Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 04, 2009 12:40 pm We have recently moved into our newly built home, the first order was to put up a fence. We went with a standard treated pine fence as it was the cheapest and easiest. I will head into bunnings etc later this week to checkout the different options however I thought I would ask in the mean time. Should I be looking for a specific type of stain or will any stain do and also has anyone else gone though the same process and happy with the end results? Thanks Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 2Aug 04, 2009 3:54 pm sluggerdog We have recently moved into our newly built home, the first order was to put up a fence. We went with a standard treated pine fence as it was the cheapest and easiest. I will head into bunnings etc later this week to checkout the different options however I thought I would ask in the mean time. Should I be looking for a specific type of stain or will any stain do and also has anyone else gone though the same process and happy with the end results? Thanks Hi sluggerdog Yep, I have just finished the exact same thing. A side fence and gate out of treated pine. I used "British Paints Decking Stain" it was about $58.00 per 4 litres from Bunnings. I used "Merbu" Colour and it is now a lovely Merbu Dark Brown colour. I wouldn't use "Oil" or anything else as it will fade quickly. I gave it 2 coats. If it's a rough cut pine though I would keep an eye on the cost as the Rough Cut pine soaks it up in no time. I mean it really drinks it up big time. My side fence is only 4 meters wide but I went through 3/4 of the paint can doing both sides and that's smooth cut. It's the cheapest and works really well. Very happy!!! http://britishpaints.com.au/index.asp?page=30 Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 3Aug 04, 2009 4:05 pm Thanks Moody, just the info I was looking for. Any chance of a pic at all? If not no dramas at all. Cheers Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 4Aug 04, 2009 4:09 pm Yeah I agree definately use a water-based stain/finish in one. Spraying it will be your easiest option. One thing to keep in mind is timber fencing utilises 'unseasoned' timber - wait about 3-4 weeks till the palings have dried out, you will get much better adhesion of the stain. The first coat will always suck heaps of stain too. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 5Aug 04, 2009 4:19 pm Dukekamaya Yeah I agree definately use a water-based stain/finish in one. Spraying it will be your easiest option. One thing to keep in mind is timber fencing utilises 'unseasoned' timber - wait about 3-4 weeks till the palings have dried out, you will get much better adhesion of the stain. The first coat will always suck heaps of stain too. 'unseasoned' as in not used to the elements / being outdoors? Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 6Aug 04, 2009 7:09 pm Unseasoned as in still wet after having being cut down and treated. Timber is either seasoned or unseasoned. Construction materials and flooring/ decking is seasoned (either kiln-dried or air-dried). Fencing and landscape timbers or sawn hardwoods are generally green (not dry) Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 7Aug 05, 2009 9:00 am sluggerdog Thanks Moody, just the info I was looking for. Any chance of a pic at all? If not no dramas at all. Cheers Yep. No worries. I'll take a pic tonight and post tomorrow. As I am at work now Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 8Aug 07, 2009 10:57 am moody sluggerdog Thanks Moody, just the info I was looking for. Any chance of a pic at all? If not no dramas at all. Cheers Yep. No worries. I'll take a pic tonight and post tomorrow. As I am at work now Here are the pics of the side fence & gate at my house. It is dark compare to others I've seen but it matches my Merbu decking at the front of the house. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 9Aug 07, 2009 11:49 am there's no pics to be seen moody Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 11Aug 11, 2009 11:46 am It looks great, thanks for the pics. We ended up deciding to paint the fence over staining, it was recommended to us to to paint as it would last a lot longer then staining, mostly because we had so much area to cover. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 12Aug 11, 2009 11:50 am that color looks really nice. Duke, if i am getting a treated pine fencing installed and i want to retain the new look of the timber fence for longer is there a product on the market i can use to seal the timber and slow the greying process of the timber down. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 13Aug 11, 2009 12:04 pm borg that color looks really nice. Duke, if i am getting a treated pine fencing installed and i want to retain the new look of the timber fence for longer is there a product on the market i can use to seal the timber and slow the greying process of the timber down. Um, well you could you a clear poly-urathane (Spelling?)and that would kee the orignal colour but it would be very expensive to do that and a lot of work. There would also be a stain which would be close to the colour you want and you could use that. Again expensive. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 14Aug 11, 2009 1:14 pm that looks awesome moody, if you went through that much on a small area though i think im dreaming thinking of doing my retaining walls Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 15Aug 11, 2009 4:31 pm borg that color looks really nice. Duke, if i am getting a treated pine fencing installed and i want to retain the new look of the timber fence for longer is there a product on the market i can use to seal the timber and slow the greying process of the timber down. Any decking oil or finish would do the job. I would think a water-based product better if you want to spray it. I'd personally look at something like Aquadeck or Ultradeck - both Orica products. I guess the cost would be the deciding factor if its a large fence. Moody you couldn't use a polyurethane as it is an indoor finsh and would break down quickly. There are UV stabilised lacquers but may be a bit of overkill for a fence. Re: Treated Pine Fence - Staining 16Aug 12, 2009 8:31 am Dukekamaya borg that color looks really nice. Duke, if i am getting a treated pine fencing installed and i want to retain the new look of the timber fence for longer is there a product on the market i can use to seal the timber and slow the greying process of the timber down. Any decking oil or finish would do the job. I would think a water-based product better if you want to spray it. I'd personally look at something like Aquadeck or Ultradeck - both Orica products. I guess the cost would be the deciding factor if its a large fence. Moody you couldn't use a polyurethane as it is an indoor finsh and would break down quickly. There are UV stabilised lacquers but may be a bit of overkill for a fence. Good point Dukekamaya. Didn't think about that. Also I agree, use a brush not a sprayer. You get a better finish and the fence can soak up more. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Hi, I have an old fence/barrier made of treated pine logs bolted to plates and these are bolted to very large metal posts/girders. 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