Fence Cleaning

[Outlaw 14]

I have a bid on a brand new fence today, the guy already knows he wants me to use Dark Red ready seal as I did his deck last year, my question is, with the fence being brand new (its been up 3 or so weeks) what is the best way/method of prepping it, would it be the same as an old nasty fence.

Gav

[Paul B. 523]

What type of wood is it?

For PTW:

I would clean with percarb., brighten and remove millglaze with oxalic.

Remove mill marks (if any). Make sure the moisture is at 12% or less before you stain.

[seymore 90]

Outlaw

Just do a light cleaning on the fence should be fine. I use light bleach and soap/rinse then now a light Ox acid to brighten it up.

Mostly the treated pine there is mildew and mud on rot boards, 2X4's and post.The cleaning of the new pickets will help the sealant soak in better.

I was just in Magnolia the other day looking at a job in High Meadow Ranch.

You do a lot of staining up in Magnolia?

[Outlaw 14]

Thanks Guys,

Hey Seymore, you were right opposite the road from me, I do a lot of house cleaning around this area but not a lot of staining, there's a lot of new sub divisions around here and more going up, the little bit of staining I do seems to be in the older sub divisions.

Gav

[seymore 90]

Yeah i'm in Rock Creek sub. also on Grant and Spring Cypress we have all the fences in the subdivision to stain as the houses go up.If you need some work we have plenty give me a call that's my cell in my signature.

[Outlaw 14]

Thanks Shane,

will do, August always tends to slow up for me as "back to school" nears.

Gav

[Outlaw 14]

ok , this fence has Cedar pickets and of course the rest is PT, there is aprox 1300 ft @ 8 ft high, does the cedar make much of a difference as far as cleaning and how does Ready Seal do with Cedar?

Gav

[paul-uk 500]

hey gav...you always drop on...it must be that warm beer you drink ;-) paul.

[seymore 90]

Gav

That's 1300 Lft or Sqft?

You should get a better sqft per gallon# for cedar versus PT pickets and look better too. Lot less waste on the PT pickets

I've never sprayed RS but the Gray Away i use i get 150-175sqft per gal. most of the time

[Outlaw 14]

Thats 1300 lft @ 8ft high, which by my reckoning is 10400 sq ft.

Gav

[seymore 90]

Wow that's a lot of fence!

I just finished 1400 Lft 7'high 2 sides took me 127 gallons.

[Outlaw 14]

Yea, it's a lot of fence, he's a pretty good customer, so he was fine when I told him to giuve me a couple of days to get a bid together.

Gav

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

Post some pics! :groovy:

Beth