Fence sprayer

[dba7108]

I tried to paint my fence panels today using my air compressor and spray gun. The stuff is going everywhere. It's about 9mph wind today which isn't great but I wondered if a ronseal paint sprayer would be better and create less mess. Or there are those other sprayers can't think what they are called but are about £65.

[AndyTR]

Wagner, currently £50 on amazon. I used one to spray 6 stables with creosote and it was fine.

[JoshSm]

HVLP gun with your compressor or ???

Last lot I did was using HVLP, have done it with an airless fence sprayer and it was messy.

Does depend on the product, some of those fence paints are thick.

[zb]

It really has to be dead calm with the ronseal one, even then, I put a lot of dust sheets over the wall behind the fence I was spraying, and was surprised at the amount of over spray.

It did work well enough but found the colour to be a lot more lurid, than with a brush.

My cousin wasn't so lucky, and ended up buying his neighbour entire new bedding sets.

[alabbasi]

I think a regular garden sprayer will do a decent job. You don't need high pressure for a fence.

[dba7108]

Yes it's one of these. I found it too messy it's blowing everywhere and the neighbour 2 doors down complained. I've borrowed a friend's Wagner and will see if that is any better. Failing that il brush it on but it just takes an age.

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AndyTR said:

Wagner, currently £50 on amazon. I used one to spray 6 stables with creosote and it was fine.

No other product has ever come close to smelling as awesome as that stuff!


As you were….

[dba7108]

I used a Wagner and it was good. Though did seem to eat through the liquid at a fast rate.

[Spurry]

dba7108 said:

I used a Wagner and it was good. Though did seem to eat through the liquid at a fast rate.

Isn't that the truth.Used 20L so far, on some post and rail fence, just ordered another 10L.

[Landlubber]

alabbasi said:

I think a regular garden sprayer will do a decent job. You don't need high pressure for a fence.

It's what I use.

[Simpo Two]

Probably by the time you've finished faffing about with sprayers you could have done it with a big brush.

[jimmyjimjim]

Simpo Two said:

Probably by the time you've finished faffing about with sprayers you could have done it with a big brush.

Nope.

I did our side and front fences with wood stain with a brush (several, this kind of work destroys them) and it took about a day and a half, one weekend. I was knackered.
I bought an electric no brand HVLP sprayer next time round, was done in about two hours.
They don't half drink the wood stain though.

[Danns]

Also trellis

No chance of doing much more than one panel without a sprayer, got the Wagner HVLP myself. Would give up the will to live with a brush otherwise.

Did also get the big airless one too for painting the house - but the time taken for prep/masking was ridiculous compared to using a roller!

[Belle427]

The electric ones do eat through the liquid which is my only issue with them, I have an Erbauer version from screwfix.

[mart 63]

https://www.duluxdecoratorcentre.co.uk/trade-block...

I used to paint fence panels as part of a term contract, for years. Tried spraying, rolling, but nothing come close to to one of these. I got the time down to around 15 minutes per side of a 5ft x 6ft panel.

[bobski1]

slight thread diversion but I've got to paint the garage later this year is the Wagner one good for indoor things too?

Tempted by battery sprayer as my compressor isn't very reliable, another one of those jobs on the list

[dba7108]

The Wagner is a great bit of kit I had no negatives about it. Apart from going through the paint quickly but the trade off was I did all my fencing in under 2 hours.

[chris1roll]

zb said:

It really has to be dead calm with the ronseal one, even then, I put a lot of dust sheets over the wall behind the fence I was spraying, and was surprised at the amount of over spray.

It did work well enough but found the colour to be a lot more lurid, than with a brush.

My cousin wasn't so lucky, and ended up buying his neighbour entire new bedding sets.

Years ago, our landlord at the time ended up buying us a complete new set of garden furniture.
He was quite relieved in comparison, that he had started that side and not ended up with it all over the cars!

[Road2Ruin]

I used a ronseal pump sprayer from Screwfix, last year. It was quite controllable with a variable spray pattern nozzle. Time wise, I did a 40m close board fence in about 2 hours. A brush would jave taken ages. I wouldn't consider it in too windy conditions, though.

[Byker28i]

I did all our fence with a brush. It takes time but you get a good finish

A neighbour spray painted his fence, my garage, my car etc... I wasn't happy