While vinyl flooring is known for its durability, that doesn’t mean it’s completely resistant to damage. Between everyday wear and tear and the occasional accident, you may notice small blemishes on your once pristine floors. The good news is that repairing a small tear, scratch, or gouge in your vinyl flooring is often a fairly simple task. I enlisted the help of three flooring and home maintenance experts to walk me through the steps involved in these vinyl floor repairs.

While major vinyl flooring repairs are usually best left to the professionals, scratches, cracks and gouges in the surface of a vinyl floor are relatively easy to repair yourself. The damage may be minor, but as Sean O’Rourke, a 30-year veteran of the flooring industry and national director of merchandising for Floor Coverings International, points out, “it can be unsightly because it’s usually in a conspicuous spot.”

Repairing deep scratches, cracks, and gouges often requires removing and replacing the damaged portion of the vinyl flooring. But if you’re only dealing with shallow, surface-level stains, consider trying one of these methods:

Brett Labeka, a building maintenance expert at DIY app Frontdoor, recommends applying a small amount of WD-40 or jojoba oil to the scratched area and then gently rubbing it in with a cloth in a circular motion. “Wipe away any excess oil and then let it dry completely,” he says.