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Ahh that’s handy, I have some tubes lying around. Yes the intention is to paint the pine parts the same colour as the staircase with a runner going up the middle. So then there are just oak accents showing (newels and handrails). We will if I can pull it off though.

They are reasonably plumb, I recently stiffened them up with some extra coach screws through the base and into the stringer, so I braced them into a plumb position while doing that. But good point a bit of tolerance isn’t bad.

I’ll definitely not get as good of a cut as the shop on the mitre so best not to mess with it. I have measured it probably to the closest 0.5mm by eye so not that precise, but it looks about 68mm, sounds like I need some play with my packers if I go that route. Good suggestion on putting the...

As in don’t trim the cladding or pack it, but use a clear hybrid silicone to fill the gap + adhere the cladding to the post?

Hi, First time poster here! I am mid-way through a refurbishment of a 1960s house, and I'm currently working on updating the plank stair handrail to something a bit nicer. As part of this, I am cladding the existing 3x3 pine newel posts, with an Oak newel cladding kit. I will then be...