oadamo
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 09:58 AM |
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painting your fence
anyone tryed the spray systems for doing your fence are they any good. ive been out there hours covered in paint and it needs another coat i bought
some good paint aswell
adam
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chockymonster
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 10:19 AM |
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I bought the Ronseal one, encoraged by the "does what it says on the box"
According to the literature I'd need 6 tubs of the spray stuff to do my fence. I got halfway through one panel and one tub of stain, covered the
floor, me and pretty much everything but the panel before giving up. I then used a brush which was quicker and painted the rest of the fence with only
one and a half tubs of spray.
Absolute rip off.
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StevieB
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 10:59 AM |
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I did my gate with it and it was great - I laid the gate down on the ground with a load of carboard to catch the overspray and went to town on it,
giving it about 3 coats (goes on really thick, but soaks in quickly). It made a good job of it.
However, like chocky said, I'd be a bit more cautious of doing an erected fence as the amount of overspray will cover everything in sight and
won't be good for your relationship with the neighbours!
[Edited on 3/6/07 by StevieB]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 11:02 AM |
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My dad did our fence and didnt take him long. I think he was quite pleased with it.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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mark chandler
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 11:02 AM |
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I used my spray gun and a bit of card to mask the wall off etc, really quick. Sod brushes, I just need to convince the SWMBO to use it for the intenal
walls as well. 
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 12:14 PM |
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I got one of these things a while ago - don't know how effective they are (got a shed to do...  )
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nick205
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 01:49 PM |
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I tried a Cuprinol sprayer and it was a load of SH1TE. Paint everywhere but on the sodding fence and went through paint at a ridiculous rate.
Also because it's a shiplap style fence the stuff p1ssed through to next doors side and made a right mess.
I'm pulling fence down and replacing ith a wall/fence combo 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 02:38 PM |
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I use my air compressor and a gravity feed spray gun set on a narrow fan -- thin the preservative stuff right down with water. Took about 3 hours to
do 60 feet of fence 60% of which was waiting for the compressor to recharge -- but a lot less messy than a brush.
And I used less than 1/2 a tub.
[Edited on 3/6/07 by britishtrident]
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stevebubs
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 04:44 PM |
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Didn't have any trouble doing mine with the green spray gun from B&Q. garden centres etc last year. Only precaution I took was to put down
an old piece of ply on the floor, and not spray the trellis while next door were having a garden party.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 05:18 PM |
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an hvlp gun would be great if you can borrow one. If not, a parrafin spray gun like david said will work as long as you control the air pressure to
get the spray you need.
I have used a shotblast gun to spray sandtex masonry paint so anything is possible!!
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smart51
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| posted on 3/6/07 at 05:27 PM |
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I've got the cuprinol one and it was fine, so long as I kept the pressure up. It didn't look to be covering too well when it was applied
but it looked fine once dried. It was quick too. The spray was in large drops that the wind would catch so it did cover me as well as the fence.
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