In our experience, you can generally expect to get 350 square feet per gallon (or more) when rolling/brushing. However, when spraying, your paint coverage will be less.
How many coats of paint do I need for a fence?
two coats
How much paint do I need for wood fence?
depending on porosity of surface. 4-Board Wood Plank Fence Coverage: Approximately 50 four-board fence panels per 55 gallon drum of paint. Approximately 4.5 four-board fence panels per 5 gallon pail of paint.
How much paint do I need to paint a wood fence?
The size of your fence will be the biggest variable when calculating how much material you need. As a rule of thumb, one gallon of paint will cover 200 square feet and one gallon of stain will cover 160 square feet.
How much paint do I need to paint fence panels?
In our experience, you can anticipate somewhere in the range of 150 to 250 square feet per gallon when spraying. Be sure and check the manufacturers label on the paint as it often provides estimated paint coverage information, but this typically only applies to brushing/rolling.
Can you use acrylic paint on wood fence?
Painting on wood can be done with any type of acrylic you prefer. Paint the wood with a wide, flat paintbrush. After the paint has dried, apply a second coat and then paint the back if you wish. It takes about 20 minutes for acrylic paints to dry.Dec 3, 2021