Doug, not to worry....go to Home Depot and rent one of their flat vibrating
sanders . Follow the directions with the several grades of sandpaper. Then
after a good vacuum and wipe of all the dust actually very little with the
flat sander use a damp towel for the last wipe up. After that apply 4 or 5
coats of water based poly on top of a stain of your choice. The water based
poly dries to the touch in an hour and second coat can be applied after only
two hours and there are no fumes. One room can be done today and another
tomorrow or next week. My 75 year old floors get some really great comments
and the wife loves them too.
Muff


"Doug1122" wrote in message
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My house was built sometime in the 50's, and then later wall to wall
carpet was added on top of the hardwood floors. Now that my three kids
have sufficiently ruined the carpet, I plan to pull up all the carpet
and refinish the hardwood. Will there be any significant problems with
doing the different rooms at different times? Otherwise I have to
concern myself with moving all of the furniture out of the house at one
time. My personal feeling is that if I do that, then I might as well
move it into a new house.