I'm currently giving my deck some time to dry out, but in the mean time I have an old fence that needs to be redone. The side facing outwards towards the alley was painted red years ago. The paint left on the boards in most places will easily come off with a power washer, but there are some parts of the fence that were more protected from the sun that wouldn't come off easy with a power washer (As I was power washing my drive way and gave it a try).
My question is what to do about this problem. Should I just do a mixture of scraping and power-washing?
The inside of the fence was never painted and is just the normal grey color. Would also appreciate any information on what to do with this.
My buddy has an airless sprayer to use when I have the fence prepared. Also, should I wait to do this when the weather is dry? I would like to do it soon, but it has surprisingly been raining in Dallas this week. Should I wait for the rain to stop?
Any ideas on stains/paints to use would of course be helpful as well. Would prefer a dark stain/paint. I'm not sure this fence will make it more that five years, so this may be the last go at it.
Thanks for any help
Mike
If you are going to repaint with a solid color, you do not need to remove all of the old coating. Prep by pressure washing to remove the dirt and any loose paint/stain. A solid color stain will mask any old stain that is not removed. Look at Flood solid stains or Cabot.
Thank you very much. Do you think I should wait until the weather dries out or could I give it a go it rainy weather?
If I used a semi solid stain would the method above work as well? Thanks.
You cannot apply a semi-solid over a solid color stain/paint. You would need to 100% remove the old coating by sanding, etc. Do when you have drier weather.
Thank you