Removal of fence paint from gravel board

I've just finished painting a newly installed fence. Problem is a few runs have gone onto the gravel boards at the bottom and are annoying me.

Can anyone sugest what to use to clean it off?
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  • Clean it off with a jetwasher!
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  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 12,976 Forumite
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    Paint the gravel board
  • andrew-b
    andrew-b Posts: 2,413 Forumite
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    Assuming you mean concrete type gravel board then sugar soap, elbow grease plus metal scourer might do it. That worked for me but was too much like hard work to do the whole lot that the previous owner had painted green. Or you could paint with white masonry paint if you wanted to.

    Don't paint them with fence paint as over time it will look awful. Trust me!

    My advice for next time you paint the fence is to get folded pages of newspaper and push fold first between gravel board and fence all along the panel your painting and overlapping each piece of paper with the last. Then you can paint right down to the gravel board more quickly without worrying about paint on the gravel board.

    Hope that helps

    Andy
  • Thanks alot for your help. I'll try the jetwasher first as this means a little less work! If that don't work, i'll have to go with the sugar soap idea I think.

    Thanks again,
    Lee
    Apparently I am the original tight fisted Yorkshire Man!!
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