The Secrets to Painting Your Handrails FAST
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2024
- Do you have a handrail and you need to paint it? Are you wondering what products to use and what the process is to make it look amazing? Pro painter Jeremy of Super Vassar Brothers has the answers to your questions. Strap in, and get ready for your minds to be blown.
Your channel has been by far the most valuable painting resource on RUclips for me. And super entertaining. Subscribed.
Thanks Ryan! I appreciate the kind words and I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel. We’ve got lots more videos in the works 🫡🤙
Hey Jeremy! I just found your channel and YOU helped me to finally nail down the type of paint I'm going to redo our house with! AND I've been looking for THIS video about staircase handrails/newels for a while, on a hunt for the right products to use to paint away the early-2000s orange glow. 😅 I appreciate your upbeat style, and just had to let you know! Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos! New fan here. 👍
Thanks for the kind words Kelsey! I appreciate it. Thank you also for watching. I wish you well in your painting endeavors. If you get jammed up and have questions just leave me a new comment on a video and I’ll see it and respond. 🫡
Thanks for the great tips! You do really need to watch the drips with Advanced on vertical/sloped surfaces, but otherwise the results are great! Just put it on a bit thinner than normal, and wait the 16 hours as you advised, between coats. Usually 2 coats gives you perfect results!
That’s the move 🫡
Great video! Can you think of any instances where you'd still use BIN over Fresh Start? I'd love to move away from BIN, but it's so effective! If you feel Fresh Start will perform as effectively (does it block tannins??), I trust you! Thank you!
So far we haven’t had issues with tannin bleed through. If I run into that then I’ll spot hit it with BIN. BIN is so aggressive to work with that I’d rather roll the dice a little with fresh start then see how it goes.
Great stuff Jeremy! What process do you recommend for painting over red walls? Do you use a primer before your top coats? What type of primer?
We’ve been having a lot of success with fresh start primer from Benjamin Moore for big color shifts. That’s what I would use. Then use a good wall paint like emerald matte. With that combo you’ll be looking at 3 top coats at a maximum. Usually 2 does it 🫡
Thank you
You are most welcome! Thanks for watching!
When painting with Advanced you gotta keep your head on a swivel looking for runs!
Haha, it is true. I’ve had success laying it down with a corona Vegas with minimal runs.
Hello, thank you for all of the great videos, they have definitely helped me with redoing my bedrooms. I was wondering if you have used the sw extreme bond primer withe the emerald trim paint, if so how does this combo compare to the sw? I used the sw combo on dark stained trim and needed 3 coats of paint. To be fair this is my first time doing this kind of stuff so it may be something iam doing. Thank for any input you might have.
Thanks for watching!
I have used the SW extreme bond and in my experience the Fresh start does a better job bonding and converting a light color to a dark color. Emerald urethane trim enamel is my go-to trim paint but I use advance for specialty applications like handrails.
3 coats is typical for converting dark trim so don’t feel like you’re doing anything wrong. Good luck with the rest of your project!
@@SuperVassarBrothers thank you for the reply. good to know, just starting on the second room and I will probably stick with the sw combo as I still have enough to do this room but, I might try switching to Ben Moore for a future project.
I see that you like the corona Cortez and Vegas brushes. Have you tried the purdy xl glide and nylox? If so how do the compare? I haven’t had an issue with the xl, but the nylox lost a ton of bristles which was incredibly annoying but it did leave a smoother finish on the trim.
Looking good! I'm almost scared of using Advance, as a beginner painter. I'm getting my technical skills up but still using almost exclusively 100% acrylic because that's what I know the most. Lately I've been using a hybrid primer (alkyd based) and it did go well but it's not the same as actual paint isn't it?. I'd be so stressed out to use Advance on doors or baseboards and see a lot of drips everywhere... That's why a pro knows how to use different products properly!
Acrylics are great and I’ve used them a lot and still do. We use to use duration semi-gloss a lot for trim and doors and it worked well for a lot of applications. Advance is good for specialty applications like handrails because of its durability. We generally only use it for specialty applications. For everything else we currently use emerald urethane trim enamel. It’s still a hybrid but it’s easier to work with than Advance.
I prefer using Advance, it's easier to brush than acrylics as it has a longer open time whereas acrylics dry too fast. I'm brushing & foam rolling some old honey oak kitchen cabinets & the finish is excellent. Once you've used it a couple of times you'll get used to it, it's easier than you think & gets great results.
Do you always brush handrails instead of spraying?
We always brush them, but you can spray if that's something you're comfortable with.
So, maybe you're just the man to help me. When I bought my home, the owner had removed the handrails that you're staining in this video and it's just slanted drywall there. The stairs are carpeted, which I despise and just have a handrail going up on the other side of the wall. Which by the way I need to replace because it doesn't even fully go to the top of the stairs... how that passed inspection I will never know. Sidetracked sorry. My questions are, do you think it would look nice to put a stained wood over the top of that drywall and then replace the handrail and stain that as well? I'm thinking of going with a black stain. If I remove the carpet from the stairs, how do you suggest I handle that process? Stain the top of the stairs and paint the fronts? I'm just a girl on my own here, so I need a professional male's opinion and if you feel this is something I could easily tackle myself. What color was the paint you used on the railing? I think I want to do the stairs exactly like you did here. I'm not sure if you stained or painted the tops of the stairs the same as the railing, that wasn't mentioned. And then on the fronts of the stairs what white paint did you use? This turned out exactly how I would want mine to look minus the spindles of course because they were removed...lol. I know this is a long comment, so thank you for any help you can give. Maybe I can just hire you? 😂🤣
So, the project you're describing is quite involved. A qualified carpenter would be the place to start that particular journey. It's hard to tell what you're dealing with underneath the carpet. Those treads may need to be replaced if you'd like to stain them. If you want to see my process for stairs you can check out this video. Keep in mind that this is a brand new staircase with all raw wood: ruclips.net/video/wX9rFk_ZVsI/видео.html
You "RUclips teachers" crack me up. The reason your stain didnt take is because you brushed it on. wipe with lacquer thinner, get a stain mit and cut into squares, stain let dry, apply sanding sealer to raise the grain, sand and clean, sanding sealer again, sand and clean again. final coat of lacquer. done and smooth.
I am so pleased that I amuse you. Before I applied the ZAR stain, I sanded that rail down for over 2 hours. I then wiped it down with mineral spirits. ZAR stain applies quite nicely with a brush. In my experience it doesn’t matter how it’s applied as long as you put enough on and rag it off. Which I did. The stain discolored because of what was in the wood due to the chemical stripper. At least in my opinion. I didn’t go over the finer points of staining in this video because that’s not what it was about. Here’s a video of my process if you’re still interested or perhaps want to be further amused ruclips.net/video/wX9rFk_ZVsI/видео.htmlsi=P9VereTSLE7t4oCg
@@SuperVassarBrothers correct. and your thoughts and assumptions are why it didnt turn out. I explained the right way for you to do it. you dont brush stain, anyone who has been doing woodworks knows that. do some research. Who applied the "chemical stripper"? you? if so thats another mistake you made. Should have cleaned it with lacquer thinner like i said. Clearly you are at the point where you think you know everything, as per your condesending tone. Theres a big difference between doing woodworks and being a painter. " I sanded that rail for 2 hours"...why would you sand it before you raised the grains lmfao. Anyway, carry on Mr. Know it all 😆
30 year painter here. 5th generation. Family owned business since the 1890s. You are absolutely right. On many situations chemical strippers will stop the wood from taking as dark as usual no matter how it's applied or how much lacquer thinner you use. Known fact
And by the way I do agree that most painters on RUclips are fakes. I spend most of my time during their videos pointing out the massive amount of flaws. But.. I find these guys to actually be pretty good.
@@prophecynewschannel7398there was definitely a nicer way to approach this instead of coming in hot and acting like the know-it-all