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Leon[_7_]

On 9/6/2016 2:33 AM, wrote:
My husband and I have carpeted stairs made of paticle board. I'd like to ditch the carpet, scrape out the staples, fill those particle boards and paint the stairs.

I have read everyone's ideas for filling and smoothing a surface. This surface will need to be durable enough to withstand continual foot scraping and weight changes as we run up and down stairs. And the treated surfaces must be sandable.

Which filler would you gentlemen recommend? Any recommended type of paint for such stairs?

FWIW the OP did not mention what the stairs should look like completed,
just what filler to use and what kind of paint.

Particle board obviously holds up, it has done so up to this point. A
good deck should provide wear protection, like the carped did.

I would not do this as I would like the stairs to look good but who
knows, maybe these stairs go down to an unfinished basement.