wyndhy got her post in while I was still composing mine, but her advice isn't at odds with mine...my floors were the same as yours, some spots are just too ugly to write off to "character"...so my solution is a compromise based on prior experience with DIY renovations, where the rule is "everything will take longer & cost more than you planned for" I also have to take the slow & easy approach, being on diability for a bad back, diabetes, arthritis, carpal tunnel, etc....I've been stuck in the middle of a mid-sized kitchen renovation for most of the past year, the paint & new floor tiles are still sitting in the floor waiting as we speak...

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