how to advice? - painting stained bannisters?
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Calling on the voice of PH to assist in my problem!
The wife wants the hall decorated over the xmas period part of which includes painting the bannisters, spindles, hand rails etc, white - a bad enough job at any time, but these have been stained/varnished in a mid oak colour.
Initial thoughts were a light sanding and then use a multi-surface wipe on primwe like ESP or similar followed by a couple of coats of one coat gloss (the stuff that never coats in one go!)
i guess the proper way to do it would be heavy sanding back to the wood followed by a undercoat/primer coat then a couple of coats of gloss, but this is a job I'm really not looking forward to.
other option was to buy new spindles and start from bare wood but thats going to be expensive..
..so over to the experts for your opinions - what would you recommend?
The wife wants the hall decorated over the xmas period part of which includes painting the bannisters, spindles, hand rails etc, white - a bad enough job at any time, but these have been stained/varnished in a mid oak colour.
Initial thoughts were a light sanding and then use a multi-surface wipe on primwe like ESP or similar followed by a couple of coats of one coat gloss (the stuff that never coats in one go!)
i guess the proper way to do it would be heavy sanding back to the wood followed by a undercoat/primer coat then a couple of coats of gloss, but this is a job I'm really not looking forward to.
other option was to buy new spindles and start from bare wood but thats going to be expensive..
..so over to the experts for your opinions - what would you recommend?
I had a similar problem when I moved into my current house. All the interior woodwork had been treated with a dark oak stain which I wanted to overpaint with normal white gloss.
I spent a lot of time reading up on the best way of sealing the wood to prevent the stain bleeding through and ended up using a primer made by Zinsser which I actually managed to find in B&Q in the end. To be honest I wasn't completely sold on the results. It certainly did the job (three years later and there's no sign of the stain bleeding through) but it didn't seem to adhere to the wood amazingly well. The paint does seem to chip off fairly easily but whether this is down to the product, the wood, or a problem with my preparation is probably open to debate.
I spent a lot of time reading up on the best way of sealing the wood to prevent the stain bleeding through and ended up using a primer made by Zinsser which I actually managed to find in B&Q in the end. To be honest I wasn't completely sold on the results. It certainly did the job (three years later and there's no sign of the stain bleeding through) but it didn't seem to adhere to the wood amazingly well. The paint does seem to chip off fairly easily but whether this is down to the product, the wood, or a problem with my preparation is probably open to debate.
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