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Old Posted: 01-04-2010 , 02:17 PM #9
tigerlilly.100
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Hi, I varnished mine and they are lovely and bright. Everyone who comes into the house admires them. I wouold recommend doing them at night before bed, just one coat at a time, (as you cant walk on it until it is completely dry), and I would recommend giving them 3 coats especially if they get alot of traffic, and if you have corner steps I would even give those ones 5. It sounds alot but everyone tends to turn their foot on the spot on those ones.

One word of warning though, you will have to train the kids not to run on the stairs in their socks!!! We have had no trouble in shoes, but my son has come sliding down on his back quite a few times and was lucky not to break his ankle!! ( or god forbid...his neck for that matter).

If not in shoes, bare feet are the way to go!

Best of luck and enjoy your lovely new stairs!!
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