How to Remove Scuff Marks from a Floor Easily

Love what you are doing with the blog man!

Dont work on the black scuff marks in my camper floor.

I tried the tennis ball thing it worked to a point found laminated floor cleaner with a microfiber towel this worked awesome. What do you prefer?

What an OUTSTANDING TIP!
Thanks Ron.

I must say, I have never heard of or seen anybody use a tennis ball for cleaning scuff marks off any type of surface.
Seems as though it could be more useful in combination with some sort of cleaner and or polish. I will certainly try this in the summer when asphalt or sealer sometimes gets tracked in.

i remember my mother doing that back in the fifties, she worked at spaldings making tennis balls and the janitor there told her about it.

saw this on his show this past spring, made one for wife & she loves it.

Works great!  I used it to clean up a rec area (70’ X 70’) .  After several uses the tennis ball becomes very dirty so use a liquid detergent and scrub it clean.  This lets me reuse the ball multiple times before replacing it.

I love the 99 CENT ONLY STORES and have picked up 3 tennis balls for that price. 2 were for my parent’s walkers. Works great. I used to bring my dog to a public tennis court and find lost or discarded tennis balls to play in a fenced area.
I caught Ron’s store at 11 A.M. on my local Fox station first. Then I found it after the showing of THIS OLD HOUSE show at 4:00 A.M. Ron’s show. I record it on my new VCR/DVD recorder. I reuse the VCR tape for a long time. Cost me $155 from Walmart and Dish “tech” could not get their DVR working. At renting their $8 a month rate I win if my recorder lasts 20 months.

I work for a large company that has a janitorial company “ABM” come in to clean the place 5 days a week. They too clean scuffs marks with a tennis balls on a stick. None of them that I have talk to knows who came up with the idea but said it works great. I passed the idea along to a friend who has hard wood floors & he try it & said the scuffs up with no problems.

Ron, another easy way to remove scuff marks if you don’t have a tennis ball, but you do have a pair of rubber sole shoes, is kick the scuff with the sole and it acts as an eraser and gets rid of the scuff
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How cool is that!  It’s such a simple tool with fantastic results.  Thanks for the tennis ball tip.

Another great tip - thanks Ron!  Now I just need to go out and get a hardwood floor so I can scuff it up.

Just set your VCR.

We use this on black scuffs on walls as well. When the mark is a bit more stubborn we add a little WD-40 to the ball. Do you have any other ideas in regards to wall vinyl scuffs? As hard as we try we still rub off the print sometimes.

I too enjoy your show, but i have to set my alarm to awake me at 4 am to watch your show. could you possibly tell me when if your show is on at a resonable hour in the northern california region, and what channel be it a local station or cable (wave), thank you. keep the tips coming Ron.

I so enjoy your helpful tips.  I watch your show and read these bulletins.

I just slip off my shoe and rub with my socked toe, when I’m wearing black socks of course!

The tennis ball works great too.  I used to teach and we had some teacher’s kids who stayed after school waiting on their parent.  To give them something to do, we’d send them down the hall with a tennis ball on a broomstick.

Very good. What also works is this. Wearing tennis shoes rub mark with sole of shoe over mark and it will disappear.