Many Pro painters do Paint overstrain. It not that hard or not rocket science. So, the answer to the question Can you paint overstrain? is yes, definitely possible.

Painting over stained wood without sanding is also possible. It can possible with a liquid called Liquid sandpaper.

For better results use the Liquid sandpaper in the tight corners.

The next is spraying. yes, you can also use sprayers to paint over the stained wood. Make sure to use a respirator to safeguard yourself by toxic droplets in the air.

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Quick Steps to paint over the strain

  1. Removing the hardware materials fixed on the wooden strain.
  2. Cleaning the strained wood.
  3. Removing the gloss.
  4. Cleaning again the Strain wood.
  5. Repairing or filling the strain wood.
  6. painting.

6 Steps to paint over the Strain (In detail)


Step 1: Removing the hardware materials fixed on the wooden strain.

Many of the strained wood would have a doorknob or furniture full or hangers, etc. So before getting started to make sure to remove them neatly.

So, this will ensure that the wood doesn't have any obstacles left and would have a flat surface to paint with.

Step 2: Cleaning the strained wood.

The next step is cleaning the strained wood. If there is any dirt or dust settled on the strained wood make sure to remove them by cleaning. So the dirt wouldn't mix with the paint.

You can use plain soap and water to clean. In addition to this if you have oil or grease use them for better results.

Step 3: Removing the gloss.

Most of the Strained wood comes with the glossy surface. It may be glossy polyurethane or varnish. So you need to remove these glossy surfaces.

If you try to apply paint directly to strained wood with a glossy surface, then the paint may not stick properly. Moreover, the paint won't have the grip, the paint may crack, chip or peel off from the surface.

So, removing the gloss would give a grip to the paint. To remove the grip using the sandpaper. Another thing is that you don't need to sand away the strain.

The alternate for the sandpaper is paint de-glosser or the Liquid sandpaper.

Step 4: Cleaning again the Strain wood.

After de glossing the surface of the strained wood, there would be dust formed on the surface. So you need to clean again to remove those dust.

Or just use the vacuum cleaner to blow off the dust.

Step 5: Repairing or filling the strain wood.

You need to repair the strain wood if there are any scratches or any digs or holes. To overcome this issue you can use hole filler or the wood filler to make it good.

Step 6: painting.

Here is the final step. before starting the painting use a primer to paint. To paint the wooden strain there are many options in order to start with.

You can use oil-based paint, water-based latex paint or you can even use the sprayer to finish with.

Go with the brush or roller to paint the surface.

After finishing the paint leave it for drying about 24 hours to 36 hours depending on the locality temperature.