SURFACE PREPARATION: 1  Whether you have a bare wood floor or a floor that already has a finish on it, you will need to sand the floor to prepare it for staining and finishing. Rent or purchase a floor sander and follow the sander manufacturerâs directions to sand the surface down to bare wood, ending with 100 grit sandpaper or equivalent.
A+E Networks. Norma Jeane Mortensonâwho will become better known around the world as the glamorous actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroeâis born on this day in 1926, in Los Angeles, California. She was later given her motherâs name, and baptized Norma Jeane Baker.
Marilyn Monroe, an American model turned actress, was famous for her seductive blonde persona on and off camera from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Monroe appeared in a number of popular movies, but is best remembered as an international sex symbol who died unexpectedly and mysteriously at age 36.