Paint a garden fence in ‘half the time’ with this ‘brilliant’ hack - no brush needed
Painting a fence is simple but time-consuming, but it turns out there is an easier method that cuts half the time and does not require a paintbrush.
It may seem obvious to paint a garden fence with a brush, but there is an easier method which is much quicker and more effective.
Leyanne Orr (@leyanneorr), a Scottish mum, has come up with an “easy peasy” way to paint a garden fence “in half the time” using a sponge, once you've used an expert method to decide which garden fence if yours, of course.
In a video online: Leyanne said: “Can I give you a little tip on how to paint a fence that is dead easy? First of all, you need a sponge, paint…and some [disposable] gloves.”
She then demonstrated herself using a sponge to paint a fence panel in seconds, and it appeared the paint distributed at a faster rate than a paint bush could.
Leyanne added: “Look how satisfying this is. Just use the sponge and Bob’s your uncle. The sponge goes right into all the little bits like the grooves.”
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Leyanne highly recommended buying a pack of cheap sponges as the sponges can easily become “wrecked”, especially if you have an older fence which has not been pained in a while.
However, Leyanne was satisfied with how well a sponge was able to speed up the painting process without having to spend time removing paint from brush bristles.
Just make sure to lay down a newspaper to make sure the paint does not get onto the grass and paint on a day which is not rainy or windy.
Leyanne said: “How good is that? Honesntly I’m dead impressed at myself for coming up with this little hack.”
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In Leyanne’s comment section, people were impressed by how efficient her painting “hack” was and many people
One popular comment said: “Just started doing the rest of my fence using this method and oh my God! Thank you!”
Another person wrote: “This is a brilliant idea! Going to try now.”
However, some users highly recommend using a car sponge instead of a smaller cleaning sponge as it covers more area and saves even more time.
One user said: “Been doing this for years, I use a car sponge as it covers more area.”