@frangurerin I've had the Quick Shine Floor Finish on my floors for a few months now - its still shiny - and have not stripped it - except one small area where I tried to use the baking soda / water solution to take out a stain and it dulled it really bad so I had to strip that small area. It was not easy to strip so I dont plan to strip it again. The Floor Finish shine holds up great. No more footprints or streaks. This is what is working for me and my floors are now super easy to take care of: >> Clean and dry and apply 3 coats of Quick Shine Multi Surface Floor Finish - leaves it super shiny. This will hold up a long long time and you should not have to do again for a few months - and then you just need one coat to bring back the shine, if you need that at all.. >>To clean it daily, weekly, etc. I use Quick Shine Floor Cleaner with a wet mop, do one wipe down after that with a mop with water to remove some excess, then - and this is the important thing - I dry it with a big towel (this acts to buff it and avoid streaks or cloudy floors) and my floors are beautiful and super easy to maintain. And no more footprints or streaks. Everyone comments on how great my floors look. Read the reviews on Amazon on the Floor Finish - everyone loves it.

HI everyone, thank you all so much for your thoughtful input! The overall theme I'm seeing is to not refinish the hardwood just for the sake of doing it - and definitely not for the sake of matching the LVP. For some reason, I didn't realize this was an option (lol) - I have been getting so bogged down in needing to take action (a la my husband with the kitchen floor), that I didn't even think to take a breather and let it be for a while so we can re-gather our thoughts :) And since the hardwood will be getting done in the next year or two anyway, it feels almost like a weight is lifted off my shoulders with not having to add one more thing to our current To Do list! @kempek01 your suggestion is spot on and made me laugh out loud! Truthfully, the mismatch didn't bother me as much until I thought of what my in-laws would say at our housewarming - and really, all of them are homeowners, so I'm sure they understand the concept of a work in progress ... AND if anyone does comment, I will say "Thanks for noticing" and chug my wine (while mentally throwing it on them)! @Patricia Colwell I like your idea of having the same wood species laid down in the kitchen and all of it matching! Or the idea of vinyl tile ... honestly, I was thinking of anything besides the LVP my hubs came home with! Lol! but having the same species of wood all the way through the house would be a very charming look! @dan1888 thank you for your words of wisdom! you're right, no need to sacrifice the rest of the house's hardwood to coordinate with a not-thought-out temporary fix :) @SJ McCarthy you make so many good points ... we're also in the middle of a total bathroom renovation and a light second floor renovation (which will then be further renovated down the line anyway), so the last thing we need to be thinking about now is moving our furniture from room to room, or to a storage pod, so the floors can be refinished. And, while we know we want to refinish them, we haven't nailed down a specific stain yet, so it would be more rushing, potentially leading to more regret! Your suggestion of sitting down and storyboarding each room is soooo incredibly wise ... we will definitely be doing that, starting over dinner tonight! @Fori thank you so much :) we think it's super cute too! It really is charming, and in keeping with the style of our house. It's so funny you say that, because my husband (he is a darling) EVENTUALLY wants to gut the whole kitchen, knock out the back wall, and expand the whole kitchen/dining room area!!! However, that's a big expense and still quite a few years down the road - plus, I think the house is kinda sweet the way it is - but the lack of dishwasher does plague us when we have guests for dinner! Ha! Anyway, I guess there's no point in paying twice for a temporary kitchen floor (and staining the rest of the house to match ...). Phew! I feel like I've been talked off several ledges today!!!

We have hardwood on our main floor and LVP on our stairs down to the basement as well as on the basement floor (over cement). When the LVP was first installed on the stairs (it's been a little over a year now), my husband thought the "lip" part of the stair treads (the bull-nosed edge piece) was not installed perfectly flush and secure on several (I think 4) of the treads, so I wonder if that is not uncommon and is what your flooring contractor is worried about. I didn't even notice it, but my husband is a perfectionist and it bothered him. Rather than complain and have the installers come back to address the issue, my husband fixed the issue himself. I think he used tiny little nails (with no heads) to better secure the edge pieces to the adjoining LVP pieces, and I used dots of acrylic paint from my art supplies to cover the bitty nail holes. We have never had a problem with them since and we are up and down the stairs many times daily so they get heavy use. Just wanted to mention our experience in case that makes any difference for your decision. I don't regret using it on our stairs. We picked an LVP that coordinates pretty well with our upstairs hardwood in color, just a little more rustic which fits our basement vibe. We didn't want to introduce yet another type of flooring just for the stairs.

A disaster even in a master bath. The issue is the size of the tiles as well as the surface. As millworkman indicated, you would need to check the COF to determine traction. However, just glancing at the tiles makes me shudder. I rented a place which had large slick tiles and I felt that it was a dance with death whenever I took a shower or my feet were damp or there was any water on the floor. It was as slick as ice and dangerous. I have basketweave tiles now on floor and shower floor and I feel so secure as I can't skid even if I try.