How to paint the fence in the cemetery

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Qualitatively painted fence

When choosing a cemetery fence, many pay attention only to its appearance, not particularly paying attention to painting, and this is the most pressing issue, because the cemetery is a place open to all the winds and whims of nature that the fence will experience on it every day.

Few paint is able to withstand such an impact, and if the issue of renewing the coating has already become relevant, then in this article we will talk about how to paint the fence in the cemetery and which paints are the most resistant to the aggressive effects of nature.

What to choose

Priming

Anticorrosion primer

In fact, the soil is not an independent coating and most often acts as the basis for paint. It has high anti-corrosion properties and reliably protects the metal from rain and sun.

Soil is only the first stage of metal processing. Painting can take considerable time. If there is no way to do it yourself - the work can be entrusted to the contractor. Many craftsmen offer similar services.

Soils generally have bright colors:

• Red.
• Yellow.
• White.
• Gray.

This is done specifically in order to visually see all unpainted places during subsequent painting with darker colors.

Today, many manufacturers of paints and varnishes initially add soil to the composition of their paints, it is assumed that this significantly increases the service life of the coating, but in reality such paint does not meet all quality requirements and specialists avoid it.

Important! Each soil has its own purpose and may conflict with some types of paints. Therefore, it is necessary to choose it with special care and pay attention to the main component in the composition.

PF paint

Oil paint in a large volume bucket

The most common and familiar paint for the fence in the cemetery is oil. Unfortunately, it owes its popularity not to qualitative characteristics, but to stereotypes that developed back in those days when there was no worthy alternative to it.

In fact, this paint has a number of significant drawbacks:

• Before painting the fence in the cemetery with PF enamel, it must be thoroughly degreased and primed. This affects both the final cost and the time that will be spent on such work.
• It dries for a long time, and work can only be carried out in the warm season.
• PF paint of low quality quickly burns out in the sun and clings.

Despite the fact that the price of oil enamels is lower than that of those paints, which will be discussed below, it will be necessary to renew the coating after 2-3 seasons.

Hammer paint

Famous brand hammer paint

Choosing which paint to paint the fence in the cemetery, it is worth paying attention to hammer enamels in the first place. It is with such enamel that the fence in the photo is painted at the very beginning of this article.

Pros:

• Does not lose color in the sun.
• Resistant to moisture.
• No primer required. Hammer enamel is a self-contained material.
• Long service life.
• After application, the paint acquires a decorative texture, which qualitatively highlights the entire product.
• The surface to be painted should be cleaned only of dirt and dust, without degreasing.
• It dries quickly and can be applied even at sub-zero temperatures.

Minuses:

• Relatively high cost.
• Great expense.
• If the product was previously painted, then the old coating must be completely removed, since the hammer enamel will come into conflict with another paint and just peel off the product.

Hammer enamel can be bred with any nitro solvent, and the higher the percentage of its fat content, the more glossy the coating will be.

Advice! most well-known brands produce not only the paints themselves, but also solvents for them. It is best to use all the components of the same brand, so you can avoid many problems associated with painting.

Polymer coating

Polymer paint texture pattern

If there is no question of how to quickly paint the fence in the cemetery, then this is certainly the best option. The main difficulty of such a coating is that it will not work out with your own hands, since the coloring process takes place in special heat chambers and with the use of sophisticated equipment.

It is with this that the disadvantages of such a coating are associated:

1. High price, which will include not only painting, but also transportation of the fence to the workshop.
2. The staining process takes a very long time., and given that in small cities there are very few specialists involved in polymer coating, then a queue may arise.
3. Polymer coating is very difficult to damage.but if this still happened, then it will not be possible to repair the damage.

If the question of finance and time is not worth it, then this is the most optimal way to cover the aggressive environment of the cemetery. Polymer dyes penetrate the metal structure and become one with it, as a result, such a coating is completely insensitive to any whims of nature.

Advice! When buying a fence in a cemetery, you should immediately pay attention to polymer-coated ones, they will cost much more, but they do not need regular paint refills.

Well, in order to clearly understand how the process of applying polymer dyes occurs, you can watch the video in this article.

Blacksmith paint

German paint specifically for metal products.

The only negative of such enamels is their high cost, which can reach several thousand rubles per 1 liter. And to add to this specialized blacksmith soil, and it turns out that such a coating is not much cheaper than polymer. Although the quality is not inferior to him.

Blacksmith paints are designed specifically for outdoor use, so they are not afraid of weather phenomena and mechanical damage. Such a coating will last for many years and will not have to be updated, plus to this, it does not fade over time and does not lose its characteristic luster.

Another significant difference between blacksmith and polymer paint: it can be applied independently and directly to the cemetery, and the instructions printed on each can will help to properly dilute the paint to the desired consistency.

Conclusion

Summing up all that has been said, we present a table with the main technical characteristics of all the paints described:

Whatever type of coating is chosen, painting the fence in the cemetery is a long and painstaking process, since it is possible to apply paint only with a brush. And if the fence is with a complex pattern, then each curl will have to be processed, otherwise rust will begin to appear in places of lack of color, which will not only spoil the appearance of the product, but also significantly reduce the service life of the metal itself.

How to paint the fence in the cemetery: Video