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IrishAyes

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10. Two things I learned about moving into such a neglected house as you describe:

Reply to Warpy (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 15, 2013, 08:19 PM

Dec 2013

First, bug bombing the place will remove most of the stench and last at least a year. Second, coffee beans and newspaper will soak up any odor left. Of course now we have Febreeze.

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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