Sealer/paint/stain for PT wood fence

Over the past couple of years (I know - couple of YEARS!) I've surrounded my back yard with a 6-foot high privacy fence made from pressure-treated lumber. I need to protect it. What is the baddest-ass stain I can apply - one that will protect the fence the best - and which I don't have to re-apply every year or two? Thanks! Mike A fence is mostly vertical surfaces -- the stain/sealer will stay on it for several years, unlike the horizontal surface of a deck. Easiest way to appy it is with a sprayer and back-roll it as you go. That can be either an airless sprayer, or a hand-pumped garden sprayer. Use a quality stain/sealer -- one that's going to cost about $30/gal. or so. Get it at a paint store, NOT a big box store. Super Deck, Sikkens, the house brand from BM or SW -- you won't find those brands in a big box store. Plan on doing it every 5 years or so. Thanks Lefty! I was afraid that was the answer! Always searching for the easy way out! Mike Wait a minute Mike. The only thing that would be easier than spraying and back rolling would be to do nothing at all and let nature take it's course with the fence. You're the one who built the fence and you're the one who'll be replacing it. Do nothing and replacement will be in about 15 years. Seal it and it may be 20 or 25 years before you get to that bridge. Turn it into a party. I've gotten plenty of projects done by telling folks I'm having a cookout. I furnish supplies, food, beverages....they furnish a few hours of labor. Its actually pretty fun. Just make sure any adult beverages are controlled until the work is done. We put up a neighbors 400 ft stick built privacy fence, back in VA, in about 6-8 hrs. Sat morning and guys started hearing a hammer banging...next thing you know, 2 table saws were set up and extension cords for the skilsaws were on all sides. Guys were working, wives were cleaning up and bringing drinks, older kids were watching younger kids....I swear it was like a barn raising in Amish county. Big ole cookout and a keg after....man what a great time. Course that was 3 houses and 1 wife ago...lol. Anyway...you'd be well advised to use a brightener and a pressure washer...get the wood to a reasonably consistent state all around, make any repairs, then stain/seal. Anyway...you'd be well advised to use a brightener and a pressure washer...get the wood to a reasonably consistent state all around, make any repairs, then stain/seal Worth repeating The cleaner the fence, the better the stain job will look and last Not all stains can be sprayed thru a pump up garden type sprayer - only the thinner ones and they usually have the shortest life span I'd clean the fence before I decided which type of stain to use. A clear, toner or translucent stain lets the most wood grain/color show thru but also has the shortest life span. Some of these can be sprayed thru a garden sprayer. A solid stain looks closer to paint and usually lasts the longest. A semi-transparent stain falls in the middle.

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