On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 14:46:30 GMT, GerryG wrote:

At this point his wife is trying to scrape it off the floor. Is anybody
familiar with any coating that would hold up better here, and be repairable?

Loads of them. All of them are noted for not working over an
undercoat of something unstable.

I think he's screwed. Serves him right for using poly in the first
place. Here's a clue: If you do dumb stuff without asking for advice
_first_, you get to live with your mistake afterwards.