Hardwood floor sanding in my parents' civil war era farmhouse.
Spent 6 hours on Sunday sanding the hardwood floors in my parents' front room. The house has been in my family since it was built during the civil war and has its fair share of quirks. 7 years ago I did the floors in my childhood bedroom upstairs and they were a huge pain because they just laid down new wood planks up there when they built the house because they were kind of working with whatever materials they could get their hands on. So sappy and gummy during sanding, I went through so much sandpaper.
These floors are (I believe) oak and are much nicer than the ones upstairs. This room was what they called the "dead room," and was used for wakes when a family member passed away. It will be a living room going forward. (Oh the irony)
They put all the nice wood on the ground floor, the dining room and library have walnut. I'm not allowed to do those, we're getting professionals in for the walnut. I'm a decent amateur but I don't want to fuck them up.
Anyway, here's a little before and after. There are still some deep gouges that I can't really do much about (mom says it's character). But I think they cleaned up nicely. We're putting down poly next week, can't see how they look with finish down!