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Originally Posted by Zeke
I don't know the date of the house but shellac and wax was the finish done on all wood floors (if not just wax alone) until good varnishes and particularly urethanes showed up commercially. Old varnishes could delay a house's construction by days if not a week or so. Shellacs and wax is fast and easy. It's still on my original floors in my 90 YO house.
I just keep it waxed.
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We still delay other work done inside for a week with urethane. Can't have foot prints on the sanded floor and then I like to give the finish a couple days to harden before traffic.
Amazing you have the original 90 year old finish on your floor, pretty cool