Refinishing the Main Staircase
During a visit to Charleston this Summer, we noticed several houses with natural finish on the stair treads. We had been pondering a redo of the steps, but inspired, we decided to strip the stair treads, and refinish them with a natural finish. This process took almost two months and made a HUGE mess.
The steps had been painted with a burnt orange color during the hurricane Hugo mess.
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During the stripping of the treads, we discovered a lot of ground in dirt and stains below all the paint layers. We elected to clean most but not all of these to show the graceful aging these stairs endured.
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This is the finished result.
The final result shows the gorgeous Oak treads, along with fresh paint on all of the stair well.