So, we have a plan of attack. I found pine tread boards at Lowe's - which I think will go nicely with the pine floors. Of course, there's nothing easy about a remodel. Can't just pop off the old treads to put on the new because the old are glued down. Can't just put the new treads on top of the old, 'cause then it's stacking pine bullnose on top of painted bullnose, which would look stupid. So, I called my HISC and we laid a plan. Sawz-all off the bullnose of the old tread, reface risings and stringers with 1/4" hardwood plywood, and then lay the new treads in. Excellent.
My to do list: find some hardwood plywood I like, and then treat all the wood with whatever treatment I want. I choose the polywax oil stuff Iwa' and I did all the floors with. It's eco-friendly, patchable, and forgiving to work with. And, on a stairwell with lots of traffic and dog toenails, something I can easily retreat which is a good idea. We went shopping for hardwood plywoods. I had no idea you could get such fancy plywood. Two catalogs full of exotic options from Koa wood to birdseye maple to foreign trees I've never heard of. When pricing came back at over $500 per sheet for even the more conservative of those options, we decided the Lowe's $25 birch was quite lovely after all.
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