Painted Stair Risers
5 years ago
Hello Houzzers I would like to know your thoughts on painting stair risers like the pics I've attached. I like them my OH is having 150 million second thoughts 😂😂 (only slightly exaggerating)
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Comments (16)If you are feeling adventurous and carry out your research, try painting the oak with ammonia. You will need to obtain ammonia and an adequate vapour mask. However you will achieve through your efforts a beautiful chocolate coloured oak due to the tannins in the woods. Allow the ammonia to evaporate then varnish with a polyurethane based product. It does look absolutely stunning. Good luck...See MorePainted stairs help
Comments (7)You don’t need to sand down to bare wood in fact because old paint and varnish can contain lead it’s undesirable to create lots of dust from old paints. What you do need to do is get off any loose or peeling paint, then paint with a wood primer, then fill and sand any holes that you inevitably find when you start painting. Then vacuum and wash it all down and prime again. You will need to prime a third time (good news this is lots quicker than sanding) the objective it to get a flat plain base and ensure you don’t see any of the dark stain/shelac from below. Don’t forget to plan ahead and don’t start painting if you are going to need to use the stairs during the drying time and choose quick drying paints for convenience, you will also need a small brush and a gloss roller and tray. Personally I would paint everything a very pale dove grey rather than white for practical reasons- it will still look white especially against colours. I would also consider painting the risers in different shades of the same colour- firstly primary colours are not easy to live with and they make a marmite first impression and unless the rest of your house is painted in the same way they probably will not go with much. And the alternate means likely just buying two paints and mixing them together with white- mix all the colours before you start too to ensure there are enough colours for each riser....See MoreQuartz worktops - riser or no riser?
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Comments (2)I bet your stairs had a runner at some point and the shape of these matches that runner. And I imagine their purpose was to either protect or repair what’s underneath. Take a few off and look to better understand....See More- 5 years ago
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There you go @ED 😁 lots of little evils/botched bits were hidden under that striped carpet(whole misssing bits in the actual stair threads, split wood etc) which explained the movements and horrendous creaking.
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