Try using Peel-Away 7 to remove the poly and then 'fiber disk' the surface with a
floor buffer.

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Met History wrote:

> What's wet-sanding a floor like?  I have a 6'x6' area of floor in my office
> (built in 1906 for Robert Henri's art school which soon became the Parsons
> School of Design) that where the poly has worn off, but I don't want dust all
> over the place.  Possible to wet sand to reduce dust?
>
> Sign me, Raisin Grain