Staircase Refurbishment Part 1 | How to strip a painted staircase back to it's original wood finish
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Part 1 of a 3 part video tutorial series showing how to strip a painted staircase back to it's original wood finish. In Part 1, I shpw how to use modern paint strippers effectively.
I've done this and found it very ineffective. About 4 days of work with paint not fully removed, the amount of work required would be much more cost effective to replace the banister.
I know this is 2 years too late. But if you try stripping paint in the future, use citristrip. The trick is to really goop it on (like a gross about of goop). Then cover it with cling wrap and leave it alone for 24 hours. Then have a tub or dawn and water and a full spray bottle or krud cutter and nylon brushes ( cover the floor in plastic or drop cloth and wear cloth your don’t care about) and get to scrubbing. It’s disgusting and messy and time consuming, but it works. Happy project-ing!
What’s the name of the paint stripper you used in the video and where can I buy it.
what a job,,..I am trying to do the stairs--I cant use chemicals ..I have to do it the hard way
Great tips!!!! Thanks!!!
I came looking for help with this. Thanks for the tips.
I've got loads of spindles to do, all grooved! About 40 !🤦♀️
Notice how you dont see a finished product...do not put yourself through this kind of pain..
This is exactly what I'm doing right now. I've been working on it for the last 2 days and I'm not even near finished. Is just a pain in the rear end.
Heat gun and putty knife
Great video I have just started this did you do the bottom of the handrail to ?
This is what I’m doing at the moment not long moved into my house and who ever was living there before thought why not paint all the wood work black .. least it was Matt paint and not gloss but me and the heat gun and sander have become pretty good friends over the past few days .. will look good when I’m done patience is a virtue 🤣🤣
hi i have reached a point where sanding is useless. please can anyone advise how to proceed??
how do i attach photos on TH-cam, so you can see my troubles?
I’ve use, peel away on mine which I wouldn’t recommend. It’s ok at best but varies in patches. I have an Edwardian property so all painted services have lead. It’s taken weeks to do my staircase and using peel away made things worse as it dried in certain parts and hardened. Wish I’d got a new staircase installed
Is it safe do you think this kind of paint contains asbestos
God why didn’t I think of that! Great tip
Use a hair dryer, lest time and no other costs apart from electricity of course.
Heat Gun! th-cam.com/video/msvU8kZyOlk/w-d-xo.html
Great! What would you recommend for a door that has a wood grain? I don't want to scrape or sand much off after as it will flatten the grain. Could I just use a scourer?
Yaaaaaaaas I need this video series my eyes have been paining me for years but I didn’t touch it because lack of education & most video deal with stain removal or simply paint but I want the wood back now here you are teaching us ! Thank you !
Sometimes just a heatgun can be way easier. I'd try that before chemical products. Surprisingly sometimes it can just peel off like fruit peel with a heat gun.
i just wanted to come and say thankyou, ive been wanting to strip the top rail and the top thingies on the post since i seen they got painted here when we moved in. i kept putting it off as i thought it would be a mammoth task but was browsing as i really am a visual learner. im almost done on the main staircase and it didnt take anywhere near as long as i thought it would. Picked up a lot of tips from your videos and its been a project im actually enjoying. thanks again for helping a stranger out, have you finished the project as yet? im wondering what kind of varnish to use with heavy handed kids. everyone keeps saying yacht varnish? anyways, cant wait to see the final result!#
I wondered why paint stripper is crap nowadays and now I know why ☹️
Does this also work for metal rails? Nice work.
I knew the new stripper was garbage but this gives it the ooomph it needs to at least get it going. Thanks. Great tip.
@@mancaveprojects4693 - Thanks. I'll keep that in mind.
Great video. Did you apply the liquid to underneath handrail? What tool is best to scrap that small area?
@@mancaveprojects4693 thank you. Off now to get more paint stripper to apply and then job is complete. So satisfying to see the natural wood underneath 🤗
What is the name of the liquid for painting off? Thank you
@@mancaveprojects4693 Unfortunately it looks like it’s only found in the UK and not the States.
To anyone looking in the States I’ve been searching around and the best one to use indoors with no worry about fumes seems to be Smart Strip with the green label. They sell a paper to wrap whatever your stripping but I’ve heard some using plastic also. If it’s done right and wait long enough a lot of the paint will stick to the paper when you peel it off. Peel Away is from the same company and supposed to be good also. There’s a handful of versions and they recommend putting a sample of each to test which pulls off your paint best. A different version depends on if you have oil or Waterbased paint.
@@mick2spic Great feedback. This issue with paint stripper that isn't fit for purpose seems to be confined to Europe and some very stupid legislation.
The downside because of European legislation blah blah renders paint stripper useless well we are out of the EU now so no reason why we can’t do away with that legislation and also do away with the legislation that keeps white paint white I noticed over the years white paint goes yellow never did that before….. EU are just a pain in the side…
For once that someone looks after your health...legislation is there for a reason.
It yellows and has a horrible smell for months after painting. I've just painted mine a few weeks back its peeling off so I'm stripping it all and stick to stain
@@tizianadenaro4990 That's what safety gear is for. Trading a rubbish product for safety just means you get a slimy mess that won't remove paint and you can't go back. Waste of money.
Was this a lot to do? Please let me know am letting s builder to change this because they painted it black that looks so dead and lost it’s natural state.
Would it not be cheaper to replace it