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  1. B

    Question on Stair Nosing...

    I am looking for some ideas. I am finishing my attic and getting ready to put down the oak stair treads. I am trying to match what I currently have in the house. In the picture below, you can see where the tread nosing is attached to the tread. You can see that the nosing and tread have like...
  2. Stair Tread Nosing

    Stair Tread Nosing

    Stair Tread Nosing
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  3. Steve W

    Finishing Oak Stair Treads

    I'm in the process of making new, quartersawn red oak stair treads for our house. When doing floor work, I naturally think of using some sort of polyurethane finish, but am wondering if a rubbed-on finish such as Danish Oil might look better. I would assume that the disadvantage of such a...
    • Steve W
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    • finishing oak stair treads
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    • Forum: Finishing
  4. M

    Best way to darken soft maple well and then seal Stair Tread

    I am going to make some stair tread out of soft maple. I know its a closed wood and can have some issues if you try and stain it. I also read that dye works well but have never used it and also not sure if you can use a oil poly on top or would I need to use a water poly? What I am looking to...
    • Marlin
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    • darken maple seal soft stair tread
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    • Forum: Finishing
  5. T

    Question on stair rebuild with new treads

    Hey All, I've started the process of tearing up my old stairs treads and replacing them with hardwood treads. The stairs were covered in carpeting down the center 28" wide with 4" stained pine "accents" on each side. I've removed the carpeting, the side accent pieces, and the particle...
  6. michaelgarner

    Squeak in my Stair!!

    Hello friends, In the never ending saga of trying to get my house sold, the potential buyers had the appraisal done on the house and everything is a go. The only glitch so far is that they said they want the squeak in the stairs to be fixed up to the second floor! Soooo from everyones...
  7. Bas

    From slab to fab

    Chris, a friend of mine is redoing his stairs. After installing a few Oak treads from Lowe's, he decided he didn't like them very much, especially not at that price. So he asked if I could help him fabricate some. First "external" project, whoohoo! :wsmile: Jeff was going to get me some 5/4...
  8. W

    Curved stair rail

    Hello all, I am in the process of building a set of curved stairs. The curved rail must be custom built to fit the stairs. I have all the components to bend the rail (even the 22 C-clamps) except the most important-----urea formaldahyde glue----does anyone know where I can obtain a large amount...

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