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Boring but I have a pretty big garden and want to spruce it up quickly, but don't want to spend several days getting myself covered in fence stainer (painting).
Ronseal, Curprinol and no doubt B&Q home brand spray system are available.
Any experiences? Good or bad with any of these systems? Or should I bite the bullet and get the paint brush out & prepare to get a late summer tan?
(Which probably means it won't happen... as I have other stuff that needs doing)
<cough> fence </cough>
[i]Fence[/i], it's fence!
Problem with spraying is that a lot of fence treatments contain herbi/fungicide so any overspray kills any surrounding plants.
what you on about? 
I have no issues about killing the plants at the bottom of my [i]fence[/i], as I've already poured weed killer over them.
we used a homebase own brand sprayer to do our fences, best to power wash the fences first to get the gunk/mould off
Find a young kid who has just moved to the area with his mum, wait until you see him getting bullied by a gang of kids with motorbikes from his new school, then incorporate the fence painting into the karate training you give him in lthe run up to overcoming the bullies at the big karate tournament in the local town.
Saw a documentary about it once.
MMW, is it easy to clean the sprayer, or was it a one hit wonder? DId you use homebases 'stainer' or one of the main brands?
steve-g, very good, wipe on .. wipe off...
i didn't clean the sprayer but picked it up over a year later and it still worked. It was so cheap i didn't really think about it at the time.
We used Ronseal clear, it was only to prevent a reed panel fence rotting rather than to cover proper fence panels but it worked very well
I saw a guy once who couldn't be arsed to paint his fence, so he just became a wise old sensei and waited for a young student who wanted to learn karate, and then got him to paint the fence, Daniel-San.
Hope that helps 😉
Can you use a creosote substitute in a sprayer?
If you can stand the smell for a week or two 😉
Man I love the smell of creosote, like fresh tarmac, mmmm (is that just me?).
Actually know some-one with some creosote (you can't buy it anymore but are allowed to use up old stock IIRC), but I doubt you can spray it...
Wickes still sell Creosote, and if you don't want to give yourself cancer, the Boy Scouts will be doing bob-a-job week again at half-term.
z1ppy - MemberMan I love the smell of creosote, like fresh tarmac, mmmm (is that just me?).
Mmm oil based products +1
Its the smell of an english suburban summer you know.
Why paint it?
Mines faded to a nice silver grey colour. IMHO it's not the panels that rot, it's the posts so leave the penels as they are.
IME everthing rots, so anything that helps stop it..
It only rots if it's wet, so use contrete posts and penels along the bottom of the fence (don't know what they're called). I've not touched our fence for about 13 years and it's still fine.
I agree and if I'd installed either of the fences I would have done just that... these have been installed by the neighbours either side, one before I bought the place & the other in order to remove an asbestos garage, had to replace the old garage wall with one.
I have a Power Devil electric paint sprayer, and use usually Ronseal sprayable treatments. Definitely worth it, huge amounts of time saved. I've used the same sprayer for emulsion paint. Rarely clogs, easy to rinse through afterwards. Very handy bit of kit.
used the b&q one - fine, and runs for a good few hours. found i ended up getting the brush out anyway, to work it in, however. still easier than brush alone though.
Holy thread resurrection Batman!
Can a normal (hozelock) garden sprayer be used or are the nozzles different?
I found that the sprayer was only any use for large flat surfaces, no good for the nooks and crannies. However, the large flat surfaces are really quick to do anyway. So, no to the sprayer.