Painting stained wood

[curium]

I'm decorating the hallway. I've sanded most of the woodwork in preparation for priming/undercoating and finishing with satinwood.

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Unfortunately, while i've been able to sand most of the wood back to almost bare like below;

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the handrail is proving to be much harder work and despite lots of work it currently looks like this;

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Can I proceed to prime/undercoat now or;

- do i need to continue with the sanding?
- should I proceed with a liquid sander?
- should I use a niche product on the handrail before finishing with the satinwood?

Grateful for the benefit of your experience

 

[TheDec]

Think you have a little more prep before you commence your paint system, areas where you have broken through the varnish will need a knotting solution applied before you start painting.

With regard to the handrail if you have removed the shine from the existing varnish without breaking through you can forget the primer/undercoat and straight on with the Satinwood.

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[curium]

Think you have a little more prep before you commence your paint system, areas where you have broken through the varnish will need a knotting solution applied before you start painting.

With regard to the handrail if you have removed the shine from the existing varnish without breaking through you can forget the primer/undercoat and straight on with the Satinwood.

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The handrail doesn't have any knots on it. Do I still need the knotting solution?

 

[TheDec]

Well not if your sure, yet if you have broken through the existing coating you will need to at the very least spot prime those areas.

Satinwood is self undercoating and in a situation such as yours your need would have been only to remove the shine, when done, straight on with the Satinwood.

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