How to paint a wooden fence?

The main purpose of the fence is to protect the territory from strangers and the prying eyes of neighbors. Therefore, it must be practical and durable. But besides this, such a structure also performs an aesthetic function. It allows you to make the site more attractive. Therefore, it is extremely important to know how to paint a wooden fence in order to give it beauty and practicality.

Content:

• Care of the fence before its construction
• Do I need to paint a fence made of wood
• Fence Processing
• The choice of paint for the fence
• Fence Painting Technique

Care of the fence before its construction

Practice shows that the picket has a long service life. But experts recommend starting care for such a fence in the country even before it is built. When installing the structure, the places under the pillars must be cleaned of vegetation and anthills. So you provide the fence with reliable protection against damage by harmful insects.

Important! Experienced craftsmen advise filling these areas on the ground with colored gravel. Then the picket will be less susceptible to the negative effects of moisture from the ground. And without fail, the protective structure must be properly impregnated with a special protective agent and painted.

The picket should be carefully crafted. After all, this is the key to its resistance to wear and a long service life. And do not postpone this procedure. Indeed, if the tree is not impregnated and painted in a timely manner, it will begin to deteriorate rather quickly. And how this is done, we will describe further.

Do I need to paint a fence made of wood

Fencing structures made of wood can become an excellent decoration of any private site. Practice shows that wood is a very spectacular material. However, we will not hide that it also has its drawbacks: the wood is rather thin and has low resistance to negative environmental factors.

If you want to get an easy and pretty fence in the country, you can use a picket as a building material. That is why the relevance of finishing and painting of such structures is obvious.

The construction of the mesh fence will be faster: it also weighs a little, but has a less attractive appearance, and after a while the netting must be painted.

Fence Processing

Impregnation of the protective structure in the country with special protective equipment is extremely important. But how to handle a wooden fence? Experienced craftsmen are advised to choose an antiseptic. This is a fairly affordable and very effective tool for wooden surfaces. After all, a special antiseptic impregnation prevents such negative consequences as the formation of mold and fungus. And subsequent painting of the fence from the fence eliminates the risk:

• swelling due to increased humidity;
• attacks of bark beetles or ants;
• discoloration of wood due to wood drying out under the influence of sunlight, etc.

Advice! Fence should be treated with such a tool in advance, before it is installed in a complete structure.Then the ends of the strips will be carefully protected from the negative effects of precipitation, which is difficult to do in the case of an established fence.

The choice of paint for the fence

Processing a wooden fence is a very important stage, but it is equally important and correctly paint the structure.

Before you buy paint, it is better to understand what kind of paint will be optimal for your design from a picket fence in the country. And besides, it is worth considering that the boards in certain places will be in contact with the ground. These areas need to be treated with a special composition on a bitumen basis. It will allow this surface to acquire water-repellent parameters, which, in turn, will significantly extend its life. And you need to do this even before mounting the construction of the picket fence on the ground. Thus, the structure in the country house will be provided with better protection from negative external influences.

Next, you need to proceed to painting the rest of the fence. But what paint is better to choose for this? Let's look at a few options:

1. The picket can be enameled if the planks have excessively pronounced flaws. It allows you to completely hide the original color and structure of a particular wood species, from which the fence is built. But in fairness, we note that in this case, the dense layers of the coloring composition will completely hide the natural color of the wood.
2. In addition, the picket fence in the country is painted with multi-component paint. It makes it possible to maintain the original texture and shade of wood. And what kind of paint is best for your design, you must determine, depending on taste preferences and the requirements of the surrounding landscape.
3. Another good option for picket fence is acrylic paint. But it is better to choose a composition that does not have a detrimental effect (due to the presence of a water base) on the tree when it is painted. Do not buy the product with a solvent, as it will quickly peel off from the picket fence.
4. It is best to choose a transparent building glaze or varnish for wood, if you want to maintain and even somewhat emphasize the original shade of natural wood.

The variety of colors is quite substantial, and which one is best for your design, you must determine for yourself.

Fence Painting Technique

First, the picket must be cleaned and sanded with sandpaper. Moreover, it is better to have both coarse and fine paper. Significant protrusions are removed first, and the second - the surface is finally leveled.

Then the picket fence in the summer cottage is covered with soil for wood. Existing defects and damages need to be primed, puttyed, and after drying also sanded. Next, the structure is again covered with a finishing layer of putty and treated with a protective coloring compound. Thus, your cottage fence will be provided with the best protection for many years.

To make the wooden fence in the country house as resistant as possible to negative factors in the atmosphere (precipitation, sun rays, wind), it is certainly worth covering it with an antiseptic and then painting. This will increase its service life by several times. Moreover, you can do the paintwork with your own hands and without the help of professional builders.