Next job. Our staircase - not sure of the exact terminology but I think newel posts - have decorative moldings on them. Vertical, routed out parts. They seem a little old-fashioned these days so I'm going to fill them in, flush. I've started with Ronseal high performance filler but it's very laborious - as well as expensive.
I'm thinking I could speed up the process by gluing strips of wood, or dowels, in the moldings first and finishing off with filler.
Is that a good idea? What would you use? How would you attach filler pieces?
The staircase was originally a dark stained wood, but the previous owners painted it white (if I had to guess it was Zinsser BIN). I intend repainting the whole staircase when I've done the filling in.
Filling Decorative Moldings In Staircase
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Filling Decorative Moldings In Staircase
You could glue dowel into the grooves , held in place with tape until it sets then plane and sand. Fill any remaing gaps with filler. Car body filler is sometimes a cheaper version of wood filler.
Alternatively in the same way that panel doors ad staircases in general were covered in times past you could always face up the newel with hardboard pinned on. That would be quicker and cheaper with no possibility of a visible joint in the middle of the newel and it can be reverted back when fashions change again.
Alternatively in the same way that panel doors ad staircases in general were covered in times past you could always face up the newel with hardboard pinned on. That would be quicker and cheaper with no possibility of a visible joint in the middle of the newel and it can be reverted back when fashions change again.