Another great product that’s out there to protect your hardwood floors from dents and scratches is chair leg pads. These pads work a lot like chair glides in that they help you to protect your hardwood floors from dents, scratches and scuff marks by making the bottoms of the chair legs soft, instead of hard and dangerous. By covering them with something softer than the surface of the hardwood floors, your chairs will no longer pose a threat to your floors.
The Thickness of Chair Leg Pads
Depending on the type of pad your are looking for, and the piece of furniture you are trying to get them for, the thickness of your chair leg pads will vary a little. With a larger, heavier piece of furniture, you will want some thicker chair leg pads to go between the bottoms of the legs and your floors. The reason being that the heavier piece of furniture will most likely press the pads down towards the floor due to it’s weight. When this happens, a thin pad will do very little in terms of protecting the floors from damage, so a thicker chair leg pad is the way to go.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, don’t use really thick pads for light chairs, as this will cause an unsightly imbalance in the decor of your home. Thin, small chair leg pads work wonders for small pieces of furniture, and you can hardly notice them.
The Color of Chair Leg Pads
Just like using the correct thickness for your chair leg pads, using the right color is also very important. You want to choose a color that as closely as possible resembles that of the nearest color to the chair leg pads themselves. By doing this, you minimize the visibility of the pads and make it so they are not even there, which is the best way to protect something. Say you have a wooden chair with a dark stain to it, and you want to place pads beneath the legs of that chair. Choosing a darker brown would be the best way to go, so as these pads don’t stand out so much when you look the chair up and down.
Chair Leg Pads Can Save You Thousands
When it comes to hardwood floors in homes, nothing is cheap. This is because, when it comes to maintaining these hardwood floors, it really takes an expert, and these experts know this fact. With chair leg pads on your chairs and other furniture, you will require less maintenance on your hardwood floors, maybe even none if you’re careful enough. That one less sand, finish and polish can make a huge impact on your wallet. These kinds of jobs cost thousands to do, if your floors are big enough, and not having to get them done is a great bonus. Chair leg pads reduce the need to get your floors worked on, and they help them to last much, much longer.