The Barn Stairs

Remember I told you I wasn't going to

carpet these stairs?

Well, I didn't.  Carpet them, that is.

I did, however, paint them.

If you'll notice,

the backs of each stair were stamped

with black ink from the lumber yard.

After using the shop vac to clean up

all the dust and nails and metal shavings

and other crap, I used a

microfiber towel to wipe down each

stair back and stair step.

A coat of semi-gloss black paint ...

I cut in the edges with a brush and my

kiddo filled in the rest with

a paint edger (quite handy).

The kiddo AND the edger, I mean.

Anyway, this covered the ink.

 I considered one of my usual techniques

of sanding the edges of the painted

surface heavily before applying the stain,

but since the stair backs were made

with particle board, I wouldn't have gotten

the nice effect a better grade of wood

would have given me.

Wood would.

So, I just stained the stair tops.

Pre-stain ...

... post-stain ...

... and that's a wrap.

Peace Out