Spring and home spruce-up go hand in hand, and a staircase often is one of the first things seen by visitors entering your home. So spruce up those scuffy steps with a fresh coat of paint! How do you do that considering that paint needs time to dry and you have to walk on those steps every day? We have two clever ways to do it…
If you want to paint steps to which people must have continual access, take two days to do it. The first day, paint every other step. When those steps are dry enough to walk on a day or two later, go ahead and paint every other other step. While every other step is wet with paint, you use the staircase by stepping over those, taking two steps at a time.
What if people in your home can’t manage climbing over every other step? Paint the entire left half or right half (every step on one side), allowing people to use the unpainted half to get up or down the staircase. Make the painted halves slightly uneven so that there isn’t a rigid middle seam when you eventually paint the other half (although modern paints usually blend well with dry, just-painted sections). When the first half is dry (usually after two days), paint the other half of the steps. (Be sure to let people know which half is wet and which is dry!) Voila! Now it feels like you live in a new home.
More tips for home renovations…
- Easy Way to Paint One Wall at a Time
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