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14 years ago
What brand/type of black paint is best to use to paint over a stained and polyeurothaned staircase railing? Is there a way to paint WITHOUT having to strip it first?
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  • 13 years ago
    What brand is the engineered floor? And are the treads engineered as well?

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    • 14 years ago
      use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint if you don't want to sand or strip
    • PRO
      14 years ago
      I am having my stairs redone. They just put in new oak risers and treads. Risers are painted white, and they stained the treads and rails a Minwax brand ebony and I don't like it. I wouldn't let them seal it before I did some more research. I love your stairs. Can you tell me what you used? Brand and color specific? I would appreciate it so much. They are coming back to finish on Monday.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      Sorry can't answer that
    • 13 years ago
      Can't, won't, or don't want to answer the question?
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      Sorry, can't answer that. You would have to ask a painter.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      The stairs were an engineered Walnut, (No stain) with a clear finish from the manufacturere.
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