Advice On Spray Painting A Fence

[catmando]

I have 40 wooden 6ft fence panels to paint and want to use a sprayer. Has anyone any advice on what type of sprayer and paint are likely to give good results. I am sceptical of the claims made by popular paint makers for their pump up sprayers costing £25-£35 but equally don't want to spend more than is necessary to get this chore completed asap. If anyone has used one of these cheap sprayers I would be very interested to hear their views. Thanks in anticipation for anyone who replies.

[Clanad]

I've used (here in the U.S.) a powered airless sprayer for many years with excellent results. They're quite expensive to buy for a good one… perhaps as much as $2,000 (US) but they can be rented at most DIY stores for probably about $75 per day.

However, for that rental, a reasonably experienced painter can do most of a standard sized house in one or two days. A fence should be no problem for one day's rental, assuming you have everything prepped prior to the rental day.

Thing is, since they are "airless" (meaning the paint isn't powered out of the gun with compressed air but rather, with hydraulic action) there isn't very much overspray… in fact I can paint up to maybe 2 inches from door and window frames with no overspray. I carry a smaller 2 /12 to 4 inch brush to finish out the small strip left to the frames.

One thing to learn early on is not to have the pressure set up to high on the machine. To do so uses way to much paint. Additionally, don't skimp on the quality of the paint...

[woofgang]

what is on the other side of the fence and whose fence is it? spray can penetrate what looks like quite a close knit fence and make a heck of a mess on the other side. I remember seeing Alan Titchmarsh get into trouble with a fence sprayer on Ground Force once, next door was not amused.

[paul1763]

are you looking for an electric or compressed air sprayer? if you ever watch QVC they often have an electric sprayer that you can even use in the house. it does look quite good,i think it's a Wagner but can't remember how much it costs i'm sure theres a youtube video of it or possibly QVC website

[cleggie]

we bought one from B&Q.it was a ronseal and we used ronseal paint for fences.has 3 settings from fine to wide.we did 14 panels about 2 hours.very good result ,no problems.

[silliemillie]

What are the posts made from? If they are concrete you will need to mask them off first.