Stairtreads

Over the past ten years I’ve worked on multiple projects to refinish stair treads to bring back the beauty of a space. Treads have a tendency to take more abuse than floors in general. This is to the constant use, movement of the structure, and typical bumps and banging of moving heavy furniture up and down.

The first process is to repair and replace any damaged railings, posts, or tread edges.

One set I repaired on a 1930’s were loose, had damaged edges, paint spills and staining. In between tread boards had shrunk and opened as well.

To start the process I removed hundreds of carpet staples, then cleaned out and debris from the tread surfaces and cracks. This then followed by a deep scrubbing remove any wax, liquid residues or oils.

Once the surface is cleaned I use a quality sander to remove all polyurethane and finish. After this is complete I separate and save the dust captured from sanding down surfaces to flatted, create proper roundovers, etc. This dust is used to create filler that matches the wood species perfectly

Any severe damage is replaced with similar wood species and grain. Then all holes, cracks and gaps are filled with a wood glue dust mix.

Finally a sanding is complete to 400 grit sandpaper before finishing with either an oil or polyurethane.