"Pompeyfan" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of pulling up my old carpet and painting the floorboards,
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, I don't want to go to the trouble
of pollished floorboards, as they will be quickly scratched up and
damaged anyway, the same with Vinyl which I cant afford anyway.

Paint will also be quickly scratched and damaged. Suggest that you
reconsider polish. Scratches going down to bare wood are easily colored on
polished floors but the same scratches on painted floors require paint to
repair. IMO maintenance of painted and polished floors is about the same.
The advantage of polish is that after all the damage is done and you decide
to sell or move the floors can be more easily sanded and refinished.
Painted floors can be refinished too but it is far more difficult to remove
every bit of paint that may have seeped into cracks and crannies.
HTH.