Because it’ll get better or because I’ll get used to it?

It’s the first of many to come. Nature of the beast. But raise Cain with the store.

Its hard to see in the picture, but did it cause an indentation in the wood? meaning can you run a finger across the area and feel a dip?

If thats the case, then is can be spot sanded and re stained, it would take someone who knows what their doing but it can be done.

The other is it looks like it just burnished the finish, which is what it looks like to me, thats a better case scenario because that too can be fixed but without the sanding and staining. either way its going to require a pro to come out and fix.

If the damage is the burnished finish, like others have said you will notice it less and less as time goes by and more and more traffic gets on the floor, but that doesnt mean you should just say "$hit happens" Call the appliance guys and see what they will do, they have insurance for this reason, heck they may even discount whatever fees they charged to move the fridge.

The floor doesn’t have an indentation. It looks like it just burnished the finish. The guy who finished our floors just stopped by to look at it and said that he could fix it by sanding it and putting another coat of glitsa on it, but he would have to do this to a big part of the room so that the fix would be less visible. He also didn’t guarantee that there wouldn’t be a slight difference between the part he refinished and the rest of the floor. This worries me. Not sure if I’m better off living with the scratches or with a difference in bigger parts of the floor. Since the floor is so freshly finished, should I expect a big difference between the original floor and the refinished part? Not sure what to do

Ok, he doesnt need to add more finish, there are other ways to fix these types of problems...

You COULD lightly sand and add another layer of finish, if its done well you wouldnt notice it very much and especially in a few weeks with normal foot traffic it would blend in.

Do you trust your floor guy? are you happy with his work thus far?

if so then follow his recomendations, if not, seek someone else out.

What are other ways to fix this type of problem? The flooring guy we used has finished our floor three times now and have been happy every time. However, he has never had to fix a small area like this. If there is a way around sanding and adding another layer of finish, that would be ideal.

Normal wear and tear will minimize burnishing. It’s just a slightly smoother spot than it’s surroundings. The fine scratches of wear will soon eliminate a good deal of it if it’s in a high traffic spot. If it’s not, very careful targeting of the shiny spot with some abrasive will lower that sheen in that spot. But that has to be an expert touch with the right number.