Color choice for steel staircase anthracite - or alternative?

  • Erstellt am 2025-02-08 18:14:21

Anniiii

2025-02-08 18:14:21
  • #1
Hello everyone,

we have a very simple two-stringer staircase over 3 floors in the new building (2 upper floors instead of a basement), similar to the picture here:

Our floor is oak parquet and the stair treads are also oak. Now we have to choose the color with which the staircase should be painted. Since we have white window frames, initially white walls, and also white doors, we would rather choose a gray/black to bring some contrast in, independently of furniture/pictures etc. Nowadays you often see "anthracite", our front door is like that too. On the inside, however, it is white and you first have to enter the living area to get to the stairs. My husband wants to take anthracite (RAL 7016), I’m a bit afraid that it will be too dark. In the color catalog, there is, for example, graphite gray (RAL 7024). That seems slightly lighter, but there are even more shades of gray and with the small color sample you can easily fall into the trap and end up with a brown, green, blue tint or something else unexpected.

Who knows their way around? Do most people just choose anthracite or who dared to go for something else? By the way, I find boring perfectly fine for such "long-term things".

Best regards
 

Singelküche

2025-02-08 18:33:10
  • #2
RAL 7012 I would take Powder coated
 

Anniiii

2025-02-08 18:53:10
  • #3
Can you explain that in more detail? To me, it looks significantly lighter than anthracite and dark already goes really well with oak. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the type of paint or the application... Except that there are matte and glossy finishes and so far I would choose matte without questioning it.
 

Singelküche

2025-02-08 19:07:09
  • #4
I knew the color shade from other construction sites. Why don't you talk to the stair builder to see if you can look at a color sample on metal? The color charts don't reflect it that well. Dust also becomes almost invisible because of that.
 

derdietmar

2025-02-08 20:16:26
  • #5
Hello,

yes, depending on the style of the house, you could consider not painting the steel structure at all. Instead, oil it, which makes the raw surface slightly darker. Depending on the original color (rolled raw steel, black steel, ...) beautiful effects result.

We did it this way, the weld seams were blued black with a torch, the steel itself is black steel, partly still with a scorched (rough) surface.

See here:
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/haus-bilder-austausch-zeigt-her-eure-hausbilder.14011/page-1963#post-655888

Best regards
 

Anniiii

2025-02-08 20:51:07
  • #6
That sounds exciting. However, something in light gray is already on ours:
 

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