DH and i did ours (at a previous house). You have to be pretty strong to be able to work the machine and control it so all your movements are smooth. The edging machine is particularly tricky. We took the skirting boards off which alllowed us to get bit closer to the wall. they looked awesome when they were done. i couldn't have handled the machine by myself (but i'm a bit unco), so DH did most of the machine work.
The lambswool applicator thingy is the best for putting the colour on. We used a water based 'Cabbott's Clear Floor', which is really long lasting and not as stinky as 2-pac. When putting this on, you want really long smooth strokes and to go over everywhere just once each coat. After the 1st coat, we lightly sanded to get rid of any rough bits (with a hand sander). you want to get rid of all the dust before the 'paint' stuff each time.
we did ours 11 years ago when we bought this house let me say we will never do it again we will pay for a proffessional while it looked great it almost cause me to have a mental breakdown honeslty it was not worth the heart ache the sheer OMG job mind you we did the lounge/dining hall and 3 bedrooms so was a big job and my hubby si very handy even he has admitted he will never do it again especially on old timber that has had carpet laid on it
We did one room in our old house and it almost destroyed us!! That machine has a mind of it's own. And it's loud. And dusty. And awful...
We had the boards in this house redone because they were looking a bit dodgy. We paid $2K cash for a four bedroom, three living area house. They took them back to bare boards and the result is beautiful. Shop around and offer cash if you can.
Mmmm you girls have turned me off doing them lol. Sounds alot harder then I expected althought I knew I couldn't get a professional looking job. The house is an old farm house. Its actually two houses joined together. The main house only has carpet in the living room which is huge (about the side of 2 large lounge rooms) DH plans on reducing the size by adding in a hall way and another bedroom so the lounge room will only be half the size it currently is. Thats the room I want to polish the floorboards. There is vinyl in 2bedrooms which we want to carpet and floor boards in another 2 bedrooms. Maybe I'll just wait for the tennant to move out before I decide exactly what to do.
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