Fence painting
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classic33
Leg End Member
Paint your side, assuming it's your fence.
Cheddar George
oober member
- Location
- Location: Location
If you have fence panels with horizontal laps then apply liberally so that your neighbour gets lovely runs dripping down their side. This will remind them to paint their side of the fence.
Tenacious Sloth
Guru
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Quite right too! One should never rush into these things.
I'd take another couple of years to think about it, and then maybe you could come up with a 4-year plan?
Graham
- Location
- Egham
keithmac
Guru
A bit extreme but I like your style!.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I remember in work once it was annual review time and my boss and I were burning the midnight oil filling in the awful online HR system for the team's reviews by the deadline. Normally he was the consumate professional but he did say "I'd rather be creosoting the fence".
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Being a traditionalist I always use black creosote (or my home made highly hazardous substitute). At my old house I painted my side of the fences, and mighty good and smart they looked too.
Next day my neighbour knocked on the door to have a moan. It would seem they'd painted their side light blue, and the creosote had bled through and ruined it. Problem was a) I had no way of knowing, b) there wasn't anything I could do about it, and c) I didn't really give a Tommy.
Says the man...
I've gone for a lie down, I was so shocked at your hypocrisy
OP
OP
Tin Pot
Guru
Looks about the length of mine, so I'd say yes you'll need more than five litres.
I drank while painting. Fursty Ferret. I figure that the wife can't have a go at me while I'm working even if I am half cut and the cat gets a surprise hairdo.
KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
I always buy the orangiest creosote available and then mix it with old car oil to form an acceptable colour.
Lasted a good six years until we had new neighbours move in and ask if they could replace (my) fence for us. Either they have too much money or the effect was not so pleasing their side.
Lasted a good six years until we had new neighbours move in and ask if they could replace (my) fence for us. Either they have too much money or the effect was not so pleasing their side.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Or possibly they didn't want a toxic fence.
KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
Either way I can highly recommend it if you want a maintenance free fence.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
I used to use it myself but stopped over 30yrs ago when decent alternatives became available.
BTW I have access to a limitless supply of old engine oil, a mate owns a garage and he's generally got a couple of hundred gallons in his tank.
KnackeredBike
I do my own stunts
I work on the basis that even with shop creosote the fence is effectively "toxic" for waste purposes so in for a penny and all that.
Also the number of times I have changed the oil in the car and then knocked the container over because I am terminally clumsy outweighs enough oil to paint every fence on my street.
