Filling dents with finger nail polish?

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Q: There a lot of small dents in our hardwood floor. I was told that finger nail polish would fill it in and harden. What you think about using finger nail polish for filling dents in wood?

A: Finger nail polish is lacquer based. Lacquer would eat into a polyurethane coating. Lacquer is also not a very good finish. I would definitely not try this.

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