floors—stage 2

So, I abandoned the idea of continuing to use a belt sander to do the floor—my brother's mockery turned out to be all too true. In four hours, the kitchen floor was drum sanded, edged (the edger is an awesome tool), and in the next two hours, it was also stained. Tomorrow I break out the most heinous version of polyurethane I was able to find. They say it's the most durable, but it's clearly also the most vaporous and nasty. Fortunately, I bought a respirator.

In any case, here you see the floor in it's various stages: 1) small patch with belt sander; 2) larger patch with belt sander; 3) whole floor finished but not yet stained; and 4) and 5), stained. Tomorrow, it'll be urethaned, and then the next day we will go to Chicago Ikea to get our sink. And avoid the smell. And let it dry. (And yes, we'll wait until the finish is dry, move the stove, and then finish that part of the floor.)