The Bean-e-doo Mastic remover was a success!  It took the two-man crew most of a day, but the product softened the glue to the consistency of peanut butter.  They were able to scrape it off and mop up the residue.

Several people told me that I should sand or acid-etch the floor before applying paint or stain, but I didn’t want to do anything that required a respirator.  My creative decorating advisor, Cousin Pat, suggested throwing some leftover paint on the floor to disguise the inevitable future spills.  So we accumulated seven colors of old paint and had fun dripping, drizzling, and squirting.  Now we have a Jackson Pollock–style masterpiece on the floor.

This week’s project will be to finish painting the molding white, and then I can start moving supplies and furniture.