{"id":33752,"date":"2009-07-01T13:43:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=33752"},"modified":"2009-07-01T13:43:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T13:43:17","slug":"what-to-apply-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/07\/what-to-apply-a\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Apply after Stripping?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We stripped all the window and door encasements and floor moldings of our brownstone and really like how it looks now (we used peelaway for half and the silent paint remover for the rest). It is mostly wood (about six different kinds, actually) and parts where you can see the 9 million colors it was ever painted. <\/p>\n<p>But now we want to coat it with something to preserve it, without making the wood darker. Does anyone have any suggestions for what product to use? We&#8217;re interested in it being a low\/no VOC material and hopefully a flat\/matte finish. Someone suggested Waterlox which seems ok in the flat\/non staining department but it seems pretty toxic. I&#8217;m hoping to find another solution. <\/p>\n<p>We definitely want to seal those paint chips in (lead paint) &#8212; but if possible, we want it to look kind of raw\/ and hate to use  the term, but &#8220;shabby chic&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n <span class=\"plp-active-page\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/07\/what-to-apply-a\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We stripped all the window and door encasements and floor moldings of our brownstone and really like how it looks now (we used peelaway for half and the silent paint remover for the rest). 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