Paint sprayer to paint fence?

[chillithyme]

I can see you have already gotten some good advice already, sorry I totally missed it for some reason
I agree with the above, spray easily travels, just make sure it's not a windy day, and definitely tarp the back where there are gaps

Best of luck

[SarrissUK]

I love to paint with a brush and that fence looks like therapeutic heaven to me!

I've never owned a sprayer, so I'm yet to be converted

[chillithyme]

I love to paint with a brush and that fence looks like therapeutic heaven to me!

I've never owned a sprayer, so I'm yet to be converted

same, always painted, section by section if need be, use the 5 year ducksback paint, last much longer and less painting in the long run

[ESBkevin]

Well for better or worse I went for the Tacklife. It shouldn't be a problem to go round to the other side of the fence with a sheet of some sort so I don't think that will be a problem. Also the paint I've got is Ronseal and it says it's sprayable so hopefully I won't have to thin it much (if at all.)

We also might use it to paint the roughcast of the house so hopefully it will be money well spent.

I've not used a sprayer, but I would think a still summers evening to control where the spray drifted and a couple of big sheets of corrugated cardboard lent against the back edge of the area you are working on. Also you can get polythene decorators sheets from the DIY store and £5 gets you a pack of 3. Lay them over anything precious. Don't spray near and windows or doors on your or the neighbours house.

[pwlynch]

My hubby got me a sprayer a few years ago but after a short time I ditched it and went back to a brush.

[HoneyChild]

I got my sprayer the other day and today I decided to tackle one of the fences in my garden. I decided that the one where the herbaceous border is might be better off done in winter when everything has died down. So instead I chose the fence next to the oil tank. I laid a plastic tarp on the ground and used an old duvet to protect the rear of the fence.

Well, I can officially say I'm delighted with it .

When I first got it I stuggled to make any sense of it. First of all I was worried I'd only been sent 2 nozzles instead of 3 but then realised that the third one was already attached. I also had major difficulties with the instruction manual partly because there was a printing error and most of the English pages were replaced with Italian. Luckily I found a pdf online but even that was difficult to understand.

There is a pretty good YT vid from 'Land to House' which was a life saver. I really don't think I would've got it working otherwise. In total it took me an hour to figure it out but now that I understand it, it's dead simple. I think the manufacturers should produce a proper instructional video for people like myself who aren't familiar with DIY tools. I think a lot of the negative reviews stem from people not understanding how to use it, which is a shame.

The section of fence I did today took in the region of 1hr and that's including getting everything ready etc.

Photo before..



Photo after..



I would've done more but I ran out of paint. I also need to touch up some areas I couldn't spray easily (e.g. where the duvet was hooked over the top of the fence).

Based on a tiny section of fence I previously painted I estimate that it would've taken me several hours to do all that with a brush. Using a brush is very difficult because you need to work the paint in to the grain of the wood. This means stippling and scrunching the bristles, which is not easy. It's not like painting interior wood that's been sanded down smoothly.

The problem I had was pouring the paint into the canister. I poured through the smaller section and found paint dribbled all over the place. I tried making a funnel out of an old plastic bottle but that didn't help much. Next time I will try to unscrew the canister before pouring as this gives a larger opening.

Washing it was very simple. Just took everything apart and rinsed them in soapy water. Then put some soapy water into the cansiter and sprayed it though to clean out the innards.

Over all, very happy with purchase and can recommend for big projects like this. Probably wouldn't bother for smaller projects or where fine detail is required.

[Snoop Puss]

Congrats. You must be really pleased.

[DannyK]

The close board fence, neighbours', in my garden hasn't been touched for 23 years and still looks OK.

Why not grow something in front of it?

Got to creocote potting shed soon,

[chillithyme]

looks good, you're a pro