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1. 
   DougGF | Oct 31, 2009 06:24pm | #1

   Try rubber pads that a brad in them to hold them in the legs. 

   Otherwise, very fine sand the feet and chamfer (relieve) the edges and very fine sand the edges.  Relieving the edges removes any sharp angles that can scratch the floor.  Since the legs will flex when pressure is put on the chair, the sharp edges are working against the floor.  Fine sand and wax the feet often to remove accumulated grit from the floor.  The grit also cause fine scratches in the floor.  Even the pads will accumulate grit over time so you want to inspect and clean them to for wear.  If the chair legs are angled, the pads will also wear on the edges so they will need to be replaced every so often.

   Nylon pads with nails to hold them are available but nylon will scratch as well.  BTW, if you are using furniture with casters on solid or engineered hardwood floors, make sure the casters are rubber and not plastic (nylon): anything but rubber can ruin a hardwood floor.  Most casters are nylon/plastic since they are cheap.  Solid rubber casters can cost upward of $10 each.

   
   

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   Edited 10/31/2009 11:30 am ET by DougGF

2. 
   jako17 | Oct 31, 2009 07:38pm | #2

    Have you seen the plastic cup/felt pad combo (sounds like some kind of fast food and about the same nutritional value :-).The cups are fixed by  one small nail and the pad fits inside.Feltac market them through bigbox stores

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   jfran | Oct 31, 2009 10:22pm | #3

   Sounds like just the ticket.  I'm having trouble finding it available.  Do you have a link that I could go to?

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   jako17 | Nov 01, 2009 12:14am | #5

      Lowes have some made by Armstrong  for $1.55 for 4

3. 
   fussy | Nov 01, 2009 12:00am | #4

   JFRAN,

   Go to http://www.leevalley.com and look at 93k85.21.  They have two sizes.  These serve as grippers to prevent the chair sliding and 93k85.20 lets the chair slide.  Both protect the floor just fine, and they stay on.

   Hope this helps.

   Steve

   There are two secrets to keeping one's wife happy.

   1.  Let her think she's having her own way.

   2.  Let her have her own way. President  Lyndon Baines Johnson

4. 
   adwordandi | Mar 12, 2014 08:19am | #6

   Want to protect wooden floor from chair leg's scratches. Try this-

   Surface protection tape

5. 
   jimmiem | Mar 19, 2014 05:48pm | #7

   wood floor protectors

   Safeglide felt floor protectors. You tap them into the bottom of the chair legs. I just installed hardwood flooring in my house and put safeglides on all chairs and furniture that gets moved a lot. Easy to install...just tap in with a hammer.

6. 
   EdwinBaker | Mar 21, 2014 02:32am | #8

   Try to use any of below to protect wooden floors from chair leg's scratches...

   • Felt

   • Cork

   • Rubber pads

   • Carpet tape