"Fire&Ice" wrote in message
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We are renting a house that has hardwood floors in the entryway, living
room
and hallways. I really don't like the hw flooring (I must be the only
one).
Anyway, the floor is very dingy looking and really needs to be refinished
but since it isn't my house I am not going to invest the money and the
owner
doesn't really care what it looks like (he was going to put carpet in LR
but
decided against it for whatever reason). Is there something inexpensive
that can be done to get the floor looking better?
I have a huge area rug in the living room to cover most of it.


Thanks for any ideas.


Speaking from experience and as a landlord, I would be livid if you followed
Tom's advice and sanded my floors.

The paste wax suggestion is an excellent one but it takes a lot of work. An
easier approach that works almost as well with 1/10th the work is to find a
Janitor supply store in your area and buy a commercial grade liquid wax for
wood flooring. $10-15 a gallon and a gallon goes a long way.

The finished result will look as good as you are at getting the floor clean
before you apply it. The shine should last 3-6 months before you need to
recoat.

Colbyt