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Can I paint straight over?
- You may need more coats than you think.
- As we've had dry weather I would use a rough brush and brush them with water to remove the surface crap - imagine a really agressive brushing action
- If you have a pressure washer it will blast the excess old paint off and make painting over them easier.
This was worn out cedar red (without pre-prep pressure washing) and required two to three coats to get a finish you could live with, but ideally could do with two more.
To give an idea of comparison the last panel on the right you can't really see was unpainted when I put it in, and it only took two coats. There's another one you can't see on the left behind the shed which still had an excellent coat of the old stain and I pressure washed that and it only took two coats. The reason for not pressure washing the ones you can see is the poor state of the panels and lack of time.
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- You may need more coats than you think.
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Repainting garden fence? Mine is currently suburban poo brown, fading in places. I want dark green. Can I paint straight over? Pretty surey
don't want to sand the whole thing even in these low entertainment times.