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Staining Top and Bottom Rails

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Stain A Fence FAST. Fence Painting from A to Z.

What happens here

Apply stain to the top and bottom rails of the fence. Use the same technique of spraying and then immediately back-brushing to ensure thorough coverage and penetration. It is crucial to get a good, even coat on these horizontal surfaces. The video re-emphasizes that stain is designed to absorb into the wood, creating a natural look, unlike paint which forms a topcoat. Applying too much stain can create a topcoat effect that may peel over time, similar to paint.

Goal: Properly apply stain to the fence rails for a complete and durable finish.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Sprayer Titan 440i — Applying the stain
  • Woodscapes Solid Color Stain Woodscapes — Applied to the fence rails

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a 45 degree angle trying to minimize the amount of over spray going off to the side keeping it on the face but i do want to get that edge want to get the tops and the bottom then quickly back brush today's a warm day not a hot day if it is like really hot it smells so ideal to have somebody back brushing for you but you know i'm working alone don't have that luxury so just don't get too far ahead of yourself you know i'm in the shade so also it's not drying too fast also because i'm in the shade [Music] you know i i understand the fears and and um the apprehension towards airless sprain because of over spray but once again you know doing it the right way um you're not going to have overspray i've been painting professionally for over 20 years and i've never had an overspray claim you know once in my entire career now i do understand i have kind of the ideal climate for painting we got dry air it's not humid here dry air which water-based paints have a tendency to the droplets have a tendency to dry before they even land on any surfaces so it's it's not like i'm not on the coast where it's really humid where paint can carry a lot farther the higher the humidity the longer it's going to take for the paint to dry and the more likelihood you're going to have over spray so you just got to really take in consideration you know where you live your conditions and understand the limitations of your conditions [Music] see i'm on my third gallon already you can see if you're doing a fence properly it takes quite a bit of stain to get a fence to look like a professional did it so that's one of the things when people get fence bids from me they're usually shocked how much the price is they don't realize how much stain it actually takes to stain a fence and get it to look even and get a hundred percent coverage fences are typically one coat this is one coat sprayed and back brushed fences if

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