How do I paint my stairs?
There are many reasons why you would need to paint your wooden stairs, whether it is because they are starting to look old and worn down, or you simply prefer the look of painted stairs over wooden ones, or even carpeted ones!
Whatever your decision, for painting your stairs, this handy little guide below will definitely help make it an easier task than you think!
So, just take a look at the handy guide below and follow the step-by-step guide below!
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How would I start to paint my stairs?
Before you begin anything, you must firstly remove any carpets or other coverings from your staircase in order to assess the condition of the stairs before you attempt to paint or even repair them.
If there are any repairs which need doing- such as repairing any cracks, splinters, or even broken stairs- before you start following the step-by-step guide below:
What you will need to paint your stairs:
· Hard wearing Paint
· Primer
· Sandpaper
· Paint brushes
· Rollers
· Roller Tray
· Soapy water/sponge
Step 1: Make sure the stairs aren’t being used throughout the painting process!
This may seem like an obvious one, but even while you are repairing or sanding areas, having a high amount of traffic moving up and down your stairs can impede the process and therefore ruin the final finish of your paint!
Corden off the area if you must, but just try not to allow anyone up and down the stairs during this time.
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Step 2: Repair any damage and remove any nails and/or other objects from the staircase
After you have removed any carpets and/or rugs from the staircase, you must first assess any damages which may have occurred underneath the carpets/rugs and were hidden.
Fill in any cracks, holes, and any other damaged parts of your staircase and ensure that your remove any nails, carpet tacks and anything else which may obstruct or even perhaps damage your painting process!
Quickly clean off any dirt which may have occurred during or after removing your carpet (but don’t thoroughly clean, that will come with the next step!)
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Step 3: Start by Sanding your Stairs down
If there is any old paint coating the surface of the stairs, or even if the surface of the stairs is a little bit rough, you will need to sand down the stairs.
Although this seems like a big task to complete, it is definitely a necessary step to complete before you start priming and painting your stairs.
Ensure that you leave a smooth and totally bump/ debris-free staircase as this can affect the final finish of your paint and make it look either perfect and smooth, or make it look more gritty and bobbled!
Using an 80 grit sandpaper would work perfectly, however if you require a softer grit, you can use a variety in order to achieve the correct smoothness which you require!
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Step 4: Clean off any sanding debris/ dust left on the stairs from the previous step
This step is again crucial for the finish of the paint. If you’re after a smooth and clean finish, you will have to clean off any sanding debris which has occurred as a result of sanding down your stairs.
You can use a simple detergent diluted with water and a clean sponge and clean down the staircase. However, you must ensure that you clean down the stairs with clean water afterwards in order to remove any soapy residue which will have occurred from the soapy water.
After this, you must definitely make sure that you leave the wood to fully dry before painting over it- this can take anywhere between 24-48hours. However, it can help keep your paint from chipping off your stairs, as well as bobbling or bursting too.
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Step 5: Prime the stairs before painting (if your chosen paint requires it!)
In order for you paint to your stairs and for it to be as durable and string as it needs to be, you can use a suitable primer for your staircase in order for the paint to fully adhere to the stair surface.
However, some paints do not require a primer before or after painting, so you must always make sure that you are checking the manufacturers instructions beforehand!
Or you can email, call or DM us and we can help you out with that!
If you are priming your staircase before painting, ensure that you cover every single piece of the staircase with your primer, and then allow the primer to dry for the appropriate time (again, check the manufacturers instructions or DM us) so that your paint will adhere to the primer correctly.
Once your primer is fully dry, make sure that you use a fine sandpaper and sand it down very lightly. Was off and sanding residue left over afterwards before you start with the next step.
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Step 6: Paint your staircase!
Now, you can finally move onto the best part of painting your stairs- actually painting it!
Start from the top of the stairs (sitting at the step below the one your are painting) so you don’t get trapped upstairs or have to work around any wet stairs or skirting.
The best way to achieve the perfect finish is to slowly apply your paint in thin layers in order to avoid any drips or drebs from drying and ruining that perfectly smooth finish.
After all, you can always apply extra layers of paint if you really want to!
However, it is essential that you always check your paint tin for drying instructions so that you don’t rip up the first layer of paint when attempting to paint the second layer.
Remember to always wait the appropriate time to add a second coat in order to achieve the best final finish as you possibly can!
You don’t want to ruin all of your previous preparatory steps just because you’re impatient to paint a second coat!
Step 7: Leave to dry for the appropriate time!
Make sure that you leave your final coat of paint to dry for at least 24 hours before treading all over it, this will ensure that you will have a strong and durable paint at the end of the day!
And you're done!
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OR Check out our OTHER Blog Posts for more information as well as handy Tips & Tricks!
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