Back to the Kitchen

The kitchen floorboards were a lot harder than the hallway!  There was some bad staining around the counters where presumably liquids had spilled under the lino.  Pretty hard work trying to get them out with the belt sander.

Before                                            After

Before                                            After

Before                                            After

Before                                            After

These pics were all after the first sand of 40 grit.  It certainly wasn't perfect, but after sanding with the 80 then 120 grits - I was happy enough (and also completely over the whole thing).

I can't tell you how awful it is having sawdust in your mouth, up your nose, in your ears and eyes, in your hair and in every crevice in existence.  Let me just say that I do NOT like the taste of jarrah sawdust, but that was a piece of knowledge that I could happily have lived without ever knowing.

After the first coat of Cabot's ... I didn't panic this time about the cloudiness.

And then after three coats ...

I really like the randomly coloured jarrah boards!  :)

Next the dining room, then, THANK GOD, I'll be done.