Spraying fences?

be aware of what's on the other side?
My neighbour spray painted my car. As it was a hot day and the windows were open it also went all over the interior

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They're wasteful unless you use one on a very calm day, as you can see from the picture up there ^ you can't control where the spray goes and a lot of it doesn't end up on the wood.
 
I have used a sprayer a couple of times. Immensely labour and time saving, but the problem of paint going where it is not wanted (including through small holes/spaces in the woodwork) cannot be underestimated. The slightest wind will spread the spray all over the place (and carry it much farther than expected). Protective plastic sheeting can be needed.

I used a Cuprinol sprayer which needs a dedicated paint.

Unfortunately, like all these water based timber preservatives they are rubbish and with 2 years fences look like they have never been treated. However, any paint that has found it's way onto wPVC frames etc. seems to be unaffected by time and looks like it has just happened.
 
I've tried it once. By the time I'd masked everything up that I didn't want covered in fence paint it would have been quicker to use a brush or a roller.
 
I've used the Cuprinol Sprayer for fence and decking and find any of the paints/stains/oils seem to be ok- you just need to make sure it's thoroughly cleaned after.
 
I find it runs off with a sprayer and doesn't soak in. As it happens what I did get round to treating last year hardly looks like it's been touch, so I googled it. I did read that if you can pressure wash the fence a day or two before to get the greenary and dirt off. But I've found once the wood goes 'silver' it doesn't soak the treatment in so well, even with a brush.
 
Hands up I did mine a few years ago ,and turned the neighbours white car a nice spotty red ,we spent two hours cleaning it off with petrol ,never ever again ,brush or roller now.
 
A chap a few doors down sprayed his fence last year and the grass, plants, walls, pavements......

Looked crap as well once he had finished
 
Steep said:
They're wasteful unless you use one on a very calm day, as you can see from the picture up there ^ you can't control where the spray goes and a lot of it doesn't end up on the wood.
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I used to spray cars (only as a hobby), and would never consider spraying a fence or trellis:LOL::LOL::LOL:, because there is simply too much overspray and on wood a brush is far better for getting into the heart of the matter.
 
Byker28i said:
be aware of what's on the other side?
My neighbour spray painted my car. As it was a hot day and the windows were open it also went all over the interior

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Ouch! :eek:

How did you get it sorted?
 
OldCarlos said:
Ouch! :eek:

How did you get it sorted?
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Lots of soapy water, about 2 hours of cleaning then a detailer went over the car for a day. I used to find odd spots on the interior up until a couple of years ago when all the interior was out and it was scrubbed clean.
Never been quite right since, it's finally having a respray this year
 
andy700 said:
I used to spray cars (only as a hobby), and would never consider spraying a fence or trellis:LOL::LOL::LOL:, because there is simply too much overspray and on wood a brush is far better for getting into the heart of the matter.
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The overspray is a big problem if there is something that you don't want soiled (I found paint spots 5 yards from where I was spraying and that was in a very light wind).
However the spray lance will instantly put paint into nooks and crannies that you would takes ages to partly cover poking with a brush. Also, spraying is almost effortless and brushing is not. Spraying is 3 - 4 times faster.

I am done with spraying and done 20 times over with bloody brush painting. In fact, I am bloody sick of wood fencing. Any new fencing on my patch will be plastic.
 
I remember spraying my Lambretta side panels with one of the guns which you connected to the blow side of a cylinder vacuum cleaner.
The main problem was that I connected it to the vacuum side, my mum had lovely metallic blue interiors to all the pipes!
The cleaner still worked though and never went rusty. :)
 
Thing is, if you buy better quality panels, you'll get 10 yrs+ out of them.........then replace.

P!55ing about for hours & hours + the price of paint, brushes, rollers, spray etc? I couldn't be bothered tbh. I just replace them when they're rotten. ;)
 
OldCarlos said:
Thing is, if you buy better quality panels, you'll get 10 yrs+ out of them.........then replace.

P!55ing about for hours & hours + the price of paint, brushes, rollers, spray etc? I couldn't be bothered tbh. I just replace them when they're rotten. ;)
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If you have decent fencing in the first place it should last much longer than 10+ years. I've sprayed mine 3/4 times mainly for cosmetic reason but the fence is 21 years old and apart from 3 posts that needed replacing, still looks good
 
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