Fence painting
Discussion
Just spent the day attacking all the fences in the garden with Ronseal stuff with one of those sprayers (which aren't all they're cracked up to be by the way).
The packaging intimates 2 coats are a good idea, but I haven't even finished one coat yet and I'm not sure I will be able to do 2 without killing myself (trying to avoid spraying plants and paint through trellis with a paintbrush
)
At the moment I am thinking I will finish it off tomorrow am, and do a quick spray without being to thorough over it all in the afternoon. I figure this should ensure I have got everything coated at least once.
Is it worth bothering with the second half-arsed coat?
The packaging intimates 2 coats are a good idea, but I haven't even finished one coat yet and I'm not sure I will be able to do 2 without killing myself (trying to avoid spraying plants and paint through trellis with a paintbrush
)At the moment I am thinking I will finish it off tomorrow am, and do a quick spray without being to thorough over it all in the afternoon. I figure this should ensure I have got everything coated at least once.
Is it worth bothering with the second half-arsed coat?
Hi NCOTea
Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
Hoggey said:
Hi NCOTea
Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
Mix the creocote (as it's known now) with some used engine oil, about 2/1 I'd say. It protects the wood better and lasts longer.Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
one of the most hateful DIY type jobs I've ever done! 
Ok I'm not a expert, but some years ago I did a job for a big name in wood preservation. Looked at buying some of the product to use on a new house I'd purchased, was not going to be cheap even with the discounts on offer as an 'employee'. The advice from their chemist was that from apreservation view point it was not worth the effort and cost to paint a fence with any of the green water based products now on the market.
Their argument (which made senese to me) was that by defnition it could only get where the water gets and as the water will be applied in many coats (each time it rains!), not one or two coats, the water would get in further and rot the wood, their advice was save the money and buy good quality fencing that was well pressure impregnated by the maker. Of course if you want it to look nice, thats a diffrent argument.
Their argument (which made senese to me) was that by defnition it could only get where the water gets and as the water will be applied in many coats (each time it rains!), not one or two coats, the water would get in further and rot the wood, their advice was save the money and buy good quality fencing that was well pressure impregnated by the maker. Of course if you want it to look nice, thats a diffrent argument.
GreenDog said:
Hoggey said:
Hi NCOTea
Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
Mix the creocote (as it's known now) with some used engine oil, about 2/1 I'd say. It protects the wood better and lasts longer.Sadly it is worth doing the second coat as with spraying you only get a fine coat over the surface, where as the good old brush should provide a thicker layer-otherwise it is half a job. Have you done both sides, if your neighbour allows? Otherwise the back will rot out over a period.
For what it is worth did you check the capabilities of the product, as some of these so called preservers are nothing more than colour stains, although they look good! Try a big square masonary brush
Can't beat good old creosote, especially in the summer sun!!There are similar environ' friendly products as a substitute. Make sure you ahve your latex gloves and googles on even when spraying.
Good luck Hoggey.
Berw said:
The advice from their chemist was that from apreservation view point it was not worth the effort and cost to paint a fence with any of the green water based products now on the market.
Their argument (which made senese to me) was that by defnition it could only get where the water gets and as the water will be applied in many coats (each time it rains!), not one or two coats, the water would get in further and rot the wood, their advice was save the money and buy good quality fencing that was well pressure impregnated by the maker.
Makes perfect sense. A pity that PC and fashion has replaced sense.Their argument (which made senese to me) was that by defnition it could only get where the water gets and as the water will be applied in many coats (each time it rains!), not one or two coats, the water would get in further and rot the wood, their advice was save the money and buy good quality fencing that was well pressure impregnated by the maker.
Fences are OK, I just use a big brush. I've never seen the point in those spray ones. But last year I did 8 6x6 trellis panels by hand and it took me 5 days of a couple of hours an evening to get them done.
Now i've just had a picket fence put around our whole front boundary and I'm not looking forward to going through that whole time consuming and mind numbingly boring palava again!
Now i've just had a picket fence put around our whole front boundary and I'm not looking forward to going through that whole time consuming and mind numbingly boring palava again!
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