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DIY & Home Improvement

Warpy

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7. Thank you for that

Reply to X_Digger (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 15, 2013, 08:01 PM

Dec 2013

I ripped up nasty wall to wall carpet that contained not only cigarette stink and spilled alcohol but the droppings of 3 dogs, 4 cats and a parrot when I moved in after I'd painted the interior and dripped on said carpet. The floors underneath had black pet stains but I didn't have time to go the acid route, so I just had them sanded and sealed as is. Over 18 years most of those stains have faded from black to light brown and the only reason I know they're there is because I took up all the strategically placed handwoven rugs (by me) when my own cat started to have accidents.

I've walked on these floors with rubber soled shoes for 18 years and they still don't need refinishing.

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Another question on a DIFFERENT subject this time, promise [View all] IrishAyes Dec 2013 OP

Depending on how much "wear layer" you have left on the wood floor Sedona Dec 2013 #1

Thanks. Buying my own sander would be fairly expensive. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #2

I've only seen one or two floors that couldn't be saved. X_Digger Dec 2013 #3

Glue soaked into an unsealed wood floor is the only real problem with this one. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #4

Oxalic acid (wood bleach) will even out glue staining a bit, but it still may end up kind of patchy. X_Digger Dec 2013 #5

So would I. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #6

One of the prettiest floors I've ever seen was stained dark, which filled in the cracks and crevices X_Digger Dec 2013 #8

I'm sold!!!!!!!!!!!! IrishAyes Dec 2013 #9

Thank you for that Warpy Dec 2013 #7

Two things I learned about moving into such a neglected house as you describe: IrishAyes Dec 2013 #10

The walls were all an ugly yellowish color Warpy Dec 2013 #11

Half the ceiling plaster in the upstairs bathroom (a former bedroom) has already fallen down, IrishAyes Dec 2013 #12

I'm still using the 1946 floor furnace Warpy Dec 2013 #13

I won't be here come selling time. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #14

Oh, and btw, 1946 is the year I was born. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #15

When we bought our old house(circa 1820) in 1969, it had all kinds of floor problems. Paper Roses Dec 2013 #16

circa 1820? Wow, I'm jealous! IrishAyes Dec 2013 #17