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Thanks for the advice! It's actually just the first step I did so still need to address the rest of the staircase re getting a smooth surface to paint over but thanks for tips with the undercoat and the stripper. I'm going to strip the banister as well so looking in to strippers for that purpose...

Thanks for your replies and sorry Footprints I completely missed yours until now, thanks for the reassurance and advice. Just when you read all that on the net I was thinking "oh ***" as knew nothing of it and dry sanded the whole step, already have some long term health issues to contend with...

It's 1920's house so the bottom layers will be very old and top layers must still be 40+ years as the carpet has been there a long time.

Hi everyone, I'm having a bit of a panic, I'm renovating an old house and decided to tackle the staircase which was previously carpeted. My intention was to take it up and have either the old wood patched up and varnished or painted white with a runner. I pulled up the carpet on the first...