How to get paint off newly stained floors?

Q. Hello. I just had some floors refinished in a room I had painted. The baseboard got some floor stain on it, though. So, I put painter's tape on the floor in front of the baseboard. After I peeled the tape away, though, white paint had dried on the floor (small amounts, but they make the floor look like hell at the border). Does anyone have any tips to remove this little bit of paint? A razor does nothing and I don't know how to get off the paint without ruining the floor.

Thanks!
I should be more clear. The floor's stain is relatively new. As such, even though it's dry, it (like all new stains) "catches" the razor on contact. So, I can't make a smooth scraping motion over the floor.

A. you can try goof-off professional paint remover with a q-tip, available at any hardware store, but i suspect if its not budging with a razor that goof off might not remove it or might cause damage to the stain. goof off also removes urethane so be careful

What do I do to fix a hardwood floor after refinishing problem?

Q. We sanded our hardwood floor to refinish it. All of a sudden, the nails showed up - we couldn't really see them before sanding, now we have black nail heads on nice brown hardwood. How do we fix it so the nails don't show so drastically?

A. All you can do now is use a nail punch and counter sink the nails and then fill the holes with a putty. Use a putty you can stain by using some of the stain you used for the hardwood. Then just touch up with the same urethane.
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is fine sanding the same as screening a wood floor?

Q. I am tackling a floor refinish on my old oak wood floors soon. I bought a house and found worn (but good shape) old oak wood floors under the carpet. I am planning on screening and re-staining and finishing the floors. will something like 200-grit sandpaper have the same effect as a screening pad? Which option would you suggest?

A. If you were just going to apply another coat of clear finish (polyurethane), then screening is fine. You want to re stain, so you have to remove all the clear finish first. You need to be more aggressive than 200 grit.

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