*weeps*
Disturbing thing realized yesterday while testing paint colors and prying open painted-shut windows:
When whomever installed the hardwood flooring throughout the whole house did the install, they didn't sand the floors before they finished them.
This means that not only are the boards themselves rough to the touch, but there are globs and droplets of glue poking up between the boards -- just a little touch of it in some places, all the way up to whole pearl-like globes protruding from the floorboards. Didn't notice it until I was walking through the living room barefooted, but it's pretty much everywhere.
And of course the varnish has gone on over the glue globs, making them impossible to remove with a wet rag, so we've pretty much got two choices: a) hand-plane the entire floor with a putty knife on hands and knees throughout the whole house to get rid of the glue and live with the roughness of the boards, or b) re-sand and re-finish the whole house. It's going to annoy me enough that we may take option two, even though it's a ton of extra trouble (not to mention the cost of renting the equipment and then re-finishing the floor).
If we decide against it, though, we may have a "work party" next weekend (the 4th-5th), issue everyone who wants to come over a putty knife at the door and assign everyone a room to work in, and try to get the whole thing as smooth as we can. It isn't hard work, it's just tedious. If you're local and interested in possibly coming over to help out, leave a comment; we'll provide the instruction, the putty knives, and the pizza and soda/beer.
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When whomever installed the hardwood flooring throughout the whole house did the install, they didn't sand the floors before they finished them.
This means that not only are the boards themselves rough to the touch, but there are globs and droplets of glue poking up between the boards -- just a little touch of it in some places, all the way up to whole pearl-like globes protruding from the floorboards. Didn't notice it until I was walking through the living room barefooted, but it's pretty much everywhere.
And of course the varnish has gone on over the glue globs, making them impossible to remove with a wet rag, so we've pretty much got two choices: a) hand-plane the entire floor with a putty knife on hands and knees throughout the whole house to get rid of the glue and live with the roughness of the boards, or b) re-sand and re-finish the whole house. It's going to annoy me enough that we may take option two, even though it's a ton of extra trouble (not to mention the cost of renting the equipment and then re-finishing the floor).
If we decide against it, though, we may have a "work party" next weekend (the 4th-5th), issue everyone who wants to come over a putty knife at the door and assign everyone a room to work in, and try to get the whole thing as smooth as we can. It isn't hard work, it's just tedious. If you're local and interested in possibly coming over to help out, leave a comment; we'll provide the instruction, the putty knives, and the pizza and soda/beer.
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