On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:52:49 -0800 (PST), JimK
wrote:


Maybe. Difficult to get the right colour though.

...you're painting the stringers aren't you?

Yes the stringers and 'skirting is painted white.
But I'm staining, waxing or varnishing the risers and treads and
that's where I need to make good the old wood and fill the gaps
between the risers and treads.


And although caulk is flexible I find it does tend to crack after a
few years.
I something with the durability and flexibilty of silicone mastic but
paintable.

could be a long search! what colour silicone would you want?

NB. how would paint flex on silicone without cracking??

Well, I may need to varnish and afterwards run a bead of caulk /
mastic along the gap between the risers and treads.

The yanks keep banging on about siliconized acrylic latex caulk but we
don't seem to sell it here. It's flexible, has silicon durability and
is overpaintable.

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