Recently rented a house and volunteered to do this job for two small (10x10, 10x12) bedrooms.
We sanded, swept and mopped (twice) and did the first layer of poly with a roller, which proceeded to bubble up like a boiling pot.
Sanded and scraped the bubbles out, swept, sanded and mopped again, and now I have very bare, clean, dust-free wooden floors, two cans of new poly, a new mohair roller, and a brush. Getting ready to try this again.
My question is, what's the tried and true method to doing this? I've googled several different resources and came to realize that aeration could have resulted from using the roller, that moisture, dust or humidity could have all affected the way the poly dried. Some people say use a brush, never use a roller, some people say use a roller, never a brush. Some people say pour it and spread it as fast as you can. Bleh.
I know one thing, and that's that I'm terrified of doing this again. I don't want to have to buy area rugs that big, but I'll be damned if I'm going to do this job one more time. I've already logged about 30 hours into this project, and I'm tired.
Sooo, any advice?
