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Best source for stain grade materials
I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted
every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to be common off the shelf profiles. Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what is the best material to use? I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area, but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items. Thanks, Jim S. -- Remove my extraneous mandibular appendages to reply via email. |
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"Jim Sculley" wrote in message
... I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area, but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items. See whether the largest local telephone company publishes "Yellow Pages" of commercial listings, sorted by business type. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Best source for stain grade materials
"Jim Sculley" wrote in message ... I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to be common off the shelf profiles. Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what is the best material to use? I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area, but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items. Thanks, Jim S. -- Remove my extraneous mandibular appendages to reply via email. I would go to several lumber yards for the best variety and to shop around for the best prices. You may be able to negotiate better prices for quantity at a lumber yard. I think that the home centers may have some of the things that you want, but not everything and the choice of woods may be limited. |
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Best source for stain grade materials
There are places that just do mouldings. They have, or can get, or
make just about anything. However in your case, since they probably just painted over the original varnish it should be easy enough to remove the paint. At least give it a shot someplace. |
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Jim Sculley wrote in
: I bought a house about a year ago and one of the previous owners painted every square inch of trim in the house. It was originally stained a rather dark color. Ideally, I would like to have a lighter color stain so I want to replace it all, one room at a time, rather than attempt to strip, sand and restain. The door casing, crown molding, etc appear to be common off the shelf profiles. Is there a preferred place to purchase all this trim material and what is the best material to use? I would need to find crown molding, baseboard, door casing, window casing, window sill and door jamb material. I'm in the Atlanta area, but as a new homeowner, I have no idea where to go for such items. Thanks, Jim S. If you don't know what to use or where to find it, you probably don't know what to do with it. Hire a Professional. Morvin |
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