On May 14, 4:38�pm, Adam Lane wrote:
Thanks, peoples. �Y'all know your floors. �All comments (and links)
read and duly noted.

-Yea, it's possible it could have been dog urine that caused it. �The
stain wasn't noticed for quite a while though because, at the time,
there was a carpet covering it.

-The stain actually is in a very prominent place in the living room.
My take on the comments here is that refinishing the whole floor will
result in the best final appearance. �Incidentally, the stain is
circular, about 5in diameter. �The room is about 400sft (actually, the
floor covers the living room and the dining room. �The two rooms are
conjoined, with only an archway between them (no door separating the
rooms).

-I don't really know how deep the stain is. �Too deep and I see the
advise that I'll have to replace the boards AND refinish the whole
floor. �I'm supposing that's because there's a limit on how much you
can sand away the floor before you're compromising it's integrity too
much.

-By the way, there are no closets in the room, so no available donor
pieces for a graft.

-Oren asked me to post a pic. �But, as far as I know, you can't post
pics here. �At least I don't recall ever seeing any pics on Usenet/
Google Groups.

i have been told its possible to bleach out stains on hardwoods but
dont know the procedure