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Pressure Treated Fencing Green Tinge
ben 5
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I am looking for decorative fence panels for a decking area and almost everything i see has a green tinge to it. I am not sure whether this is due to the pressure treatment or just the colour of the wood itself! What i am trying to find out is does this fade in time? How much time? or would you expect to paint or stain it. I am just after a natural wood colour.
An example of what i am looking at is "Fence Panel Pitsford Pressure Treated 1800mm x 1800mm" on Travis Perkins.
Everything i have read implies that you need to dry pressure treated wood for months before you can paint or stain it.
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I don't know about painting it, I always like to leave wood, wood colour.
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