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Title: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: EMD on 17 September 2016, 16:01:48
I have about 10 litres of brush on fence paint . How or what do i use to thin it
enough to be able to spray it on via the 5litre pump action spray bottle  :-\
I tried thinners but the bottle just keeps getting clogged up  :(
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: zirk on 17 September 2016, 16:31:42
Is it water based?, although if you've mixed thinners with it already might be a bit late.
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: EMD on 17 September 2016, 16:48:25
Is it water based?, although if you've mixed thinners with it already might be a bit late.

Yeah its water based but i only did a trial sample with the thinners not the whole 10litrs .
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: TD on 17 September 2016, 18:28:15
Is it water based?, although if you've mixed thinners with it already might be a bit late.

Yeah its water based but i only did a trial sample with the thinners not the whole 10litrs .

Add more water then  :y
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: redelitev6 on 17 September 2016, 18:31:06
 :( Sadly I've found the water based stuff to be a waste of time , it just doesn't last very long ,
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 17 September 2016, 19:24:02
Yes if you're watering down water based fence stain it'll wash off in the next shower!  ::)

The only way I've had success with the stuff is to layer it on so thick you might as well use a trowel!  ;D

O for creosote!  :'(
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: EMD on 17 September 2016, 19:48:16
Well i'll water it down and spray it all on . Either that or chuck it away  ::) Brushing it on doesn't last long anyway . Tried all sorts of paints and none of them last , they all just wash off , even engine oil  ::)
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: biggriffin on 17 September 2016, 20:04:52
You can still buy creosote, make it go further with waste oil
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: Nick W on 17 September 2016, 20:16:36
You can still buy creosote, make it go further with waste oil


Considering the forum habit of changing the oil every other time they start the engine, there must be a good supply of it! Dad paints the line and fence posts with some of the waste oil I end up with.
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: biggriffin on 18 September 2016, 09:17:38
When I was a boy in tut war, working on the land, any oil that came out of a tractor or such like was saved up till winter, then barns were painted with it, or used to burn out ditches.
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 18 September 2016, 09:42:02
When I was a boy in tut war, working on the land, any oil that came out of a tractor or such like was saved up till winter, then barns were painted with it, or used to burn out ditches.

There must be a myriad of EU regulations forbidding that sort of thing these days!  ;D
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: biggriffin on 18 September 2016, 14:06:05
When I was a boy in tut war, working on the land, any oil that came out of a tractor or such like was saved up till winter, then barns were painted with it, or used to burn out ditches.

There must be a myriad of EU regulations forbidding that sort of thing these days!  ;D

Bet there's one or two ;D,
Do miss seeing a field of stubble albaze, or a tractor dragging a flaming harrow set ;)
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 18 September 2016, 17:02:12
Do miss seeing a field of stubble albaze, or a tractor dragging a flaming harrow set ;)

I saw a stubble fire a month or two ago whilst flying my glider. Tried to get into the thermal above it but the smoke was too thick. ;D

Next to it was another field that had clearly burnt recently, so I'd be surprised if it was an "accident". :-\
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: EMD on 21 September 2016, 13:23:32
You can still buy creosote, make it go further with waste oil

Cant be the Genuine Creosote though , the stuff that use to burn your skin or make you high as a kite if sniffed too closely  :D
Title: Re: Fence paint an stuff ?
Post by: Lazydocker on 21 September 2016, 13:46:36
You can still buy creosote, make it go further with waste oil

Cant be the Genuine Creosote though , the stuff that use to burn your skin or make you high as a kite if sniffed too closely  :D

It can if you know where and how to get it ;)