Monday, May 15, 2006
Floor Bored
Well we have started on the flooring in the dining room. I must admit my enthusiasm for the whole project is at an all time low. Just tired of working I guess. Anyway this floor shouldn’t be as big a project as the last one. In this room for whatever reason the floor is only finished in a two foot wide strip around the edge. This leaves me with allot less varnish to try and remove. I decided to try and strip it this time rather than sanding it off. Takes the finish off alright, and the citrus stripper refreshes the whole house but... HOW THE HELL DO YOU REMOVE THE STRIPPER?!? It says to scrub the residue with mineral spirits but mineral spirits will not touch it. What a mess, I don’t know what is worse, plugging sanding belts or trying to get the goo up. I will post pictures. When I get it all done I'll drag out that beast of a sander and go to town. The floor in the dining room is far more un-level than the living room. I don’t know if this is because the furnace is right below or if the floor was just that bad to start with. Lots of high spots, with the boards puckering at the joints like the floor was flooded at some point. I suppose that could have happened. I know the sander will take lots of the high spots off, but I can’t be sure that this winter the floor will not shrink down and all of my high spots will now be low. If so oh well. This is kind of a marginal floor to start with. Carpet covers all. LONG LIVE CARPET!
