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Old 07-31-2006, 09:47 AM   #1
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Your Preferences On Painting Banisters


Well, I am repainting 35 lft of interior banister, which was originally painted with oil-based but has since been painted over with crappy latex. So I will be stripping and repainting.

My question is...What tricks do you guys have for painting a banister efficiently? There must be spindles every 6 or 8 inches, so I hate to paint by hand, but I don't have a great way of spraying either... Who would want to take on a job like this?

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Old 07-31-2006, 11:27 AM   #2
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I always hand paint them for something that short, should take about 2 hours to go 35 feet.
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I always hand paint them for something that short, should take about 2 hours to go 35 feet.
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I believe it will take me longer to paint than two hours...but...I digress...
What strippers do you prefer to use when stripping off latex off of oil? I will be priming after.
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Latex off oil... i'm not joking here, water followed by bonding primer.
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haha, thats funny. That makes sense to me. It was coming off so easy just trying to peel it away.

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Regular Isopropyl alcohol. It won't mar the oil but it will loosen that latex. Takes some time, but is faster than water.

The grocery store variety (non-denatured) is fine for getting latex off oil or lacquer, and much much cheaper.

Windex works ok, but the latex has to be fairly fresh.

I'd suggest wearing goggles when doing something that big. Alcohol tends to destroy the optic nerve. Takes years and years to do though.
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