Hi,
Question for the experts. I have a section in my wood floor that the finish has worn off from my office chair rolling on it. The flooring is some 90s vintage wood laminate. Based on what I saw from removing it from our entryway, it basically looks like 1/8" of red oak glued to 3/8" of CDX plywood and made into 8" wide tongue and groove boards and covered with some factory applied gad awful golden oak finish.
I'd like to do a repair on the spot so it looks nice for a graduation in about 10 days. Here is the thing, I'm not concerned about long term durability, I just want it to look nicer for a little while. I'm planning on replacing the entire floor either this fall or next year (the wife and I both hate it), so I don't care if it scratches all up in a month. Also, the area is maybe 3 feet in diameter, so I don't want to buy a whole gallon of something for it.
The main properties I'm looking for are something that would dry quickly and not have a lot of oder, since it is 95F+ here for the next week and I can't open the windows much. Surface prep is going to just be quickly hitting it with a random orbit sander to get get under the grey layer of wood. I'll likely only do one or two coats at max. I had considered brushing on some GF high performance topcoat I have, or even two coats of SealCoat. Neither is a ideal color match, but they are much better than the current dirty grey raw wood.