Staining maple is way easier than many would lead you to believe.
Staining maple stair treads.
Stair treads and risers are also available in almost any other hardwood species.
If you want to paint the stair risers a different color than the stained treads tape off the treads and paint them after you have stained.
Buy retro treads stair treads risers and other stair parts for your staircase project direct from the manufacturer.
It seems that current design trends imply that more than 90 of all the mouldings and stair treads that we sell these days are stained a colour darker than their natural tone.
Prime the risers after sanding.
Get free shipping on qualified maple stair treads risers or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department.
Fabulon or torcan would be my suggested products.
Staining finishing treads.
Hard maple stair treads are available in standard sizes or can be custom made to your specifications.
Start at 80g or 100g and finish with 120g then brush on a good quality urethane.
Our maple stain colors are available on stair treads risers and stair parts so you know longer have to worry about the messy and time consuming process of staining and finishing your treads by hand.
Make sure not to load the brush with too much paint or you will get drips on the treads.
Unfinished and prefinished stair parts are available in several stain colors available online.
So let me offer a few thoughts on how to get the job done and get some awesome results.
All of our maple treads are finished with our specialty aluminum oxide finish which will preserve the bold color of your stairs for decades to.
When people say it becomes blotchy it s usually do to a piece of maple that has minimal figure.
A coat of stain if desired wiped on and off and allowed to dry can be covered with a coat of.
These products are on the smelly side but give excellent durability and are pretty uv stable.
Yeah i know a highly figured piece of figured maple is hard to come by but be selective when choosing wood for your project.
Custom wood stair tread options include thick stair treads for floating stairs winder treads and retrofit stair treads in any custom sizes you might need.