Coloring of the fence allows you to extend the service life and create an attractive appearance. When choosing paint to fence, you need to consider from what your fence is made.

For the fences, a wood, metal, concrete, brick, slate is used. The material from which the fence is built is the main criterion in solving the question of which paint to paint the fence.

Many paints are suitable for any surfaces, but it is better to choose a paint that is suitable for painting your fence.

Preparation for painting fence

The main rule in the preparation of the surface to the color is cleaning from dirt, rust, old peeling coatings.

• Rust is removed using a metal brush. For cleaning metal rods, try using a large grid. Such a grid can be quickly cleaned with rust, working on one side of the fence. After stripping, wrap the dust dry brush.
• Pollution is cleaned with water and sponge or plastic brush. Old paint, which has been exhausting preparing a slurry blade or brush.
• Next comes primer. For concrete and brick fences, primer deep penetration are used for metallic - primer for metal, for wood - impregnation and antiseptics.
• Primers and impregnations must be compatible with paint. Therefore, it is necessary to buy immediately and primer and paint. To paint the fence, brushes, rollers, paint tanks.
• For dyeing of fences, only paints are suitable for external work.
• Painting consumption on the fence depends on how absorbing is the surface and from its relief. If the fence is painted not the first time the paint will need less.

How to paint a wooden fence

The fence made of wood requires constant attention and care. The tree in itself pleases the eye. Hide the wood structure under the paint layer is almost blasphemy. For wood, simplifiers, impregnations, primers and varnishes are more often used. Such materials advantageously emphasize the beauty of the wooden surface and at the same time protect it.

Acrylate and oil paints will protect well, but when using them, the fence will lose its rich look. The paint layer securely tightened the structure of the tree. Apply such paints is relevant if you built a fence from boards with low quality processing. A wooden economy fence can be painted relatively inexpensive alkyd enamels, but it will have to repaint every 2-3 years.

Do not forget that the tree is a natural material that is a delicacy for beetles - cores. Moss, mold, fungus, moisture - the main enemies of the tree, from which you should protect it. Boards It is advisable to process or paint before the installation of the fence starts - only in this case you can capture the entire surface of the board.

Paint for a wooden fence is better to choose water based than solvent-based. Acrylic paints penetrate the structure of the tree, alkyd enamels only create a film without absorbing into the tree.

For better wood protection, the first layer process the alkyd-acrylic primer boards. For the second layer, take the aqueous acrylic paint.

Good qualities have Finnish paints Teknos.

• If you want to save and emphasize the natural drawing of wood - use the paint Teknol 1888 Base T. This is a lesing primer paint. Diluted with water, the second layer can be applied in two hours. The lesing paints create a translucent film, thanks to this paint property, a wood pattern is visible. One liter of paint can be covered from 5 to 10 m² of wooden fence. The paint can be applied in 2 layers, either for the second layer to take the paint Nordica EKO 3330-12.
• Paint Nordica EKO 3330-12 - lesing acrylate paint, which allows you to preserve the beauty of the tree.
• Teknol JRM Base 3. After drying, the paint creates an elastic film that does not allow moisture to penetrate the wood. Paint withstands any air temperature - retains durability and frost, and in the heat. The paint is produced black, white, brown. If you wish, you can smoke in the desired color.

It is not recommended to cover the tree with varnish - over time it cracks. In microcracks, moisture is delayed.

If you decide to paint the oily paint fence - to begin with, it is necessary to impregnate with oil. Oxol will suit for the fence - in terms of cost it is cheaper than natural oils, but the quality is good. Olife protects the tree from rotting well.

Olif is applied to a brush and give to dry. Olphus based oil paint is not less applied than a day after the oil.

Olife - an ancient way to protect a tree from rotting. Oil colors on the olife will dry for a long time, but have suitable properties for processing and storing wood.

Inexpensive at the cost of the oil paint Ma-15 Tury. The manufacturer is the Russian company NPK palette. Paint consumption 100-200 mg per m². The second layer of paint is not less applied than a day after applying the first layer.

Wooden fence paint with roller and brush. Roller work faster, but the ends of the boards to paint the roller you will not succeed. Therefore, for painting a wooden fence it is necessary to use a brush. Do not forget to paint the upper cut of the board.

Painted paint wooden fence will serve you for many years. After rainy weather, wait a couple of days, let the fence be ashamed.

How to paint a metal fence

Metal has a property to be corrosion, so the paint for the fence of the metal should protect the metal from rust. Anticorrosion paints are produced just for these purposes.

Good suitable for such purposes soil enamel Mettplast North (MettPlast-Nord) of the domestic manufacturer. The advantage of enamel is that it can be operated at minus temperatures and apply it to rusty surfaces. Consumption 120-150 gr per m². Diluted with the diluent R-646, has a silky-matte shine.

How to paint brick and concrete fence

Paint a concrete fence can be possible a month after it is installed. Paint for concrete fences is easy to choose. There is almost any paint for facade works. It can be acrylic or silicone paint.

Facade paints are also suitable for painting a brick or slate fence.

• The Finnish company Tikkurila releases the paint Mineral Strong (Mineral Strong). Water-based paint, diluted with water. Consumption 150-200mg per m². You can spray in different colors.

• German paint Dufa Fassadenfarbe F 90 (Dufa Fassadenfarbe d 90) has proven itself. Acrylic paint.

A sufficient one layer of paint to evenly paint the fence from concrete. Litra paint enough for 4-6 m².

The fence with the embossed pattern is interesting to paint - there is where to raise fantasies. Such a fence will always look beautiful - both in summer, and in winter.

Video. And paint a wooden fence.

How to prepare a metal fence for painting

Painting of the fence from the chain grid.