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Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
NiggaPlz
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Date: July 11, 2011 01:20PM
Any hints how to sand the area where the riser meets the tread? Those sanding sponges don't cut it...and I can't figure out which Dremel bit to use.
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
Paint contractor
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Date: July 11, 2011 01:35PM
your best bet would be to pull the treads up but that would be a bitch. Stripping is also labor intensive and toxic as hell but maybe it would not be so bad in this case given the small area involved. At least you could strip enough off to make do with your new covering. Will you be restaining or painting?
If it is outside, you could play with a couple of different stains to even out the look. Worse case scenario, just go really dark on everything.
If it is outside, you could play with a couple of different stains to even out the look. Worse case scenario, just go really dark on everything.
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
NiggaPlz
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Date: July 11, 2011 01:38PM
Paint contractor Wrote:
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> your best bet would be to pull the treads up but
> that would be a bitch. Stripping is also labor
Knowing me, I'd fuck up the treads. Not enough patience for that sort of thing.
> intensive and toxic as hell but maybe it would not
> be so bad in this case given the small area
> involved. At least you could strip enough off to
> make do with your new covering. Will you be
> restaining or painting?
Restaining. Floors are next. I might consider stripping that 1" area, as I want the new finish to be even...
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> your best bet would be to pull the treads up but
> that would be a bitch. Stripping is also labor
Knowing me, I'd fuck up the treads. Not enough patience for that sort of thing.
> intensive and toxic as hell but maybe it would not
> be so bad in this case given the small area
> involved. At least you could strip enough off to
> make do with your new covering. Will you be
> restaining or painting?
Restaining. Floors are next. I might consider stripping that 1" area, as I want the new finish to be even...
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
white wash
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Date: July 11, 2011 02:16PM
simple solution - paint the riser white.
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
NiggaPlz
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Date: July 11, 2011 02:30PM
white wash Wrote:
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> simple solution - paint the riser white.
>
I probably didn't make my question very clear initially -- I am trying to sand the tread down to bare wood but struggling in the area where it meets the riser.
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> simple solution - paint the riser white.
>
I probably didn't make my question very clear initially -- I am trying to sand the tread down to bare wood but struggling in the area where it meets the riser.
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
SoylentGreen
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Date: July 11, 2011 03:45PM
NiggaPlz Wrote:
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..and I can't figure out which Dremel bit to
> use.
This one.
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=Multi-Max#
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..and I can't figure out which Dremel bit to
> use.
This one.
http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail.aspx?pid=Multi-Max#
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
Ut videam
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Date: July 11, 2011 03:48PM
SoylentGreen Wrote:
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> NiggaPlz Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> ..and I can't figure out which Dremel bit to
> > use.
>
>
> This one.
>
> http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail
> .aspx?pid=Multi-Max#
Or save yourself a bunch of money and get this one: http://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb/campaigns/localmedia/general_july/images/3.jpg?hftref=cj
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> NiggaPlz Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> ..and I can't figure out which Dremel bit to
> > use.
>
>
> This one.
>
> http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages/ToolDetail
> .aspx?pid=Multi-Max#
Or save yourself a bunch of money and get this one: http://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb/campaigns/localmedia/general_july/images/3.jpg?hftref=cj
Re: Refinishing Stairs
Posted by:
JPetermann
()
Date: July 12, 2011 09:38AM
have you tried a detail sander, one shaped like an arrowhead?
black and decker has one.
black and decker has one.