You can clean them with the venom of the future occupants of your home.

I find scuff marks are best removed by lightly rubbing the sole of your shoe over them like an eraser. Trying to clean them off never seems to work. Black floors, however, tend to show dirt and dust. You might take up a nightly routine of swiffering or investing in a roomba.

I love painted floors, and have two bedrooms w/painted floors. I think one of the charms is the wabi-sabi aspect, so I don't obsess over making them look pristine... they seem to do fine with ordinary sweeping and hand-vacuuming to gather up the dust. Of course, we DO go barefoot or slipperfoot in the house -- no outside shoes -- so I guess that helps.

What is making the scuff marks?

Maybe put a few scatter rugs here and there??

We have shiny white ikea floors in my office. Scuffs are our numero uno enemy. We have restricted shoe type, and also do the shoe rubbing trick when someone just can not bear to not wear shoes to match their outfit. :)

I just joked with my boss a few mintues ago about how we should get those booties they have at open houses and hospitals.

Our Swiffer does nothing, and short of goo gone for the really bad scuffs we will always have issues it seems.

This is really, really odd but it works for me.

I went to the auto supply store, and got a can of 'bug off' spray. I can't remember the name of it, but it is used to remove the dead bugs stuck to your car.

For some reason, I decided to try it on the scuff marks on my floor, and they came up like magic. I don't remember why I thought it would work, but I do try a lot of odd fixes for things.

Bug Off spray works, as does the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

While both black and white floors can look fabulous, I can't imagine having to add the worry of scuff marks to the daily list of other household worries. So I'm sticking with my practical honey oak wood floors. They don't show dirt and clean up easily.

Be careful with Magic Eraser. It can mess with the finish, and dull the spot you cleaned. Then you have to figure out how to restore the sheen/shine to the spots on your floor you just cleaned.

Is that your home in the pic? Nice... I'm down with designing for the current occupants, not the future ones. Those homes that are not constantly obsessing about resell are the most interesting.

I don't have black floors but do have a dark wood. I sweep or vacuum daily, mop weekly but not for appearance, just to keep the floors clean. We go barefoot and I don't like getting dust/dirt on my feet. I do get scuff marks but don't worry about it too much.

Magic Eraser will dull & eventually wear down a painted finish - use only when absolutely necessary.

I wonder if finishing with a coat or two of urethane or varathane would do the trick. It works on stained wood floors. Mine were done 20 years ago and they don't have issues with scuff marks. Have you checked with your paint store?

We had oil-based painted concrete floors in our last apartment, and used an Orange-Glo product that came in a green squeeze bottle. It made the floors look like new, even better than when the paint had been fresh.

Baking soda and water always worked for me but I would test it in a hidden area to see if it will damage the finish.

I painted my very old, poor-condition wood upstairs floors white, after being inspired by magazine photos and lovely country decor. Then quickly realized that unless I was going to become fanatical about nightly cleaning and going shoeless and putting my dog to sleep, the floors were going to look ridiculously dirty.

So... a couple years later, I had them sanded down and sealed with varnish, and the rooms look ever so much better, all the time. White and black floors look amazing in magazines, but in real life, there are reasons why people stick to wood tones and mottled patterns.

That's NO help to the original poster, I know... but if you're considering this look, consider how careful you are about your mopping and sweeping. If you're casual like me, DON'T DO IT!