Painting a wooden fence.

bbsrs · 25-05-2013 11:06AM #1

Hi All,

Hopefully someone can advise me on this .

I have a post and rail wooden fence that I usually coat with creosote / creosote substitute ,now after 3 years since its last coat I want to paint it with ronseal one coat fence life tudor oak because the creosote doesn't look black enough according to my better half . My local hardware store questioned whether the ronseal would stick to the fence since it was previously coated with creosote. Anyone any experience of this scenario ?
Also there is some green mold on the the fence since its so long since I painted it , do I have to remove this before painting and if so would a light bleach or chlorine solution remove it?

jimini0 · 25-05-2013 12:35PM

bbsrs wrote: »

Hi All,

Hopefully someone can advise me on this .

I have a post and rail wooden fence that I usually coat with creosote / creosote substitute ,now after 3 years since its last coat I want to paint it with ronseal one coat fence life tudor oak because the creosote doesn't look black enough according to my better half . My local hardware store questioned whether the ronseal would stick to the fence since it was previously coated with creosote. Anyone any experience of this scenario ?
Also there is some green mold on the the fence since its so long since I painted it , do I have to remove this before painting and if so would a light bleach or chlorine solution remove it?

i had the same scenario with my dads fence last year. i got at it with a wire brush and roughed up the surface to give the fence life a key. it worked for me but took alot of wire brushing. the fence life faded a bit so ill have to recoat later this year

paddy147 · 25-05-2013 12:40PM

jimini0 wrote: »

i had the same scenario with my dads fence last year. i got at it with a wire brush and roughed up the surface to give the fence life a key. it worked for me but took alot of wire brushing. the fence life faded a bit so ill have to recoat later this year

This is great stuff..and its made in Virginia,County Cavan.:)

jimini0 · 25-05-2013 12:44PM

paddy147 wrote: »

This is great stuff..and its made in Virginia,County Cavan.:)

is that expensive? fencelife 10.99 for 5 litres here

paddy147 · 25-05-2013 12:46PM

jimini0 wrote: »

is that expensive? fencelife 10.99 for 5 litres here

Around 10-12 euro for 9 litres.

I bought it direct from Fleetwood Trade Paints last year.

bbsrs · 25-05-2013 01:23PM

jimini0 wrote: »

is that expensive? fencelife 10.99 for 5 litres here

Special offer in co op shops at the minute twelve litres for 17.99 where I'm looking.

bbsrs · 25-05-2013 01:25PM

paddy147 wrote: »

This is great stuff..and its made in Virginia,County Cavan.:)

Thanks Paddy, how much is that stuff and how much does it cost?

bbsrs · 25-05-2013 01:27PM

jimini0 wrote: »

i had the same scenario with my dads fence last year. i got at it with a wire brush and roughed up the surface to give the fence life a key. it worked for me but took alot of wire brushing. the fence life faded a bit so ill have to recoat later this year

The wire brushing I was hoping to avoid , I'll do a sample area with the chlorine water solution this weekend and see how it goes. I'll let ye know the results.

paddy147 · 25-05-2013 02:05PM

bbsrs wrote: »

Thanks Paddy, how much is that stuff and how much does it cost?

Around 10-12 euro for 9 litres,depending on where you buy it.:)

bbsrs · 25-05-2013 04:12PM

paddy147 wrote: »

Around 10-12 euro for 9 litres,depending on where you buy it.:)

Ti'll have a look around for it.

Painting a wooden fence.

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