Pressure treated pine fence

[Aplus 525]

Here is a couple pics of a pressure treated pine fence we did recently. It had a horrible green tint to it, and the wood appeared to be of the lowest quality. We washed and brightened it, then sprayed TWP cedartone via an airless sprayer.

The TWP did a fairly good job of hiding the green tint. I would have preferred something a little darker to better hide the green, but this is the color that the customer wanted. Actually this TWP color is the single most popular color for stains that I apply.

The fence was only 242 feet, and we did both sides. Probably a chip shot compared to what Shane gets, but I was just happy to get the work this late in the season.

[PressurePros 248]

It's a great color. Beautiful job.

[seymore 90]

That TWP looks good Tony on that lovely PT fence :cool:

How did it soak up the oil?...did ya get a good sqft per gal?

[tropical wave 22]

Nice Tony :cool:

[seymore 90]

That crator of a pot hole looks like some we have here in H-town!:lgbugeyes

[Lou Beach 14]

How long did that job take?

How many guys working on it?

[tropical wave 22]

That crator of a pot hole looks like some we have here in H-town!:lgbugeyes

Shane, thats the lovely results of snow, ice, freeze, thaw, snow plows, salt, sand etc.

[Russell Cissell 65]

That is a lot of fence. Do you mind sharing the total square footage and your time on the job?

[seymore 90]

Shane, thats the lovely results of snow, ice, freeze, thaw, snow plows, salt, sand etc.

Yeah that makes sense Mike ... :cool: reminds me of the roads in La. also patches on top of patches :D

[Aplus 525]

The fence was approx 2904 s/f counting both sides. That is: 242' long, x 6' high, x 2 for both sides.

I sprayed 17 gallons with an airless sprayer, soaked until it dripped off, by myself, in just over 2 hours. So that's about 170 s/f per gallon.

That fence was about two months old, so it really was in good shape, not cracked and gnarly.

The road you see in front of the fence is actually a road that is behind the homeowners house, and they built that fence because they got tired of the noise of the cars. It's not a well maintained road because it's not used very often, sort of a service road.

On old gnarly fences, I expect a coverage rate of about 125 s/f per gallon with TWP.

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

Super nice job! Looks great!

Beth

[Russell Cissell 65]

Tony-

You mentioned the fence was fairly new. Did you wash it first? If so, how long did that take?

So far if you've covered over 2000 square feet in just over two hours. That is excellent for one man.

Russell

[Clean Solutions 14]

My eyes aren't as good as they used to be, but is that your yard sign out there? Fence looks great! Good marketing!

[Aplus 525]

Russ,

Yes we washed the fence. It was basically pretty clean, just a little dried mud on the bottom and a few bird droppings here and there.

Now I don't normally use this product, but I got a great deal on a few gallons of Wolman deck & fence cleaner, which I xjetted on, then we washed with a #9 tip. Then I xjetted citric acid after it was washed.

First thing.....I almost never xjet wood chems, but, this one was far away from anything that could be damaged, and it was so darn big I wasn't going to take all day with my cart sprayer setup. I normally never use retail products, but the fence was in good shape, and I got a great deal on the Wolman product, for around $5 per gallon, so it made economical sense and worked quite well.

It took two of us about 2.5 hours to wash, and really, based on the condition, it should have been quicker, but we had to drag out soooo much hose and move the equipment a few times, and we had to walk 242 feet around that bugger several times.

Also, I usually don't use the airless to apply oil stain, but I just couldn't resist because it puts enormous amounts of stain on really fast. I think I had a 517 or 515 tip, so the 10" spray pattern was sweet.

Trent,

On prominent jobs like that one, I always ask permission to leave a yard sign out for a week or so. Most folks are fine with it. These folks said they don't see the sign, leave it there as long as I want. I placed an older sign and will leave it there as long as it stays, or until it falls down.