Improperly finished floor

do your floors squeak. What's your problem.

There's sanding-by-another-name that takes off just the finish. Then they wait for dust to settle, go over everything with vacuum and tack cloth, and finish again.

Or let it go. You'll soon be distracted by other things and it won't bother you anymore.

There's no way to let it go--trust me, I would if I could. I would LOVE to but the whole floor is pockmarked. So there is a way to take off just the finish? Does it really work?

Hate to say it, but agree with the other posters. I was the person that LOST IT after finding one of the worker's hairs dried in the polyurethane, but even i stopped noticing it after a month. And if your only problem is dust, it will fade as the polish in the floor gets scuffed and becomes less shiny.

Btw, the "sanding by another name" is called screening, and it just means a "light" sanding as opposed to a deep sanding that's meant to remove scratches and uneven floors. However, both methods take off at least some of the wood, so i think your floors would have to be restained.

A viable option might just be to add another coat of poly on top of the dusty coat... this should even out any imperfections, but it will increase the overall shine which may or may not be a good thing for your preferences. More coats also means longer curing time (a floor is not fully cured until almost a year after its finished btw), which could mean you're now opening yourself up for more little nicks and scratches.

Ok, this is not helpful. It has to be redone. Trust me we are not talking about a hair. It's a full layer of dust. We can't add a coat it is already too thick. So screening is the method? Will them floor look The same as if it is fully sanded and redone?

You might just need the floors to be screened.

Are your floors real wood. And if so how thick. Some "engineered" wood
floors cant be sanded a lot.

Real wood

Primer, want to come give me a second opinion on what should be done?

Can they not be rubbed with steel wool & then finished with another light coat or two of poly?

Had problems with the end result of my recent floors,I was really annoyed. Contractor rescreened the floor, (don't know if he restained) and polycoated.
I showed him what was wrong, and how it needed to be right. Didnt get into the details, left it to him.

Can I have your opinion on this: Had my floor (2-bedrooms, living room) done ~ 6 months. They are real hardwood floors that had not been touched in many years and were in POOR condition with lots of gaps between the planks. It was "patched" and refinished. Over the past 2-3 months I've noticed many the gaps reopening with "cracking and retraction" of the filler. What to do? Is this simply re-refill or a more intense/costly solution? Appreciate any input.

really, screened and refinished, big deal...