Removing wood stain from fence posts/patio.

[chris-red]

My next bit of DIY is a minor spruce up of the garden. The TV is up with Hidden cables, the laminate is down and the loft I will be doing this weekend. So I am ready for it

The previous owner chimp did a comically bad job of painting the fence. I'll post pictures, the useless cunt managed to get it everywhere but the fence. It's as if you forced a 10 year old to do it and they did it bad as possible.

For the sake of £~150 and about 10 minutes work I'm going to splash out on new panels. I just want to get rid of the brown that ended up EVERYWHERE, it's on the fence posts, brickwork and it is on the block paving patio. What would be the easiest way of removing it?
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[331X2]

I'd probably have a bash with a pressure washer first, if that doesn't work then maybe look at brick acid...

ETA: Would a coat of paint not tidy the panels back up? Or are they starting to go loose/rotten?

[grr666]

I alway paint brand new panels again with a decent weather protection treatment on both sides before I install.
The stuff they spray on when they are manufactured is pretty rubbish and does well to last a couple of years.
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[mudcow007]

jet wash, be careful though it will shoot the pointing out as well if your not careful

Oh an you will find you have to do the whole patio as you will have clean bits an filthy bits when you finish


I always use creocote (mixed with a bit of oil) for my fences, smells similar to the old stuff, but soaks in waaaay better than the wax based shite

[chris-red]

[Ariel Badger]

You will never shift it!
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[BTTD]

^^^ Inclined to agree with Ariel.
For the new panels, creocote mixed with engine oil isn't very enviro friendly, but your fence panels will last for years.

[chris-red]

Bought a Karcher K4 and it is the business, it shifted a lot of it but some bits it won't.

1900psi yo
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[Pete.]

I once used a 16000psi unit that would have shifted it alright. Trouble is it would also have shifted what it was stuck to
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[stinkwheel]

Meh. If it's anything like the own brand B&Q stuff I spent a whole fucking day doing my fencing with, a light shower of rain ought to shift it.
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[Keir]

i found nothing that touched it and ended up painting the posts grey
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[Vincent]

I bet you a fiver the PO was a novice and used a cheap DIY sprayer, I've seen the results before I'm doing some garden fencing at the moment, I stained the panels before hanging, much easier and you can do the edges.
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[Ichy]

Paint the posts, it's the only way.
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[chickenstrip]

The fence I've just had installed has pre-dipped panels and concrete posts, but the dip is very patchy looking, so I guess I'll have to go over them again Currently doing the new shed as well. It's a lot of work...I'm not used to work
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[Vincent]

They've just stuck a concrete one up nextdoor to my Old Mans place, it looks completely wrong. It's just not the right fence for where it is, more suited to a car park by a block of flats or something. The panels rattle about in the posts when it's windy too
Not trying to put you off or anything CS, as you were, get the shed finished
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[Nope.]

I don't know if it would remove wood stain (but it does remove powder coat) but you can buy Dichloromethane (methane chloride) online. Around £12 for 5 litres from Darrant Chemicals IIRC. It's a solvent you can paint on and will probably lift it off whatever its on (Assuming what it's on isn't made of plastic, it'll just melt that).

You've got to be careful though, it's super nasty stuff. Use it in a well ventilated area, wear goggles, thick long gloves and a good quality mask (You can't easily filter the fumes, but it helps). It will burn you if you get it on you. And for the love of god don't try spraying it.

I have some if you want a bit to try first. I'm in Bedfordshire should you wish to collect a small jar or it or something. I wouldn't feel too comfortable posting it!

[angryjonny]

[DrSnoosnoo]

[Nope.]

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[chickenstrip]

[Vincent]

[chickenstrip]

Pretty similar, but the panels in mine have frame-ends that fit very snugly. I watched them drop them in, and they needed tapping down. The other problem the old fence had was that the bottom of the panels just sat on the ground, so could just suck up the wet.
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