I would like to paint the banisters on the stairs, but I am not experienced with gloss paint. I am frightend that the paint will run/drip and will look messy. Can anyone give me some tips. Many thanks.
2006-06-27 20:46:06 · 17 answers · asked by soph 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
The house is quite modern and the stairs were painted white when we moved in. They are badly chipped now.
2006-06-30 09:29:48 · update #1
dubcav - you would say that!!! lol - How much should i pay? 12 step, straight staircase.
2006-06-30 10:32:42 · update #2
If your not confident painting the stair rail, try doing a couple of pencil drawings first. When you feel a little more confident and you are happy with the perspective and light maybe experiment with water colours. If any paint does drip its easy to clean or you could always say it was the effect you where looking for anyway. I've exhibited many paintings of stairs locally, I'm even getting a bit of a reputation for them. Good luck
2006-06-27 20:55:36 · answer #1 · answered by Zecca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no brushes. you are foam roller. they are about 3 in wide and they kinda look like a hair curler. prime the railing first if it is new wood. if it is already painted and it is glossy you can use a primer that will go over that old paint. BIN123 make a graet primer. the paint that is on there now is it oil or latex? you may want to sand the railing too be for you paint. use making paper and that blue tape by 3M it works great and u wont leave any messes. the foam roller wont leave brush marks. but you may have to paint like 2 -3 coats. I hope this helps
2006-06-27 20:53:18 · answer #2 · answered by late_sleeper35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a good brush. Purdy brand and some good expensive paint. Load your brush but knock most of the paint out of it in the bucket. You dont want very much paint on the brush. 2 or 3 thin coats are better then one thick driping coat.
Paint slow but dont go over it when it is tacky. that is where brush marks come from. Cover the area and move on let it dry.
Sand lightly and put on a second coat.
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2014-09-17 16:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The norm is stain and polyurethane for the hand rail, and paint (usually white) for the ballusters. Paint on a handrail turns black, and wears too quickly. Stain/poly is a much classier way to finish it. On the stairs, stain/poly the treads, paint the riser boards. You can always paint over the stain/poly if you don't like it. But it's an extreme job to strip the paint if want to stain/poly after.
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2014-09-29 22:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to screw it up.
Get can of paint, get brush, remove any loose paint on said banisters, and just don't apply the stuff too thick. It won't run or anything unless you really slop it all on there.
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2016-04-29 03:56:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to prime the wood with a wood priming paint, then a non drip gloss. Never overload the brush and always put the application of gloss on slowly. You will need two layers for gloss. Personally if your stairs is natural wood why not treat or vanish? Natural wood is beautiful.
2006-06-30 09:00:54 · answer #10 · answered by lonely as a cloud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋