Pressure Washing The Old Dingy Fence Is Sooo Satisfying!
We’ll cover pressure washers themselves in a bit; I’ve been through a few of them and have yet to find a decent one. Anyway, we have hundreds of feet of fence, 6 feet tall, surrounding our yard. It is old and not that stable anymore, but with the cost of materials soring due to COVID-19, there is zero chance we’ll be replacing it any time soon.
There is literally no preparation required for this job, except in my case, finding the hose attachment for the pressure washer. The rest of the job is pretty straightforward, but I’ll offer some tips below.
Using my oscillating wand, I started in the bottom corner and worked across, board by board to the next post, about an 8′ section. Keeping this particular spray wand 6 to 8 inches away worked best for most of the panels.
I stopped every few boards to step back and make sure they were all coming out relatively the same.
The whole job took 2 hours, but it’s very satisfying and somewhat hypnotic. Time kinda flew; hah!
Hope you loved this backyard fence cleanup project. Let me know what's your favorite pressure washer in the comments. I'm looking for a new one :)
UPDATE - So this pressure washer is frigging amazing, and about half the cost of my old one. No wonder it has over 40k ratings on amazon :o Its also currently on sale
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