Kitchen flooring dilemma

[Anonymous]

"Ignore the haters who say you can't ever get anything wet on a hardwood floor - that is what polyurethane is for. 20+ years in a home with hardwood in the kitchen, 3 kids, 2 dogs, no problems with the hardwood, and believe me we have lots of messes!"

So can you explain why I have black spots on my hardwood floors where dogs bowls are and where the dishwasher leaked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We removed our wall between kitchen and dining, added hardwoods to the kitchen, and the floor guy laced them in flawlessly, sanded down the DR area and stained and finished new and old —it looked like it had always been one floor. I don’t think oak is difficult to match (ours was from the 1940s). Nobody seemed to think this was difficult or unusual.

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Ignore the haters who say you can't ever get anything wet on a hardwood floor - that is what polyurethane is for. 20+ years in a home with hardwood in the kitchen, 3 kids, 2 dogs, no problems with the hardwood, and believe me we have lots of messes!"

So can you explain why I have black spots on my hardwood floors where dogs bowls are and where the dishwasher leaked?

No, I cannot. Maybe it's time to refinish your floors? Any decent hardwood floor company can, and can fix/patch it so you'll never know. Ours have held up, no problem. Same with my siblings, my parents, my inlaws, aunts (we all cook/use our kitchens all the time!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Ignore the haters who say you can't ever get anything wet on a hardwood floor - that is what polyurethane is for. 20+ years in a home with hardwood in the kitchen, 3 kids, 2 dogs, no problems with the hardwood, and believe me we have lots of messes!"

So can you explain why I have black spots on my hardwood floors where dogs bowls are and where the dishwasher leaked?

I had a refrigerator leak (broken ice maker) and wash dishes / drip water in my tiny kitchen with hardwood floors countless times each day (we do not eat out). No spots, though we do have a few dings from me dropping heavy items.