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Kgirl Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2014-05-22 8:10 AM Subject: Tips on Painting Fence
	So this weekend the hubby and I are gonna be fixing and updating our fence. It is T-posts with wood corner posts and high tensil wire. We are gonna replace all the corner posts due to frost upheaveal and replace all the insulators. I ordered white insulators and i want to paint all the posts white. Any ideas on how to quickly and easily paint the posts? I was gonna get a sprayer but my hubby thinks it will waste too much paint and to use a paint brush... but i have like 300 posts total! so any ideas? O and can i use one paint to do both metal and the wood?
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vjls Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2014-05-22 8:38 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
Miracle in the Making Posts: 4013	a small roller or a paint glove but a sprayer will be faster but it will lose a lot of paint
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Kgirl Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2014-05-22 8:41 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
	what is a paint glove? My hands cramp alot when writing and typing so i'm dreading have to hold onto a paint brush for 300 posts!
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ld3 Reg. Oct 2007	Posted 2014-05-22 10:23 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
Veteran Posts: 180	So glad you posted this! I was wondering the same too. I just bought a sprayer yesterday, but haven't used it yet!
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jbhoot Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2014-05-22 10:44 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
Proud to be Deplorable Posts: 1929	Buy a pump sprayer. The kind you use for spraying weeds etc. Thin your paint 1/3 with mineral sprites. easy to carry needs no power works great and is cheap.
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3canstorun Reg. May 2007	Posted 2014-05-22 10:46 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
Hugs to You Posts: 7550 Location: In The Land of Cotton	jbhoot - 2014-05-22 11:44 AM Buy a pump sprayer. The kind you use for spraying weeds etc. Thin your paint 1/3 with mineral sprites. easy to carry needs no power works great and is cheap. Of if water based, dilute it with water. This is what I use too.
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Kgirl Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2014-05-22 11:11 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
	3canstorun - 2014-05-22 10:46 AM jbhoot - 2014-05-22 11:44 AM Buy a pump sprayer. The kind you use for spraying weeds etc. Thin your paint 1/3 with mineral sprites. easy to carry needs no power works great and is cheap. Of if water based, dilute it with water. This is what I use too. wouldnt this work as a touch up or a white wash? i'm not sure it would cover the posts well enough if diluted.. would it?
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jbhoot Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2014-05-22 11:24 AM Subject: RE: Tips on Painting Fence
Proud to be Deplorable Posts: 1929	Kgirl - 2014-05-22 11:11 AM 3canstorun - 2014-05-22 10:46 AM jbhoot - 2014-05-22 11:44 AM Buy a pump sprayer. The kind you use for spraying weeds etc. Thin your paint 1/3 with mineral sprites. easy to carry needs no power works great and is cheap. Of if water based, dilute it with water. This is what I use too. wouldnt this work as a touch up or a white wash? i'm not sure it would cover the posts well enough if diluted.. would it? Works just fine. ALL paint has to be diluted to spray it does not make any difference what sprayer you are using. Yes if you thin it to much you would get a white wash effect.
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