A white picket fence is a classic look for any home and really adds some design and protection for your home. A white picket fence might be the first thing someone sees as they approach your home, so you will want to keep appealing. Perhaps your white picket fence needs a fresh coat of paint, but you just really do not want to paint each slat by hand. There is an airless paint sprayer that you can use to paint your white picket fence without the hassle of doing it one slat at a time.
Before you get to painting your white picket fence, you will need to prepare the fence for painting. You can start by stripping the old paint off of the fence, using heavy sandpaper or a scraper. A scraper might be a little bit more time efficient, but sandpaper will make the area smoother. You might be able to just use an electric sander and get the job done fairly quickly and also make it smooth. If you use a sander, you will still need to be sure and get between each slat of the white picket fence by hand. After it is all looking smooth, you will want to make sure there are no places in your white picket fence that might need repair. You may have to replace a nail, screw, or staple before starting to paint the fence. If you come across a crack or a hole that is small enough, you can fill it with wood filler. There might be a crack or a hole in the fence that is that is too big for repair, and you will need to replace that slat before painting the white picket fence. Once the fence is in good repair, you are ready to start painting with the airless sprayer. First, strain the exterior wood primer and paint through strainers and into two separate buckets that have been cleaned. An airless paint spray gun has a reservoir that you will now fill with the wood primer and spray it on the fence in a fine, even mist. Before starting on your white picket fence you might want to cover your bushes, grass, or other landscaping that is around the fence to protect them from the primer and paint. As you spray the white picket fence, you should use slow up and down motions so that the primer is painted on evenly. You may have to tilt the sprayer to an angle to reach between the slats, but make sure that you are not globbing it on so that it runs and creates drips. The primer will need to be completely dry before you start spraying the paint onto the white picket fence and you will spray the paint the same way as the primer, in very even strokes. It might be better to do many thin coats, rather than one thick coat, because thick paint will run worse than thin paint. There might be spaces on the white picket fence, perhaps between slats, that will need to be touched up with a brush, so you will want to check for these spots before calling it good.
Before you get to painting your white picket fence, you will need to prepare the fence for painting. You can start by stripping the old paint off of the fence, using heavy sandpaper or a scraper. A scraper might be a little bit more time efficient, but sandpaper will make the area smoother. You might be able to just use an electric sander and get the job done fairly quickly and also make it smooth. If you use a sander, you will still need to be sure and get between each slat of the white picket fence by hand. After it is all looking smooth, you will want to make sure there are no places in your white picket fence that might need repair. You may have to replace a nail, screw, or staple before starting to paint the fence. If you come across a crack or a hole that is small enough, you can fill it with wood filler. There might be a crack or a hole in the fence that is that is too big for repair, and you will need to replace that slat before painting the white picket fence. Once the fence is in good repair, you are ready to start painting with the airless sprayer. First, strain the exterior wood primer and paint through strainers and into two separate buckets that have been cleaned. An airless paint spray gun has a reservoir that you will now fill with the wood primer and spray it on the fence in a fine, even mist. Before starting on your white picket fence you might want to cover your bushes, grass, or other landscaping that is around the fence to protect them from the primer and paint. As you spray the white picket fence, you should use slow up and down motions so that the primer is painted on evenly. You may have to tilt the sprayer to an angle to reach between the slats, but make sure that you are not globbing it on so that it runs and creates drips. The primer will need to be completely dry before you start spraying the paint onto the white picket fence and you will spray the paint the same way as the primer, in very even strokes. It might be better to do many thin coats, rather than one thick coat, because thick paint will run worse than thin paint. There might be spaces on the white picket fence, perhaps between slats, that will need to be touched up with a brush, so you will want to check for these spots before calling it good.
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