I'm writing to do some reverse constituent service for our Congresswoman,
who, regardless of what you might think of Congress in general, is a good
person and friend of ours.

Her house, which probably started as a small Greek Revival farmhouse
before being moved to a city lot and expanded in the late 19th and early
20th century, has hardwood floors in the main first floor rooms.

Due to various causes, ranging from kids to cats to dog to stain removal
and presumably close to a hundred years of assorted other kinds of wear,
the floors, though in basically good shape, vary in color and appearance
in various places.

But the current issue is that some kind of sealer is desired, perhaps to
slow down the rate of additional staining and bleaching, etc.  The house
is frequently the site of social events, since our Congresswoman loves to
cook for people, and when you have guests wandering around with plates of
food, inevitably some will get spilled.  Plus, there are still the
aforementioned kids, cats, dog, etc.

She asks -- should I polyurethane the floor?  Why or why not?  If not,
what other finishing or sealing options are there?

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com