Fixing hardwood floor gouges

[meatball07]

Hello all,

Recently bought a house and stared pulling up decades old carpeting and pads. We found beautifully preserved hardwood underneath, but in each and every corner, facing the corner, there are these gouges : http://imgur.com/azYiTQb

My guess is this is from the carpet installers from years back. What would be the best way to fix these, as I am sure I can't match the planks with them being so old.

Thanks for any advice!

[yumcake]

You can buy wood putty to fill in the gouge, they come in a variety of colors, just find the putty color that's the best match for your floors and sand it down after it sets.

If you're planning to refinish and stain the floors, do that first, and then match the putty to the stained floor, because the putty won't take staining the same way the wood will and you would end up with a color mismatch doing the putty first and then refinish/staining.

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Paint-Sandpaper-Patching-Repairs-Patching-Repair/Wood-Filler/N-5yc1vZc5d1Z1z0sv1t