lizzie Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Any recommendations for a good fence paint I can have mixed for colour. I bought Cuprinol ducksback in a grey and have done a lot of fence with it but it has dried to a sort of inky blue not the mid grey it was when wet. Looks very wrong on my fences so will have to overpaint with something lighter.....its rough sawn timber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Somebody else may know how easy it is to paint on top of that ... the docs for Ducksback say it has a "Wax-enriched formula", which (to me) implies a possible difficulty in overpainting, which perhaps suggests taking careful advice and perhaps a test patch or even a different shade of the same stuff. Ferdinand Edited October 1, 2018 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 yep its a worry as the colour is horrid and looks awful. I did think it wasn't right but OH said we couldn't get a fair picture until we had more done so I spent 4 hours yesterday painting it and now he doesn't like it either. Need a lighter grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 This is the nasty coloured fence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) I can't really comment on this one, as my preferred approach to painted fences is "don't, without a really good reason". Edited October 1, 2018 by Ferdinand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 My recommendation with these sort of events (something turning out an unexpected shade etc..) is to leave it for a few months and then see if you still notice or care. Very tempting to try and fix it in the moment when you're focused on it .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Colour isn't too bad. I would leave it and see if it fades. Paint it light next time. On sawn timber I prefer wood stains (Ronseal etc) which I spray with a cheap hoselock pump up garden sprayer. It ruins the sprayer but the small ones aren't much more expensive than several good brushes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 It will mellow / fade fairly quickly. Are you going to do the edges too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Thanks all. Yes doing all edges and as its hit and miss have to do the in betweens as well plus the other side. Its a lot of fence. Wretched paint has a 5 year guarantee just my luck it wont fade at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, lizzie said: Wretched paint has a 5 year guarantee just my luck it wont fade at all! There you go then, see how you feel about it in 5 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epsilonGreedy Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I think the colour contrasts nicely against the red brick and coping stones. Warship grey would suit a corporate HQ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Mine is hit and miss too so I can appreciate how long it took ?. We must both be hit and miss with the colour choice too as I don’t really like mine. Dried much more orange than I expected, but as per some comments above after 2 years I don’t care much. And it hasn’t faded either lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, newhome said: And it hasn’t faded either lol. I think that is the wrong answer ?, particularly as your 2 years in the howling Scottish salt-laden eviscerating gales is equivalent to about 10 in the gentle Shires of the South. In a minute you'll tell us you used the same paint ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Ferdinand said: In a minute you'll tell us you used the same paint ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozza Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 I think it looks good, a lighter colour would contrast / stand out more. Like a lot of others have said, its bound to fade to a lighter colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 it looks OK to me TBH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpd Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Looks fine to me but your the one who has to live with it. Just be aware that if you overpaint with a lighter colour it’s going to need a few coats. I know as I did the same thing but in brown Cuprinol ducks back. In the end I really liked the two tone colour and am repainting my whole massive shed with another two coats light brown first and then dark brown (4 in total !) I got the paint of amazon for £10 per 5 litres so decided to go crazy ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysimon Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 looks fine to me, how often will you be looking at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Simplysimon said: looks fine to me, how often will you be looking at it? Every day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Cpd said: In the end I really liked the two tone colour @lizzie, is this a good point to introduce that well known bird Anas fulvigula, the Mottled Duck, as a suitable mood and texture board for this putative fence painted in Ducks Back? Its back has an undertone of greyish, and a dominant colour of brown and a patch of bright, inky blue. Really quite fetching. Credit: Macaulay Library. If the top coat flakes, you will get an attractive, naturalistic, pattern. Ferdinand Edited October 2, 2018 by Ferdinand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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