DIY Staining a Fence | How to Stain a Shadow Box Wood Fence | Fence Makeover pt. 4

[@rrbcap]

You just gave me hope! We have 900 feet to stain and did 8 feet in 3 hrs by hand. I have a sprayer I’ll be using now. Thanks for the video. I took pointers from you when we built our shadow box fence last year. Cheers!

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

Great video. I'm in the process of replacing a 40 year old privacy fence. I went with the cedar and did not want the shadowbox style because of the painting issues. I'm painting all of the pickets and rails prior to building the fence. Behr makes an amazing product. I can see where a sprayer would have saved a lot of time. Thanks for your videos !

[@Thestainxpert]

I would NOT use behr even if they paid me 😬 Over the past 3 years alone… You would not believe how many failed behr fences & decks I have done estimates for / seen from my other contractors…. It’s so bad…. We all say please be anything other than Behr & Thompsons. Behr just settled a lawsuit for their deckover line 😬 I just want others to be informed thats all There are a couple stain companies that are much smaller in size & provide outstanding products & customer service

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

@@Thestainxpert I agree that Thompsons is terrible. I have used Behr for many many years with great success.

[@Thestainxpert]

@@CAMPFIRESKY How often are you applying more stain to the fence? Yearly… Every 2 years… 3 years.. ?? Also… have you ever let your stain go 4 - 5 years without touching it ???

[@CAMPFIRESKY]

@@Thestainxpert When my deck was new, stained it every 2 years for the first 4 years, and then once every 4-5 years, depending on how bad the winter was. When I moved, the deck was 18 years old, and not even a hint of rot.

[@ex_yz]

yo can i get a front grass update and possibly some fence progress? 🤣 thanks for the videos, enjoyed them

[@elowell85]

If you were to do this again, would you try staining during different stages of assembly of the fence (e.g., stain stringers before adding pickets)? Or maybe even spray each side of the pickets on the ground, and then nail them to the stringers?

[@nathanhudacek6135]

Fence looks great! Love the content

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Awesome, thank you!

[@chrisglenn2096]

Another quality video from T -cubed. Keep up the great work!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks for the support and I'm going to try! lol

[@marye8624]

I have to stain a fence of this kind and I'm totally dreading it because of all the nooks and crannies. ugh. So glad you made this video, I spent hours looking for exactly this fence and process.

[@TonySaysHello]

As soon as I saw all your posts were on cement blocks I fell in love. I’m getting ready to replace my 30yo fence, and I think I will do the same thing as you. I am going to price out cement footings now. How deep were your footings?

[@FreedomEagle1776]

Awesome Vid, property is looking great now! Can’t wait for spring/summer to roll around again!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks for the continued support. I am pretty excited this should be a pretty big spring/summer of projects!

[@FreedomEagle1776]

@@ThatTechTeacher427 I hope so! You’re talented at making videos so keep up the great work! I was supposed to be moving to NC in June next year from here in the U.K., watching your videos helps me get excited for it even though HR at work are making me wait an extra year. I can’t wait to become an American in the future and you embody the American dream IMO. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@stina91386]

Beautiful!

[@lloydmiller5275]

Graco Magnum x5 works as well and inexpensive than the upright sprayer that you borrowed. I feel Graco has good product for both residential and commercial use. Looks great!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thank you! I have started looking into sprayers and that is one I am really looking at. Looks like a good one and everyone has great things to say about Graco.

[@princesa2180]

Wow I have the same length and a shadow box which is knew. Next year I will attempt to do this

[@ghkillah1995]

Fantastic job man. Now all I have to do is find some people I know that has stuff like that.

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks! Friends come in handy sometimes ;)

[@dominicpolicarpo9787]

the fence looks so nice!!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks!

[@topgazza]

What about overspray through the fence into next doors garden ? That if you have someone’s garden next to yours of course

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

I guess it all depends how much you like the people that live next door lol. I would put an old sheet or drop cloth over anything you dont want sprayed.

[@topgazza]

@@ThatTechTeacher427 only happened once as I usually use a brush. I hung a sheet on the reverse of the fence. I’m in the UK and our gardens are typically small in relation to yours. Don’t want to spray the neighbours garden furniture or young children 😳

[@taliotero78]

Good vibes

[@shahilmerchant1449]

Another great video from 1/4(t^4 + 5)dt. Love to see it!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks I appreciate the view

[@czarrevs3616]

Looks Great! Buy your own sprayer.

[@michaelhicks9669]

If I want to stain just my side like this will it bleed or over spray to the neighbors side?

[@tmackie1694]

Aloha! If you had to do it all over again, what are your thoughts on prestaining the inside of the pickets before building the fence? (so once the fence is built, you just have to spray the outside of the pickets?)

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Funny you say that my dad tried to convince me to do that. I think it is a good idea but I believe I would still do it this way if using a sprayer like this way because you can fully let all the boards weather and dry before the staining process. If using a brush or roller prestaining at least 1 side would be the way to go.

[@tmackie1694]

@@ThatTechTeacher427 Thanks for your reply :) I guess another option might be to buy boards, then let them sit in the garage for a few weeks, then paint, then build? How many weeks did you wait to paint after you finished building?

[@jimdeg8822]

What was the linear ft of your fencing? How long did the whole job take?

[@williamodom2698]

What was the linear feet of the fence and how many gallons were required

[@shahibnarine2567]

Was there any overspray on the other side of the fence?

[@craigmiller7488]

What about the top of the pickets?

[@Cd_Juarez817]

Whats the purpose of a fence if you can see in and out..

[@superrt4371]

What is the name and color of the stain you used please

[@MikeMike91103]

How much of the stain did you use, was it the full 5 gal?

[@LOMANECOMPANY]

How long did the 200 feet of fence take to stain? Also, how many gallons of stain did you use?

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

what was the total cost of the fence?

[@Thestainxpert]

You did a great job on the video 😀 I hope their new stain formula works out for you 🙏 True test… Do not touch your fence for the next 3 - 4 years then show us how it looks 😬 Please don’t… it really needs maintenance yearly / every 2 I am just hoping behr has it together this time

[@crazde5581]

Love the video!

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

I appreciate it!

[@MrMusic55123]

How much stain have you used ?

[@ranmitch99]

Great video. Curious how much stain did it take? Do you think staining with brush/roller would have used more or less?

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Thanks, I used around 13 gallons. I assume I used more. It is really hard to tell how much maybe a gallon or two max I think but whatever it was it was worth it

[@jamesmolesson9991]

@@ThatTechTeacher427 how many linear feet is the fence?

[@alohava]

Good work as always! It's always inspiring to see you take such pride in your work and give attention to detail.

[@justinjones9255]

What Graco tip did you use?

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

If I remember correctly it was a 413

[@ovadyarachman7243]

Used this to paint custom homes for a.living

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

I appreciate the work you did much more now

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

I can totally see the cars going by through the fence.

[@taliotero78]

Brother, I like your videos I'm a HANDYMAN

[@fastway007]

Should have sealed the bottom of the pickets

[@rynely1]

How many gallons of stain

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

13

[@bulklogan539]

I bet a quote by professional would have been $2K

[@williamodom2698]

If you you a brush you would have used twice as much stain

[@ryanjoseph7064]

dad?

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

I think you may be confused lol

[@dominicpolicarpo9787]

69th like nice

[@ThatTechTeacher427]

Funny number