How and how to paint a wooden fence

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

The better to paint a wooden fence

What is the best way to paint a wooden fence so that it is beautiful and durable?

Many people think that it should be painted every year. This was so until only oil paints and enamels were available, which quickly cracked and crumbled due to exposure to the sun's rays, temperature extremes and precipitation. With an untimely update, the fence quickly begins to decay, buckle and fall pillars.

The article will tell you how to paint a fence from a tree in order to protect it for many years, highlight the natural beauty of the material, make it a decoration of your site.

How to choose the right paint for the fence of wood

Do not use enamels and oil paints - they can only bring harm to the tree from the effects of the environment. The only plus of the material is not a high price. However, in only a year or two, the coating will not take on a very attractive appearance.

For the treatment of wooden fences, in order to maintain their durability and attractiveness, you can use the following compositions:

• Multicomponent dyes. Such a coating:

1. It is resistant to precipitation;
2. reliable;
3. well protects a tree from three to four years.

But they have a high cost.

• Acrylic dyes. This is a water-based pigmented composition:

1. possesses resistance to severe frosts;
2. high temperatures;
3. protects the wooden fence well for about five years.

Tip: If you find in some areas of the fence damage from environmental influences, it is enough to simply tint. And according to the manufacturers of acrylic paint, in this case, it can retain its properties for more than ten years.

• Impregnation. Such compositions are made on the basis of natural oil, into which various components are added. The simplest and cheapest impregnation is waste transformer or motor oil. It can be purchased at electrical substations or auto repair shops. Their advantages:

1. perfectly protect the tree, penetrating deep into the structure of the fibers;
2. the coating has a beautiful color;
3. You can easily do it yourself.

• Lucky. It is best to use alkyd, yacht or polyurethane compounds. They are:

1. perfectly emphasize the structure of wood;
2. protect her.

The disadvantage is the relatively high cost.

How to make high-quality paint

To make an original and long-lasting impregnation, you will need to purchase the following ingredients:

• Wheat or rye flour - 0.750 kilograms.
• Iron sulfate - 1.5 kilograms.
• Salts - 0.35 kilograms.
• Lime pigment - 1.5 kilograms.
• Nine liters of water.

Production Instruction:

• From prepared ingredients, a paste is prepared.
• Iron sulfate is added to the composition.
• Pigment falls asleep.

Ready-made, hot composition is applied to the surface, which, after coating with such a composition, can withstand up to twenty winter-summer cycles. The Swedish impregnation, which includes linseed oil - natural oil, can be of higher quality and more reliable.

To prepare it you need:

• Flour - 1.16 kilograms.
• Iron sulfate - 520 grams.
• Table salt - 520 grams.
• Dry lime pigment.
• Natural drying oil - 0.5 liters.
• Water - 9 liters.

Further operations are similar to the previous option:

• A paste is being prepared.
• Salt is added.
• Dry pigment.
• Drying oil.

The composition is thoroughly mixed.

What is lime pigment

For the manufacture of durable coatings, it is most difficult to purchase a lime pigment, which modern managers cannot always help.

Dry lime pigment is:

• Marmot iron. It has a red-brown color, has long been used for painting part of the boats, which is under water.
• Ocher, yellow color.
• Burnt ocherhaving a brown color.
• Green chromium oxide.
• Synthetic mummyhaving a red-brown color.
• Natural mummy and brown mars.

Tip: If you want to paint the fence with natural paint, you can not use lime pigments. But such fences will require updating no later than 12 years later.

How to get paint for a wooden fence

Before painting a wooden fence, you need to make the right choice.

By composition, all paints are divided into:

• Covering or colored. Used for wood, which has many defects. In this case, the color composition will hide these defects. But when applying this material in several layers, not only defects are hidden, but also the natural beauty of the tree.
• Glaze or translucent. They perfectly preserve not only the durability of the tree, but also its natural beauty with pigments having a wide selection of colors.

In the construction markets you can purchase such high-quality paint coatings:

• Pinotex Ultra. Such a composition has good protective antibacterial properties, penetrates deep into the wood and creates a strong shiny film on its surface. This is a glaze paint, the pigment has different colors that do not hide the beautiful structure of wood. For painting 12 square meters of fence, one liter of paint is enough.
• Toplazur "Belinka". The coating is resistant to the rays of the sun, makes the wood silky. For well-processed wood, when coating it with two layers, you will need 10 square meters to one liter of paint.
• Tikkurila Valtti Color. The composition combines antibacterial and ultraviolet protection. Coating emphasizes the beautiful structure of the tree creates an even film on the surface. For processing about 10 square meters of picket, one liter of paint is enough.
• Holtz Azure Gel. Such a decorative translucent composition provides good protection of a wooden fence for more than 8 years. It has a high UV filter. One liter of gel can protect approximately 10 square meters of the fence.

Tip: When choosing any coloring composition for coating a wooden fence, it must be borne in mind that its main task is protection against ultraviolet rays, which is usually indicated on the product labeling.

What tools will be needed to paint the fence

After choosing a paint for painting a wooden fence, the necessary tools are purchased. They are used in three types, as shown in the photo:

Fence painting tools

• Tassels. The most common inventory that allows you to capture everything, even hard-to-reach spots, and the surface is of high quality. But in this case a lot of effort and time is spent.
• Roller, the painting time is reduced, but some places are not available for it, which requires the additional use of a brush.
• Atomizer (see We select a spray gun for painting) With its help, you can quickly and accurately paint the fence, but you will need to purchase additional equipment, which is a compressor.

Spray painting the fence

In addition to tools for painting a wooden fence, you will need to purchase equipment for surface preparation.

It can be:

• Brush for removing cobwebs, dust and dirt.
• Emery paper.
• Construction spatula.
• Brush with bristles made of metal.
• Filling on wood.

Tip: To paint the fence, you should purchase natural hair brushes. Artificial bristles in a cheap tool will constantly fall out, remain on the surface, interfere with applying paint and spoil the appearance.

How to prepare a surface for painting

Preparatory work is necessary to obtain a smooth and clean surface, which will ensure high-quality painting of the fence.

For this:

• All dirt, dust is swept away, the cobweb and moss are cleaned with water and a brush.
• On the entire surface with the help of sandpaper knots and notches are removed.
• Droplets of resin are easily removed with a spatula, and pits and small holes are sealed with putty.

Tip: If the wooden fence was previously coated with varnish, it should be removed with a brush with a metal bristle, sanded, smoothed with a putty and apply new paint.

Surface prepared for painting

How to paint a wooden fence

Before painting a wooden fence, it is better to watch the video in this article.

Tip: Before applying paint to a wooden fence, you need to protect it with an antiseptic from pests and mold.

Staining occurs in two stages:

• A primer layer is applied, it dries within 24 hours.
• Painting the surface with the selected paint.

According to the technology, painting starts from the top of the board to the bottom, without imposing thick layers and avoiding smudges. Painting should be done in dry weather without wind and scorching sun. This will allow the paint to fully show its positive qualities.

After about a day, a second coat can be applied. After finishing work, the fence is carefully inspected and with a brush, if necessary, hard-to-reach, poorly painted places are painted over.