Saturday, February 1, 2014


Stair Painting after Refinished Treads

Today we are going to paint risers and skirt boards after refinished (stain) stair treads. We have stain spots on these risers and skirt boards. Varnish was done about a week ago, so it is dry already. But for secure job we are going to use easy blue tape ( we don't want to rip varnish spots off  ). We have removed carpet along the middle part of the stairs and new carpet will be installed the same way. So actually we need to paint just side parts of all risers and all skirt boards.

Step 1 Tape treads everywhere, where they meet white skirt boards and risers. We have little gap between risers and treads filled with putty. Usually I tape on the top of treads by keeping distance about 1/8" or less from riser and skirt board. We wouldn't like to tape on the putty, because the surface is not so flat and for nice line we need steady flat surface. Use 5 in one scraper to push tape to the tread surface.




Step 2 Caulk all gaps along the tape for better line quality otherwise you can have paint seeping through the tape and after removing it you will have shaky line.





Step 3 Prime stain spots with special primer: it could be oil based primer or water based primer with qualities to cover stain. 


Step 4 I will paint two coats of white semi gloss paint on the top of primer by using small roller and the brush.


Step 5 Remove tape form treads. If you will find that the tape rips the caulk- cut gently along the tape by using utility knife with a new blade. In my case caulk was dried enough and everything worked well without knife.


Finally everything is done. Now we can compare how it looked before painting and how it looks after. Oh! It was picky job! ☺
Before


After


It is it for today, feel free to leave comments or questions.













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