Painting - Painting Wooden Stairs in the Garden

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reminder
06-09-09, 02:32 PM
hi

this is my first post and i hope i its in the correct section.

Basically, I have moved into a new house and in the garden there is a wooden stairs. Wooden stairs has not been painted so its looking quite bad to me

I have attached a picture of the stairs.

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9261/dsc01779x.th.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01779x.jpg)

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1790/dsc01781x.th.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01781x.jpg)

What can I do to make the stairs look better and to preserve it for the future.

any suggestions would be appreciated. I dont know much about DIYing

Bigg_Billy
06-09-09, 02:45 PM
Well by the looks of them, they are pressure treated wood, and certainly over a year old, so....you can do about anything you want, just make sure they are clean and dry, after all the rainy weather we've been having......

Bill
marksr
06-09-09, 03:14 PM
Clean them if they need it and then apply a coat or 2 of a good deck stain. You'll find the better coatings at your local paint store [advice too] than you will at a big box.

btw - welcome to the forums!