The board pre-painted, means that the item you're
purchasing has already been painted. A good example of this would be the
stair balusters below. The white arrow is pointing to a baluster that
was pre painted before it was installed.
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You can purchase some items that have already been
pre-painted or you can paint them yourself. It all depends upon which
type of project you're going to be working on. Whether you will need to
pre-paint your materials, before installing them or purchasing an item
that has already been finished.
Benefits Of Pre-Painting Stair Parts
Let's take a look at the picture above. We have a wood stained banister,
newel post and tread ends, but we have painted balusters. Whenever you
run into a situation like this, where you're using two different colors,
next to each other, it's usually going to be easier to finish the
products before assembling them.
I'm not saying that it's impossible, but it would take some time to
paint and stain these parts, after you assembled them, but it sure would
be a lot easier to do it before.
Disadvantages Of Using Pre-painted Stair Parts
You would need to plan out the assembly of the handrail, carefully. Any
damage to the stair parts, while you're assembling them, will need to be
repaired and repainted.
Sometimes a handrail system like this will need to be put together first
and then dismantled, just to make sure that all of the stair parts fit
correctly. After it has been dismantled, everything can be stained and
painted.
There is a little extra work involved either way, whether you paint and
stain the stair handrailing before or after you put it together. Make
sure that you take these things into consideration, before planning and
designing your stairway or handrail system.
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