I THINK this is a wood floor thing, not a paint thing, so... We have an old house. In the master bedroom we lifted a corner of the carpet and found an original wood floor underneath. BUT, at some point in the past someone apparently painted the room, and I THINK may have sprayed the ceiling (and maybe the walls), but in either case the whole floor is covered with large gobs of paint and LOTS of small spots of paint. I looks like what I think of as overspray when spraying paint. And, of course, being more than a little crazy, we really like wood floors and intend to bring this one back and refinish it. BUT, first we've gotta get all the paint off. Time isn't a big issue, so if the paint removing and sanding are slow and fiddly, that's ok. I looked online and found recommendations to use a plastic putty knife, which does remove SOME of the surface of the large globs, but there's still a lot of overspray and globs to remove. I tried a little Goo-Gone and it seemed to remove most of the remaining paint. Not perfect, but not too bad. I read about Motsenbocker's #5, which I'll see if I can find locally. I ALSO tried some rubbing alcohol, which was recommended and it APPEARS to remove whatever the floor's finish was. I'd THINK it would be varnish, but I can't imagine that simple rubbing alcohol on a cloth would bother floor varnish, and this stuff came up... SO, I'm looking for y'all who know a lot more about this than I do for ideas on removing the paint, then on doing a LIGHT sanding 'cause the wood isn't as smooth as it should be for finishing. It's not BAD, just seems to need a little finish sanding to make it really smooth... I've got everything from quarter sheet sanders to belt sanders, so I know I can sand, but I'm looking for ideas on the best way to get the last bits of paint off and smooth the wood floor for finishing... I DEFINITELY DON'T want to be using one of those big, aggressive drum sanders on this. I THOUGHT about using one of the large rotary-type sanders they rent (they have 3 round pieces of sandpaper about 8" wide on them) with the 50 grit sandpaper that goes in a circle. I've seen the results of those and they leave a lot of scratches across the surface... SO, first problem - what's a good way to get all this paint off? Second problem - what's a good way to do a light sanding to give me nice, smooth flooring to varnish?

I'm installing mahogany stained bamboo flooring in my condo, with 5.25" baseboard molding. I think the larger baseboard looks good as I have vaulted ceilings. My question is to use shoe molding that is either: 1) Painted to match the baseboard, or 2) Stained mahogany to match the flooring Which do you think looks better? [ATTACH]74820[/ATTACH][ATTACH]74819[/ATTACH]