Cleaning Old Wood Floors

This house came with Original Hardwood Floors, according to the realtor. Abused ones that had served as under-carpet flooring for years. People had ripped out the carpeting, painted without covering the floor to protect from spatters, and even waxed dirt into some places. See the before picture here, from a corner between the fireplace and a radiator cover in the living room.

Here is the "after" picture. I took off the paint spatters with sandpaper and a plastic knife, then wiped with a moist rag and re-waxed. It isn't perfect. I need to work on getting the spatters off close to the wall. I did not have the tools to pry an errant staple still sticking out of the floor. But it is better.