I like the color of your stairs what did you mix together to get that color and are your stairs slippery? If not what did you use so they're not slippery
Hey Debbie, the stairs are not slippery at all! You can see all the details about products here: repurposeandupcycle.com/how-to-stain-wood-stairs-treads-without-sanding/
Did u sand the treads before staining? The directions on the Varathane wood stain container says to sand the wood with 4 different levels of grit sandpaper. Would it make a difference if I didn't sand the wood first?
Hi loved your video and followed your directions. I Called Varathane and they told me the oil based polyurethane is not meant for stairs. That I should be using their floor urethane meant for foot traffic. I then called Menards where I bought it and at the time was told that the product I bought and you used also will only last up to a year if that with three coats because it’s not meant for foot traffic. I would love your opinion. My trim carpenter who’s going to install my retreads, which is what I am staining and varnishing never told me to use their floor product only and finally I asked vera thane’s customer service if I buy the floor product now and use it for my second and third coats would that be OK? and she said no. I’d love your opinion.
I have used their regular poly for another set of stair treads and its been years and they still look perfect. Here is why I chose to go with the regular; I wanted to stick with an oil based product due to durability because I read a few reviews that said that the water based floor finish just doesn’t hold up like the old oil based sealers (even NON floor sealers) do. The other thing….Varathane’s oil based floor finish is very potent and very strong. As someone who suffers migraines, I really detest the lingering (like days on days) smell of VOCs. Hindsight, what I should have done is finish the floor treads BEFORE installation. If I had done this, I would have used the same Varathane stains WITH Varathane floor finish in an oil based product. Does this mean the regular poly won't work? No, actually it's held up great for me so far. I'm sorry I've caused you some confusion and I need to explain myself better in the video.
What was the waiting period between stain and putting on a protective coat?
You need to wait 8 hours when applying an oil-based finish or 24 hours before applying a water-based finish. I waited over 8 hours.
@@RepurposeandUpcycle thank you!
As a contractor its supposed to be 12-24h or if you can heat the house or use a heat gun to speed the process. AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SAND
How many coats of poly? I did 2 so far on my stairs but the smell and dry time is awful and i dont wanna wait even longer
I did 2 coats! They've held up well over the last few years but we don't use those stairs very much.
How did you remove the old stain without sanding?
It was new wood so there wasn't any stain.
I like the color of your stairs what did you mix together to get that color and are your stairs slippery? If not what did you use so they're not slippery
Hey Debbie, the stairs are not slippery at all! You can see all the details about products here: repurposeandupcycle.com/how-to-stain-wood-stairs-treads-without-sanding/
Did u sand the treads before staining? The directions on the Varathane wood stain container says to sand the wood with 4 different levels of grit sandpaper. Would it make a difference if I didn't sand the wood first?
Hi loved your video and followed your directions. I Called Varathane and they told me the oil based polyurethane is not meant for stairs. That I should be using their floor urethane meant for foot traffic. I then called Menards where I bought it and at the time was told that the product I bought and you used also will only last up to a year if that with three coats because it’s not meant for foot traffic. I would love your opinion. My trim carpenter who’s going to install my retreads, which is what I am staining and varnishing never told me to use their floor product only and finally I asked vera thane’s customer service if I buy the floor product now and use it for my second and third coats would that be OK? and she said no. I’d love your opinion.
I have used their regular poly for another set of stair treads and its been years and they still look perfect. Here is why I chose to go with the regular;
I wanted to stick with an oil based product due to durability because I read a few reviews that said that the water based floor finish just doesn’t hold up like the old oil based sealers (even NON floor sealers) do. The other thing….Varathane’s oil based floor finish is very potent and very strong. As someone who suffers migraines, I really detest the lingering (like days on days) smell of VOCs.
Hindsight, what I should have done is finish the floor treads BEFORE installation. If I had done this, I would have used the same Varathane stains WITH Varathane floor finish in an oil based product. Does this mean the regular poly won't work? No, actually it's held up great for me so far. I'm sorry I've caused you some confusion and I need to explain myself better in the video.