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Need someone footing the bottom of those stairs. They're pretty steep

Well done Dave, a hell of a job. The rollers I link to are better than brushing it on. I did my bannisters with a brush too but using those rollers on my furniture repaint I realised it would have been a lot quicker to use the rollers on the spindles as they coped with moulding really easily. You live and learn.

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dynamod wrote:Need someone footing the bottom of those stairs. They're pretty steep

Depends on the quality of underlay and amount of Malbec consumed when going down "on one's arse"

I know. I started.

dewaltdisney wrote:Well done Dave, a hell of a job. The rollers I link to are better than brushing it on. I did my bannisters with a brush too but using those rollers on my furniture repaint I realised it would have been a lot quicker to use the rollers on the spindles as they coped with moulding really easily. You live and learn.

DWD

Yep next time I will use a roller... hard to explain but I kind of know exactly where I am with a brush if that makes sense?

And yep the loft conversion stairs are quite steep, but the picture exaggerates the angle somewhat. Still, OchAye you are spot on... i've slid down them a few times after a few!

May I pick your brains please? I forked out for a can of the spray stain cover up stuff last year - only just got around to doing it. I've sprayed one coat, not sparingly, but I can still see the outline of the water stain. Will that be enough for normal emulsion to take over the top or should I empty the can?

I have found that the stain stop tends to cover with a sealing cover that often is not fully opaque. However, when you go over with emulsion the paints grips well and covers it. I remember old school decorators used to use oil-based undercoat mixed with oil-based gloss as a stain cover. It is a bit hard to find the oil-based paints these days as the chemicals have changed. I guess BIN could be used or the other Zinsser products. I only share my experience I am not a pro decorator.

DWD

The airarsole stain blocks are pretty good (assuming it was a good brand) and it's not unusual to still see the water stain before you paint over it.

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:51 pm I guess BIN is not essential and 123 does the job but I was paranoid about colour bleed as I was not sure if my bannisters were stained with a varnish or a coloured varnish.

Thanks for the comment though it is all helpful

DWD

what's the difference in BIN and 123 primer?
are they both primer?

Bin is a shellac solvent based sealer primer. Bullseye is a water based primer.

DWD

Many thanks for the helpful advice - will be tackling the painting in due course.