Hello all,
My stair treads finally arrived and I am pretty excited to get started. I purchased bare white oak. It looks pretty nice. I want to finish them first before cutting and installing.
This is what I am thinking of doing.
1) apply wood filler, there are few imperfections
2) sand the treads with 120,180,220 grit papers. This will close the pores a more and take in less stain right?
3) apply conditioner to get more even look
4) apply oil based stain. I might do more than one coat depending how dark we want it
5) apply 2-3 coats of satin polyurethane. lightly sand between coats
I saw a lot of different finish Tung oil, danish oil, linseed oil, lacquer, polyurethane, shellack, etc. It is really hard for a newbie to grasp all the difference. But it seems for high traffic areas, such as stairs, polyurethane is preferred because we get a clear layer sitting on top of the wood.
I also have some flooring and will do the same treatment to them. I use flooring on large winder steps.
Please let me know if I have missed anything.
Thanks much