Any recommendations for fence paint, please?

hardpressed

I need to treat an untreated wooden fence, there seem so may available. Are the water based ones any good ? Screwfix are selling Ronseal One Coat 9ltr for £6.99 which looks a good price but I'd rather pay a bit more if there is something else that will do a better job. Any recommendations please?

elver_man

Personally I stay well clear of the water based fence treatments as I feel they do not last and when they start to weather it looks terrible but I suppose it depends on what colour you want and how often you re apply


For traditional colours of Dark or light brown I now use something like Barrettine creocote or Bartoline creocote


For more colour options Barrettine solvent based wood protective treatments or Barrettine Premier Wood Protective Treatment.


Creocote about £9 for 4L
Other Barrettine around £20 to £28 for 5L

Sweetpie_2

From experience I think Ronseal is probably the best

wrightk

elver man is absolutely right. Water based shed and fence treatments just dont work.Talk to anyone 50+ and they will tell you the best treatment for exterior wood was creocote. Nowadays creocote (or its modern equivalent) is just about the only thing that will last. It is oil based, so will penetrate deep inside the wood. Just beware of the light brown treatments labelled 'ecocote', they are as useless as water based treatments.

Down here 5l of creocote is £6.99, which is a bargain compared to water based treatment prices, so its a bit of a no brainer really.

savemoney

Culprinol do some good water based products ducksback is one of the best, the cheaper fence care is also good. I did my fences 3 years ago with fence care and its still great. Ducksback is slightly more expensive but contains waxes.

If the wood is pressure treated anyway it will last donkeys years if off the ground, the posts tend to be weakest link and they should last 10 years or so.

Creasote was a good product but carcinogenic hence why they banned it the newer version suppose to be okay but problem you have with it is it only comes with a few different shades of brown.

I have no problem with water based fence paint and it does last perhaps not as long but i give fences a few coats and its lasted several years now and still looks good

Davesnave

wrightk wrote: »

elver man is absolutely right. Water based shed and fence treatments just dont work.Talk to anyone 50+ and they will tell you the best treatment for exterior wood was creocote. Nowadays creocote (or its modern equivalent) is just about the only thing that will last. It is oil based, so will penetrate deep inside the wood.

The old treatment was creosote, now banned for most purposes, although a few of us 'farmers' still have some stashed away.

The modern equivalent, creocote, is just as good at killing bugs in our chicken houses, but I have found both to fade quite quickly over time. The spirit based products do sink in though, and probably provide protection after their cosmetic effects have worn off.

The best way to avoid rot in things like fences and sheds is to buy pressure-treated products in the first place. They won't be cheap, though.

getmore4less

I have done a fence in cuprinol gardenshades( got it cheap) went on well and a good finish time will tell if any good long term.

Ducksback on the shed lasted well, over 5 years, waiting for the deals this year to do it again

Mr.Generous

most treatments are either suitable for sawn OR planed timber, not both. Just make sure you use the right one. A solvent based treatment will be a penetrating preserver, where water based is a surface coating. Creocote stuff tends to be smelly and take ages to dry, and less pet friendly. Cuprinol do some good solvent based decking stuff you can use. I always look at the VOC content - high = solvent based, low = water based.

Possom

I used boiled linseed oil.

xyz123

Another vote for ducksback. Very good when applied correctly....

Chanes

Another for Ducksback! We've painted sheds and fences and it's been great.