The first step was to use an orbital sander to smooth out the whole floor and eliminate any places where one board was higher than the next. Usually people buy/rent/hire a drum sander for this job, but the kitchen is so small and the quarters are so confined in places that the orbital was just the trick. It took longer, about two hours, but in the end we had a floor as level and smooth as a professional could make it.
Then we put on the first of three coats of Bona Mega. To confine the fumes and future sanding dust we sealed off the kitchen from the rest of the house. Fortunately the way the house is designed we can still get to any room, as long as we're willing to walk outside to get to some.
A light sanding with 220-grit to smooth out the grain that the first coat raised, and we called it a night. Our goal is to do the other two coats tomorrow.
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