This allows people to still get upstairs since the stain takes a long time to dry.
Pine stair treads stained.
Pine is a wood that accepts both stain and paint.
Although most people choose to stain wooden stair treads the low price of pine means you can paint the treads if desired.
It s possible to stain pine stair treads but it takes more prep work to get good results with pine than it does with harder woods.
We had gorgeous weather this weekend temperatures reaching into the 70 s.
But yesterday brought us snow and cold temperatures.
That made painting the stair treads an even easier decision.
Stain every other stair tread.
The main problem is that pine tends to soak up stain unevenly resulting in a blotchy unnatural appearance.
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Making pine stair treads last.
Follow the directions on the can of wood stain and make sure that you cover the entire surface of each stair by moving in long strokes and going with the grain as you apply.
Get a wood stain from a home improvement store and brush it onto the stair treads with a bristle brush.
It s also a wood that is not easily stained.
The deeper the penetration the.
I wish mother nature would stop being so moody.
If that s an issue for you save up for more expensive hardwood to use instead.
Proper sealing of the wood s pores is key to preserving pine.
Unfinished pine tread is applied to a radiate pine edge glued core.
Staining pine stair treads.
For interior use only our pine tread features a clean uniform look that is clear of most knots and imperfections commonly found in solid pine treads.
Pine is soft and responds to humidity by expanding and contracting.
The stairs we did this project on were cheap basement stairs made of pine which is a very soft wood that is easily dinged up.
More expensive stair tread wood such as cherry is not ideal to paint because you re paying for the appearance of the wood.
Brush a coat of wood stain onto each tread.
Made of two pine re saw layers the surewood lnl 48 in.
To get the wood ready for staining you need to hand sand each tread thoroughly.