storm flamed on right out of the tv and into your house and you had to beat him back with your antique victorian fire bellows.......depending on the audience maybe you can spice it up and throw in some sexxx with human flame......
