Sprinkle baby powder baking soda or powdered graphite over the squeaky floorboard and work it into the seams.
Fixing creaky floors with baby powder.
Load up the cleaned squeeze bottle from a hair dye kit with baby powder then use its pointed tip to inject the powder between two floorboards that are rubbing together and causing a squeak.
This will lubricate the wood and should keep the floorboards from rubbing together and squeaking.
Gently sweep the baby powder over the cracks in the floor.
The baby powder keeps the boards from rubbing together without being abrasive.
Walk on the boards once again to check for squeaks.
It will fill the spaces and keep things from squeaking.
Remove the loose nails or staples and re secure the boards to the subfloor by hammering new nails or punching new staples.
Sprinkle baby powder on the area of the wood floor that s squeaking.
Force the powder into the seams using paper towel and a push of a finger.
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