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Painting chain link?

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April 16, 2020, 10:05 AM
Aglifter
Painting chain link?
So, at work, we have some type of gauge of chain link that a fence contractor told us wasn’t available anymore.

As such, we painted the front fence.

DO NOT SPRAY a chain link fence... Get a roller, with a cup, like you’d use to paint a ceiling. Still a mess, but far less of one.

We used some product a commercial paint shop suggested for prepping rusty galvanized, and then the recommended paint.

It does work, for a few years.
April 16, 2020, 10:50 AM
Elk Hunter
A couple (5?) decades ago, we bought a house with chain link fencing. Looked like crap so I decided to paint it. Used a long "fur" roller and silver paint. Looked really nice and seemed to have set the standard for the neighborhood. Most everyone else with chain link, painted theirs, too.

Then I got transferred to upstate NY.

Went back by the house in Maryland a few years later and the rust was showing thru.

Given a choice, we would not have a chain link fence now. Even with a young dog. Those electronic fence things works really well in keeping him from terrorizing the neighborhood.


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April 16, 2020, 05:23 PM
bendable
I have a short (6 min. ) time lapse Video in my head of a guy in his yard , he's sitting in the grass with a shot glass of paint in one hand and a Testor's model car paint brush in the other hand . He has already finished painting the inside of the fence taupe and now he's painting the exterior a medium tan color . Total elapsed time : 24 hours ,over athree day period.





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