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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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- Jan 27, 2011
- finishing oak stair treads
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Finishing
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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...
- Turtlewood
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- Jun 7, 2009
- question rebuild stair treads
- Replies: 4
- Forum: General Woodworking
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...
- Bas
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- Aug 14, 2008
- fab oak planer slab sled stair treads
- Replies: 28
- Forum: General Woodworking