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[EMD]

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 

[zirk]

Is it water based?, although if you've mixed thinners with it already might be a bit late.

[EMD]

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 .

[TD]

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 

[redelitev6]

  Sadly I've found the water based stuff to be a waste of time , it just doesn't last very long ,

[Sir Tigger KC]

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! 

O for creosote! 

[EMD]

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 

[biggriffin]

You can still buy creosote, make it go further with waste oil

[Nick W]

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.

[biggriffin]

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.

[Sir Tigger KC]

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! 

[biggriffin]

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! 

Bet there's one or two ,
Do miss seeing a field of stubble albaze, or a tractor dragging a flaming harrow set

[Kevin Wood]

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.

Next to it was another field that had clearly burnt recently, so I'd be surprised if it was an "accident".

[EMD]

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 

[Lazydocker]

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 

It can if you know where and how to get it