I was asked awhile back how we did the repair on the floor where the painter scratched the finish. It was a thing of luck to be honest, it was fresh finish and the scratch wasn't deep to the wood. I took an SPP pad and if you look at the photo, we taped off a large area so that we could hide the repair. I hand-worked the area to blend it in and to aid with the look, I took a damp rag so that as we worked it, we could use the water to show any imperfections. The water on the rag was the wet look and it will show more stuff than you can believe. Just like when you hand-scrape out drips in a finish it will show the "look" of finish right away.
I was asked awhile back how we did the repair on the floor where the painter scratched the finish. It was a thing of luck to be honest, it was fresh finish and the scratch wasn't deep to the wood. I took an SPP pad and if you look at the photo, we taped off a large area so that we could hide the repair. I hand-worked the area to blend it in and to aid with the look, I took a damp rag so that as we worked it, we could use the water to show any imperfections. The water on the rag was the wet look and it will show more stuff than you can believe. Just like when you hand-scrape out drips in a finish it will show the "look" of finish right away.
The other thing that helped is we knew exactly what finish and gloss it was because we just installed it a week or so before they messed it up. The SPP pad is in my mind the best thing, and I use this phrase, to "softly sand the finish." It is a prep pad about 300 grit or very close to that grit; it will not over-sand the finish but still remove the imperfections. So, the rag with damp water, the SPP pad and a gentle hand is all you need.??
Make sure to understand this...take your time when doing any repair. If you rush or think you got it fast, well, that is when it falls apart. I think the one person that helped me the most with finish imperfections was Steve Seabaugh in the NWFA classes. I cannot tell you how many times he would use an SPP pad, water and a scraper to fix drips, missed spots, junk in the finish and flies in the finish. So if you have not taken the finish imperfection class, you just might want to...it helps a ton.
