Staining/painting the fence

[hornetrider]

Apologies for the dull thread

I want to achieve the following type of colour for my fence:





Which google is telling me is red cedar. However looking at some products of 'red cedar' also brings back these type of images:





Which I definitely do not want. Is the difference in colour accounted for by the type of wood it's applied to or is there a type of product to go for to get the desired effect? Also it's a mahoosive fence so spraying will definitely be the way forward.

[S11Steve]

The top two look closer to Ronseal Country Oak which I used on some decking recently.

[hornetrider]

Cheers. I'm wondering if the top colours are also to do with them looking more like hardwood fences and almost having a smooth effect, rather than softwood.



See, none of these colours are inspiring, they all look a bit too much like paint and not enough like stain, if that makes sense.

[guindilias]

Apparently Oxygen Bleach (like "Vanish" will bleach out wood stain of you leave it on long enough - maybe leave it on for just a while before you hose it off, and see if that makes it look a bit less bright?
I'll be trying the stuff on some cedar shingles, stained to "redwood" soon.

[jimmyjimjim]

The first two look more like my fence, that I did in 'semi-transparent natural cedar'.

Looking at various stains online, I think all 4 could be cedar, with varying degrees of transparency.

[Matt_N]

Be interesting to hear some recommendations for decent fence paint / stains as our new house has a lot of fencing and a gate that all need re-doing.

The stuff I did our current fences with is rubbish water based at a guess, as it's fading in places already.

[juice]

Have a look at the Valspar outdoor colours range at B&Q. We just did ours recently and it's a complete doddle to use plus the colours are much wider than brown/reddy brown/green

Bit expensive mind...

edited to add a piccy of ours - it's called 'burlap sack'

Edited by juice on Tuesday 9th June 15:11

[Muzzer79]

You want Ronseal Medium Oak.

I've recently done mine, and it comes up very similar to the desired colour you're after.

[hornetrider]

Pics please muzzer!

Juice... Nice as burlap sack is, that's how my fences look now with a few years of fade in them

[toon10]

Muzzer79 said:

You want Ronseal Medium Oak.

I've recently done mine, and it comes up very similar to the desired colour you're after.

Ditto. Just done my fence and decking using this and it looks similar to the OP's desired picture.

[hornetrider]

Cheers chaps, Ronseal Medium Oak it is - I'll get on it and report back!

[hornetrider]

Errr.... reviews of it are shocking!

http://www.diy.com/departments/ronseal-1-coat-medi...

[toon10]

I did my fence over 3 weekends and it didn't rain so maybe I was lucky. A year on and it looks fine, no streaks and is doing the job nicely. They did have a special offer on it in B&Q at the time which was why I chose it over some others!