Spraying Fence

[stevec59]

Hi,
I made a start on my fence yesterday (Sunday). I used Wickes Shed and Fence Timbercare (£1 per litre), great stuff, thick and gloopy, thing is I now ache; I have a neck and back problem, so I am limited to what I can do.
I have one of those Cuprinol sprayer things and am wondering what to use in it:-

Wilkinson’s are selling the Cuprinol spayable for £2.29 /litre and 5 litres should do @ 19m sq

Wilkinson’s do there own High Performance (Wax enriched spray) £1.59 per litre with the same coverage.

Wickes do a Spay and Protect Timbercare £2.20 per Litre, but they say it does 30 - 60 m sq, so a great further coverage.

Has anyone used any of these and can advise?

Also, how do I clean it out? The Cuprinol sprayer thing I have says that I flush it though with clean water, that you empty down the sink, but I don't want to mess up the sing and the waste from the sink goes direct into the ground, so I can't poor down the drain that the sink uses. There are some drains in the road for rain water, can I pour down there? Or just spay on the garden or something?

Thanks

Steve

 

[holmslaw]

Spray on fence treatment is good way of falling out with your neighbours. You will always get spray drift on to things you did'nt want painted.

 

[stevec59]

Yeah, I know! I might do the top part of the fence with the same preserver that I use, but put it on with a brush, that should stop most of it & try to do it when it's not too windy.

I just find it a bit hard to Beleive that the wickes on does 30 -60 sq metres, and the others do 19 sq m, obviously that does depend on how thick you put it on and how much the wood absorbs..

Steve

 

[stevec59]

Well, I went into Wickes last might and had a look at Spay and Protect Timbercare, it says on the bottle 1 Litre should d 6m sq,so 5 litre bottle will do 30 m square..That is a lot more than Cuprinol etc, has anyone tried the Wickes Spay and Protect Timbercare?

Thnaks

Steve