On Jan 26, 1:03*pm, G Francis wrote:
I recently bought an abandoned farm house from the the early 1900's.
It has softwood flooring that has been covered by carpet and vinyl. *I
would like to restore the wood and have been given conflicting advice
about softwood. *Is it okay to sand the floor with a lower grit to get
the adhesive off the floor, or should I only use higher grit? *Is the
overall process the same as hardwood floors? *Thanks for any help.

Not sure about your softwood floor project but at our summer home we
refinished the 800 sq feet of softwood flooring last summer. Real nice
job, took our time and put 5 coats on it. Daughter had some friends up
for a BBQ and someone decided that high heel shoes was appropriate
footwear for cottage country. The rest is history.