Haha thank you! Pictures are posted in a comment further up. It actually looks better in real life, I will do another round of fine sanding and polishing on the varnish. I’m sooo relieved and happy about this, and surprised, most people told me I was completely screwed and I would have to redo the floor, now it looks good as new 😅

I fixed it really easily and well, without sanding, with the steaming method recommended here! Photos are in a comment further below:)

I didn’t need to get down to the wood, I poked tiny holes in the varnish and steamed them, worked like a charm. Photos are in another comment further up, thank you though!

It worked! Thanks so much! I posted before and after photos in another comment further up

I did it! It was really easy and quick! These are before and after photos: first after the steaming, then after some light polishing of the varnish.

I fixed it, really well and easily 🥲 with the steam method recommended here, and some slight polishing of the varnish. Looks so good as new! Will post images here

I fixed it really well, and really easily 🥲 will post the images here now

I will post an update once I got around to doing more, I got sick :')

Worried. Hoping something good will come from it, somehow. Like an EU that gets its shit together and becomes more independent and builds new relationships with better countries than the US.

I lol’ed

I found a video where they put small holes in the varnish with a knife, then let it sit wet for a couple of hours, then steam it through a towel, and it worked pretty well on a test dent!

Thanks for putting me on this path, I looked up a video where they put small holes in the varnish, wet it for a couple of hours, then steam it through a cloth, and it worked pretty well on a test dent! I’ll wait and see how it looks tomorrow after drying out and maybe move on to the rest!

You might have helped me save a lot of money!

I’ll be damned, it actually worked pretty well on the test dent for now, apparently! I’ll see how it looks after drying out tomorrow, and do it for the rest then!

Thanks for the warning, I respect that - but this video seems pretty straightforward, I’m about to try it on one of those dents:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XK8yba4KlyY

Thanks for that expert advice - let’s consider the scenario where I don’t know what I’m doing, and I just want to avoid my landlord deducting too much from the deposit when I move out, what would you recommend?

I would agree, but I’m afraid my landlord will look under that rug at some point

That sounds like a fun thing to improvise, thanks, I’ll try it!

I’m renting a flat 🙈 and the story would be the one of my neglect, and me having to pay off the landlord, it’s not my favorite one

I tried letting some water sit for some hours in one dent, to see if the wood would expand - but nothing happened. I guess that would rule out steam, unless I remove the varnish in the dents first?