Tips For Painting Stair Railings

If you are choosing to paint your risers and stain your treads risers almost always look best painted white no matter.

Tips for painting stair railings.

Paint sherwin williams waterborne interior acrylic latex in pure white. It levels beautifully without brush strokes with my favorite brushes that you can get at michael s for under 10. Cleaning the surface start by lightly sanding down your stairs to make a fresh and smooth surface for painting. Hot soapy water and rag.

Follow the grain of wood. Sandpaper 100 and 220 grit. Otherwise tape newspaper directly over the balusters and under the handrail. I painted the stair well railing in black and white right around christmas time about six months ago.

Primer glidden gripper sold at home depot. I have always been opposed to any project that involves sanding because i envisioned. If you don t want to use a deglosser you could lightly sand. Anyways the best paint for painting railings in my experience is benjamin moore advance.

So i got out my trusty liquid deglosser and a rag and deglossed the railing. 1 wide angled paint brush. It does not require priming. Clean the dust from sanding the primer with a tack cloth.

Apply the first coat of paint evenly and thinly so that the wood grain can still breathe. The original color of the railing was a light cherry or maybe a dark oak and l felt a darker color like espresso would provide more contrast against the off white walls. Step 1 cleaning and preparation 2 hours. Step 1 with painter s tape and newspaper cover the area under the banister or railing.

After that you can apply painter s tape to the walls and railing around the stairs to cover them from accidentally brush strokes. Then clean them down with a damp microfiber cloth to remove the sanding dust. Dark stains are better for hiding imperfections on these. Lightly sand the railing after the primer has dried the recommended amount of time the directions say is needed.

If you are painting the balusters the vertical rods that hold up the handrail then cover the area around the base of them. I used a simple solution of soap and water and cleaned the railings fairly. Coating wood in thick layers of paint can make the corners of the wood look dull and rounded. As you think through the overall look of your stairs here are a few general tips to determine your direction.

Painter s tape easy mask kleenedge. What is a banister. Step 2 sanding 30 minutes.