The stain requires 8 hours to set before you move on to the final couple of steps.
Ripped out carpet of stairs and have plywood treads.
I ended up using one stair tread two red oak boards that were 12 or 14 inches wide and a smaller one that was 2 or 3 inches wide.
And it was quite the project.
Using a disposable sponge brush lay a think coat of stain down on the tread.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
All this is done inside your house so just imagine where all the dust is going to go.
Most people advised against staining unless you had good quality wood.
This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.
A while ago we decided to redo stairs in the main part of the house.
It ended up being the perfect size when i was done and i didn t have to rip anything down.
Replacing stair treads starts with tearing out carpet then staples and then cutting the old bullnoses.
We have an old electric mouse sander which when equipped with coarse 60 grit sandpaper did a decent job sanding the stair treads and hardwood landings down to bare wood.
Fortunately our treads had a bull nose edge.
If the tread doesn t have a bull nose edge keep or replace the carpet.
This is our stairs before.
I would guess around a three foot square.
Refinishing our stairs proved to be an exciting project and i am so excited to share our whole process with you.
We had pine so i decided to paint it.
I need to rip out the unfortunately not so old carpet and do something different.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
I am on a tight budget and want to know if i can just sand these and paint them.
Currently we have a stair case that has 2 steps going up then a landing then a left turn to more stairs up to our loft.
In this video we re using a tread that already has a rounded front.
Minwax stain quart 7 77.
I cannot stress this enough.
So here are the stairs with the carpet removed and stapled holes filled.
My hand me down sander had a somewhat effective dust catcher and i followed behind it with our hepa filter vacuum and positioned a box fan in the doorway pointing outside.
If you prefer you can round over a piece of wood.
Once you have coated the entire tread go back and wipe away the excess stain with a rag.
But it was rather square.
The other option is to replace the tread piece entirely with a hardwood border.
On your picture frames across the floor.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
Heck you will be finding it everywhere for the weeks to come.
We have plain old builder s plywood under the carpet.
You know rip up the carpet and have hardwood stairs.
If you re going to do that measure the tread size cut the tread and then attach it.
And also i am not sure what color to go with if i am able.
Four disposable brush sponges 3 92.
And it was quite the project.
