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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Sir Tigger KC on 12 February 2021, 01:41:21
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Any good? ??? I have a section of fence that needs repainting and was thinking about trying a pressure sprayer instead of brushes to speed the job up. :-\
Although I'm sat listening to the howling wind and am wondering if I'll have a fence left in the morning anyway! ::) ;D
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5L-Pressure-Pump-Sprayer-Gun-Shed-Decking-Fence-Garden-Wood-Paint-New/114297678218?hash=item1a9cac298a:g:JoQAAOSwcTZfC1XB
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I use an old garden sprayer modified with a schrader valve instead of hand pump, charged from compressor.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTczEo-sJVpjiD9EwQ6rEhy8Mi8tjxzAhqSnA&s
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Tried one at the MILs some years ago, they create a good quick finish :y
But that is where the good news ends, it just doesn't last, this modern wax and water based fence paint needs forcing into the wood grain to get any decent life out of it, and so the finish with the sprayers just doesn't last.
So if your ok with re-application regularly, then no issue with the sprayer
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Bought one tried it, brush in my opinion is much better .
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They seem to use more than a brush.
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My neighbour used one on a breezy day and spotted about five cars along the street.
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My neighbour used one on a breezy day and spotted about five cars along the street.
Good multi tasking. Was he completing an I Spy book?
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Yep, it is always the brush for me, although even though I wear protective clothing I still get covered myself. :y :y :y
My ex used to do all the fencing in the past as he loved doing it, but now he has gone fence maintenance is down to me :'( :'(
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Can't beat good old fashioned creosote, but unfortunately the 'fence' police will have you - if you can still breath when you've finished....
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We have around 40 panels + a couple of gates which I try to treat annually don't mind doing it but do between 5-8 per day which is more than enough for me, by then it's time for a beer..🍺
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Can't beat good old fashioned creosote, but unfortunately the 'fence' police will have you - if you can still breath when you've finished....
Used engine oil is the top-dog. Smells lovely on a hot summers day, too! ;D
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Can't beat good old fashioned creosote, but unfortunately the 'fence' police will have you - if you can still breath when you've finished....
.....mixed with old engine oil. :y
Waste not want not. :)
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What BM says. :)
Those V10 engines hold a lot of oil.
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
Possibly in Spalding, but not likely in Normanby :D
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
No...I use it to paint my fence. ::)
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
No...I use it to paint my fence. ::)
I doubt the greenie eco warrior types would see painting your fence with old engine oil as an environmentally friendly act. :)
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
No...I use it to paint my fence. ::)
I doubt the greenie eco warrior types would see painting your fence with old engine oil as an environmentally friendly act. :)
I'm too old to care about the opinions of people I don't give a shit about. :)
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
......and presumably it is more environmentally friendly than tipping it down the drain of your neighbour. :)
Presumably.... if you go in for that sort of behaviour in Lincolnsausageshire. :)
No...I use it to paint my fence. ::)
I doubt the greenie eco warrior types would see painting your fence with old engine oil as an environmentally friendly act. :)
I'm too old to care about the opinions of people I don't give a shit about. :)
And there was us thinking you were going all woke on us! ;D
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Used to go past a place on the way to Boston Lincs that supplied telegraph poles ,could smell the cresote from yards away , always liked it haven't been there for ages the yard is probably a housing estate now.
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Why did they ban creosote anyway? ???
I seem to remember it was on environmental or health grounds? Is it carcinogenic? :-\
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Why did they ban creosote anyway? ???
I seem to remember it was on environmental or health grounds? Is it carcinogenic? :-\
It was banned around the same time as hundreds of tanning salons opened up! ;D
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I've only used a fence sprayer once as an alternative to painting with a brush. We ended up with a lovely Golden Chestnut fence .......... and flower border .... and grass. ::) The overspray has to go somewhere. :D
Oh, and to make matters worse, the fence coat kept clogging the nozzle on the sprayer, although I guess they've improved a lot since I tried. :)
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Trouble now is they make the ronseal, etc., thin enough to be used in a sprayer, meaning it's like water and is difficult to load your brush with enough to cover any more than 6 square inches.
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Why did they ban creosote anyway? ???
I seem to remember it was on environmental or health grounds? Is it carcinogenic? :-\
"banned " for sale to Joe public
BUT freely available to Industrial ,Professional and Farm use :-X
used engine oil is meant to be carcinogenic
never heard an engine that died of cancer though :P
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Why did they ban creosote anyway? ???
I seem to remember it was on environmental or health grounds? Is it carcinogenic? :-\
"banned " for sale to Joe public
BUT freely available to Industrial ,Professional and Farm use :-X
used engine oil is meant to be carcinogenic
never heard an engine that died of cancer though :P
That's because the death certificate came back with Covid as the cause of death! :o ::) ;D
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I've got about 25 panels to paint.
The neighbours have done their side with a horrible diarrhea coloured Cuprinol paint which is about three times as expensive as the Ronseal I use on the other fences and has washed off quicker as well! ::)
I might use the dark oak Ronseal and let plenty drip through to their side as they caused me a lot of aggro a few years ago over this fence! >:( ;D
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Baby blue looks good in runs over Russet ;)
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If you want to annoy them use the sprayer it will cost more as they gulp the paint. But capable of getting into next door easier ;D
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I put up a new fence at a rental property a couple of years ago and painted it with used Genuine GM 10W40. I was there a few weeks ago and noticed that the water was still beading on the wood, so it'll last for years. :y
i dare not do that on my front fence as 3 school buses pick up & drop off school kids & the road is only a narrow one. i would get irate mums screaming for new uniforms