Woodwork painting in Darlaston: skirting, doors, frames, stairs and bannisters. Rubbed down properly, finished in satin or gloss, no runs.
Woodwork is where a decorating job is judged. In the older Darlaston terraces the skirting and door frames have decades of paint on them, and the only way to a flat finish is to take the ridges out first rather than add another layer over them.
Skirting and frames in these houses can carry a century of paint, and every layer has rounded the edges a little further. A flat finish is mostly sanding: the gloss takes an afternoon, the preparation takes the day before it.
Ridges and runs sanded out, edges cut clean. It is the slow part and it is the reason the finish looks flat.
Knotting solution and primer where it is needed, so nothing bleeds through in a year.
We will show you both. Satin hides more on old woodwork, gloss looks sharper on good wood.
A door painted hanging always shows on the edges. Where it matters we take it off.
Sanded back to a sound, flat edge before anything is applied. This is where the finish is won or lost, and it is the step most often skipped.
The slowest woodwork in the house for its size, because every spindle is four faces. Done in an order that keeps the stairs usable.
Yes, but it is the preparation that does it. Decades of paint in a Darlaston terrace means real sanding before anything else. Anyone quoting a quick gloss over the top is selling you a year.
Satin on old woodwork, nine times out of ten: it hides small imperfections that gloss lights up. On good, sound wood gloss looks sharper and lasts slightly better.
Yes. We work in halves so you can still use the stairs, which matters in a terrace where there is only one way up.
Yes. Treads and bannisters are done in stages so there is always a way up and down, and nothing is left tacky overnight where people have to walk.
Usually not. Sanding back to something sound and flat is enough. Stripping is for doors where the detail has disappeared under the build-up.
Water-based satin is dry to the touch in a few hours and can be used lightly the next day. Traditional oil-based gloss stays soft for longer, so doors are left propped open overnight to stop them sticking to the frames.
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