Looks great! Is there a reason you scrapped the paint off first rather than left stripper on it? The other videos I’ve seen seem to do it the other way around
Done my handrail at home recently when I redecorated my hall stairs and landing. Stripped off years worth of oil right back to bare wood. Used a combination of 2 part filler and coloured pencils to recreate the grain on a few minor dings… to then finish off with Dulux diamond glaze satin. Came out a treat! Great video as always mate… been following your posts recently. Seems you’ve had a stressful one with waterbased? Pros and cons to both oil and waterbased… waterbased definately more of a faff but I used it on mine as we have a dog and toddler so oil was a no no. Came out fine… but it did take me an age to sand and prep everything first…
Thank you.. true.. water based does have its place... Not really tried diamond hard whites... Need to give them ago.. but the diamond water based varnish is great stuff..
@@PaintingandDecorating my honest opinion is that Dulux diamond satinwood is a good paint provided you use a good undercoat with it… either something like 123 or as I used the quick dry Dulux undercoat. Plenty of sanding before undercoat and a light scratch with 180 or 240 afterwards did the trick with me… and of course tack cloths really make the difference. Durability is good for waterbased but oil is still king there! My hallway has little natural light so theory is that it will now stay white. Polyvine is also a damn good varnish brand. They do it in dead flat, satin and gloss. Water and oil based you’ll be pleased to hear 👍 take care mate! Marc
Hi, great video- thanks for sharing. I'm curious about the use of scraper tools instead of a heat gun, would a heat gun be inappropriate in this instance and if so, why?
Great job. Our decorators totally butchered our handrail which ironically is an identical setup! They used a sander from the getgo removing most of the original profile in the process. The remaining paint was removed with goodness knows what leaving a very rough finish underneath the upper handrail surface. What would you recommend to save the rough surfaces as it's still rough to the touch reminding me of how poor this job was. Many thanks
Thank you.. not good sorry to hear that.. you can only try to sand and recoat.. they may of only put one coat on.. this will leave it rough to the touch.. sanders you really do have to be careful.. hope you can sort it out.
@@PaintingandDecorating Many thanks. Handrail is still bare wood and quite rough to the touch because I suspect they damaged the surface by gauging the paint off as opposed to sanding. We want to keep the natural look without sanding too much more material off for fear of altering the original profile too much!
@@SuccessShared you can try and sand using a block and work with the profile... Best way.. and clear varnish will protect and only darken the wood very slightly. Thanks
Paint stripper? I have a Georgian mahogany hand rail which is bleached in the sun from a south facing window and very dark stained wood on the rest. It scares me to death, I am frightened to touch it.
Looks great! Is there a reason you scrapped the paint off first rather than left stripper on it? The other videos I’ve seen seem to do it the other way around
Great job matey. Love these types of jobs. Absolute joy to do.
Thanks.. yes great satisfaction in the end.
those scraper they are a life saver when I ever I got any decorating project I use them all the time.
Yes could not do with out one these days.. thanks
Done my handrail at home recently when I redecorated my hall stairs and landing. Stripped off years worth of oil right back to bare wood. Used a combination of 2 part filler and coloured pencils to recreate the grain on a few minor dings… to then finish off with Dulux diamond glaze satin. Came out a treat! Great video as always mate… been following your posts recently. Seems you’ve had a stressful one with waterbased? Pros and cons to both oil and waterbased… waterbased definately more of a faff but I used it on mine as we have a dog and toddler so oil was a no no. Came out fine… but it did take me an age to sand and prep everything first…
Thank you.. true.. water based does have its place... Not really tried diamond hard whites... Need to give them ago.. but the diamond water based varnish is great stuff..
@@PaintingandDecorating my honest opinion is that Dulux diamond satinwood is a good paint provided you use a good undercoat with it… either something like 123 or as I used the quick dry Dulux undercoat. Plenty of sanding before undercoat and a light scratch with 180 or 240 afterwards did the trick with me… and of course tack cloths really make the difference. Durability is good for waterbased but oil is still king there! My hallway has little natural light so theory is that it will now stay white. Polyvine is also a damn good varnish brand. They do it in dead flat, satin and gloss. Water and oil based you’ll be pleased to hear 👍 take care mate! Marc
Hi, great video- thanks for sharing. I'm curious about the use of scraper tools instead of a heat gun, would a heat gun be inappropriate in this instance and if so, why?
Great job. Our decorators totally butchered our handrail which ironically is an identical setup! They used a sander from the getgo removing most of the original profile in the process. The remaining paint was removed with goodness knows what leaving a very rough finish underneath the upper handrail surface. What would you recommend to save the rough surfaces as it's still rough to the touch reminding me of how poor this job was. Many thanks
Thank you.. not good sorry to hear that.. you can only try to sand and recoat.. they may of only put one coat on.. this will leave it rough to the touch.. sanders you really do have to be careful.. hope you can sort it out.
@@PaintingandDecorating Many thanks. Handrail is still bare wood and quite rough to the touch because I suspect they damaged the surface by gauging the paint off as opposed to sanding. We want to keep the natural look without sanding too much more material off for fear of altering the original profile too much!
@@SuccessShared you can try and sand using a block and work with the profile... Best way.. and clear varnish will protect and only darken the wood very slightly. Thanks
Thanks. What are the scrapers called please also, after the mythelated spirits on a cloth what did you apply using a brush? X
Wood scraper, shave hook. And I brushed on water based ronseal varnish. Thanks
I used a scraper as well and a hot rag to soften the old paint and it was quick and easy
Please talk in all your videos their much more enjoyable. 👍
Thanks 👍
Just one thing.....I'd rather have a mars bar than a twix....as Mars helps you work rest and play !!! LOL
Yes true... But I do like the biscuit part.. 😁
Brilliant job.
What is the name of the scraper?
Thanks 👍
Carbide scraper. You can pick them up in any decent paintshop.
TUNGSTEN CARBIDE WOOD SCRAPER 2"
Top work
Wow! Nice finish 👍👍
Thank you..
Nice spindles on that staircase.
Yes not really seen ones like that before..
Why didn't you show the underneath of the handrail when stripping off??
why didn't you just use a heat gun to take the paint off?
Excellent
Thank you..
Yas!
A promise is a promise
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Thank you
Paint stripper?
I have a Georgian mahogany hand rail which is bleached in the sun from a south facing window and very dark stained wood on the rest.
It scares me to death, I am frightened to touch it.
You can use paint stripper sometimes wire wool methylated spirits brings stains off.. thanks